Veniam
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Connected transportation |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | João Barros, Robin Chase, Roy Russell and Susana Sargento |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | João Barros, Founder & CEO Rui Costa, CTO Jane Hoffer, CBO |
| Services | Vehicle based Mesh Networks & Connected Vehicles |
Veniam was a technology startup focused on building large WiFi mesh networks using moving vehicles like city buses or taxis. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California and was founded in 2012.[1] The Company received 4.9 million dollars in 2014 in a funding round from True Ventures,[2] USV and Cane Investments. Veniam's technology is being used in Porto's city buses with about 230,000 users with onboard units (OBUs) installed on over 600 buses, taxis and garbage trucks.[3] They aim to equip many moving things with wireless hotspots creating a mesh that could be used to build sensors to turn the city smarter.Each vehicle is equipped with a NetRider, a multi network unit with Wi-Fi (802.11p), DSRC, GPS and 4G/LTE connectivity.[4] Veniam was acquired by Nexar in 2022.[5]
Company
[edit]Veniam was founded by João Barros, its CEO, Roy Russell, former Zipcar[6] CTO,[7] Susana Sargento, a professor at the University of Aveiro, and Robin Chase, former CEO of Zipcar and Buzzcar.
Products
[edit]Veniam Platform
Awards
[edit]- 2018 named Best Connected Product/Service at TU Automotive
- 2017 ScaleUp Portugal Award Tech Winner
- 2017 Telecom Council Spiffy Winner - San Andreas Award for the Most Disruptive Technology [8]
- 2017 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are changing the world.”[9]
- Winner of TU Automotive Best Auto Mobility Product/Service 2016[10]
- 2016 Best Auto Mobility Product/Service Winner by TU Automotive[11]
- 2016 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are revolutionizing the business landscape.”[12]
- Winner of the “Best New Venture” at the WBA 2015 Wi-Fi Industry Awards[13]
- Winner of WBA Scale Up Award 2015 for the outstanding innovation and solutions brought to market [14]
- Winner of the 2015 Red Herring Top 100 Award[15]
- Winner of the NOS Innovation Award 2015 [16]
- Winner of the Portuguese Venture Competition “Building Global Innovators” (ISCTE–IUL; MIT Portugal)[17]
- Most Likely to Succeed Idea within the Cable Industry at CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase[18]
- Named 2015 Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Smart Cities[19]
- Named FierceWireless “Fierce 15” Top Wireless Company List of 2015[20]
Investors
[edit]- Cane Investments[21]
- Cisco Investments[22]
- Liberty Global[23]
- Orange Digital Ventures[22]
- True Ventures[24]
- USV[25]
- Verizon Ventures[22]
- Yamaha Motor Ventures And Laboratory Silicon Valley[22]
Institutional Partners
[edit]- Carnegie Mellon Portugal[26]
- European Union[27]
- Instituto de Telecomunicações[28]
- ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon
- MIT Portugal[17]
- O NOVO NORTE
- Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional
- University of Aveiro[29]
- University of Porto[29]
- University Technology Entreprise Network Portugal
References
[edit]- ^ "Startup Veniam Builds "Internet of Moving Things"". Startup50. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Veniam Picks Up $4.9M To Turn Buses Into Wi-Fi Hotspots". Tech Crunch. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Hundreds of Portuguese Buses and Taxis Are Also Wi-Fi Routers". Technology Review. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "A network for the Internet of (moving) Things". GCN. 2015-09-29.
- ^ "Nexar acquires Veniam". 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Robin Chase on Zipcar and her next big idea". TED Talks. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Veniam Wants to Build a Smart City One WiFi Bus at a Time". Xconomy. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "2018 SPIFFY Nominees announced - CALENDAR | Telecom Council". Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ^ staff, CNBC.com (16 May 2017). "2017 Disruptor 50: No. 34 Veniam". CNBC.
- ^ "Veniam's Vehicle Networking Solutions Win CNBC Disruptor 50 and Best Auto Mobility Product/Service Award". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "2016 Tu-Automotive Awards | News, Awards, Categories". www.digitaltrends.com. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ staff, CNBC.com (7 June 2016). "2016 Disruptor 50: No. 28 Veniam". CNBC.
- ^ "Veniam Wins Wi-Fi Industry's Best New Venture". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "Veniam on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.[user-generated source]
- ^ "Veniam Wins 2015 Red Herring Top 100 Award". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "1ª edição do Prémio Inovação NOS distingue quatro empresas".
- ^ a b Gallagher, Don. "MIT Portugal - MIT Portugal".
- ^ "Veniam Voted Winner at CableLabs(R) Innovation Showcase". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "Veniam Named 2015 Gartner "Cool Vendor" in Smart Cities - Marketwired ".
- ^ "Veniam Named to FierceWireless "Fierce 15" Top Wireless Company List of 2015". Archived from the original on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ^ "About Us - Our Operations - Other Operations - Liberty Global Ventures".
- ^ a b c d "Verizon Ventures leads $22 mln Series B funding in Veniam". 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Liberty Global - largest international cable company".
- ^ "Welcoming Veniam". 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Introducing Veniam - Union Square Ventures". 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Veniam'Works Makes Buses Wi-Fi Hotspots".
- ^ "European Union Women Innovators prize 2016 - Innovation Union - European Commission".
- ^ Engenharia, Agri-Ciência, Consultores de. "Start-ups and Spin-offs".
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