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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
3
Feed Summary
Investment Trend Summary
Exit Outlook Summary
BlueBox
Summary of Key Markets
Notable Companies in the Sector
Recent News
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Note: Mega Companies includes IPO’d companies, Mega Acquisitions and Unicorn. Data is taken from Tracxn Platform as on March 15, 2019.
Smart Cities Feed Summary
4
Smart Cities > Feed Summary
Companies that provide connected hardware and/or solutions for collecting, transmitting and analyzing city-scale data
on utilities, traffic, environment, etc.
• Inclusions: Providers of sensors and sensor
networks, applied to various city parameters and
assets (such as air quality, water supply, traffic, etc.),
data platforms for city data (analysis and
visualization), renewable energy systems for cities.
• Exclusions: Providers of solutions for smart homes
and smart buildings, providers of intelligent education
and healthcare solutions for citizens.
• Excludes funding information of Chinese companies
Feed in Numbers
Overview
$2.7B
Funding
18
Mega
Companies
274593
FundedCovered on
Tracxn
1
Unicorns
7
Soonicorns
22
Minicorns
12
IPO’d Cos
97
Late Stage Cos
19
46
Acquisitions
44
DeadPooled
-
Acquihired
Series A+ Cos
Landis+Gyr
(1896, Zug, $1B)
Echelon
(1988, Santa Clara, $16M)
Veolia
(1853, Paris)
Top Companies
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Investment Trend Summary
Summary of Funding Activity in Smart Cities
5
$150M - Series C
Intersection (2015, New York City, $150M)
$15M - Series A
Fracta (2013, San Francisco, $37M)
$50M - Series D
Moovit (2011, Ness Ziona, $133M)
$15M - Series B
Cleverciti (2010, Munich, $31M)
$24M - Series A
Aclima (2010, San Francisco, $24M)
$15M - Series B
Mapillary (2013, Malmo, $24.5M)
$20M - Series A
One Concern (2015, Palo Alto, $22.6M)
$15M - Series B
CIMCON Lighting (1988, Westford, $16.3M)
$15.1M - Series B
Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M)
$13M - Series B
Cleverciti (2010, Munich, $31M)
Top Geos of InvestmentEntrepreneurial Activity Global Funding Trend
*YTD *YTD
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Investment Trend Summary
Seed Omidyar Network (#2), Sequoia Capital (#1), Fontinalis Partners
(#1)
Series A/B
ETF Partners (#3), Omidyar Network (#2), Energy Impact
Partners (#2)
Series C+ Intel Capital (#2), Sequoia Capital (#1), Cisco Investments (#1)
Incubators
Plug and Play Tech Center (#15), 500 Startups (#9),
Startupbootcamp (#8)
Other Notable
Investors
E.on (#2), GE Ventures (#2), innogy (#2)
Debt Investors
Siparex (#3), Western Technology Investment (#3), Idinvest
Partners (#1)
Most Active InvestorsRecent Investments
79 80
60
40
11
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
Y-o-Y # of Companies Founded 33 50 55 41 44 9
$1.3B
$1.1B
$118M
$55.7M
$32.9M
Europe
US
Israel
Canada
India
$ Funding
$32M
$172M $164M
$141M
$250M
$299M
$127M
36
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
$ Funding # Rounds
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Summary of exit outlook in Smart Cities
Exit Outlook Summary
66
Most Active AcquirersTop Investors in Exits
Adams Street
Partners
1 AtHoc (1999, San Mateo, $15.6M)
Band of Angels 1 ShotSpotter (1996, Newark, $57.4M)
City Light Capital 1 ShotSpotter (1996, Newark, $57.4M)
Claremont Creek
Ventures
1 ShotSpotter (1996, Newark, $57.4M)
Greylock Partners 1 AtHoc (1999, San Mateo, $15.6M)
Oct 2018 Trafficware Acq by Cubic for $236M
Jun 2017 PTV Group Acq by Porsche Se for $338M
Aug 2016 Sensus Acq by Xylem Water Solutions for $1.7B
Sep 2015 AtHoc Acq by Blackberry for $250M
Jul 2015 Elster Acq by Honeywell for $5.1B
Jul 2012 ZIV Acq by Crompton Greaves for $183M
May 2011 Landis+Gyr Acq by Toshiba for $2.3B
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Exit Outlook Summary
Verizon 2 Sensity Systems (Sep 2016), LQD WiFi (Nov 2016)
Cubic 2 Trafficware (Oct 2018, $236M), GRIDSMART (Jan 2019, $87M)
Continental 2
Quantum Inventions (Jul 2017, $29.3M), Parkpocket (Sep
2017)
Kapsch 2 Streetline (Apr 2015), eTrans Systems (Nov 2018)
Intelligent
Mechatronic
Systems
2
Urban Informatics Corporation (Feb 2011), Intelligent
Mechatronic Systems (Jun 2011)
Recent IPOs Top Acquisitions
SenSen Networks May 2007
Sensor fusion software platform
IPO MCap: $3.6M
Buddy Dec 2006
Cloud based data management platform
IPO MCap: $3.9M
Veolia Jan 2006
Customized water, waste and energy manage…
IPO MCap: $55.1M
Aclara Technologies Mar 2000
Connective platform for smart grid
IPO MCap: $655M
Landis+Gyr Jul 2017
Provider of smart meters, communication s…
IPO MCap: $2.4B
ShotSpotter Jun 2017
Gunshot detection, location alerting, and…
IPO MCap: $100M
Trendit Jan 2016
Provides crowd and population analytics b…
IPO MCap: -
Elster Sep 2010
AMI and AMR metering solutions
IPO MCap: $1.5B
7. FACTSHEET
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Overview
Companies 593
Funded 274 Series A+ 97
Funding $2.7B Last 2 yrs $597M
Most Active Investors
Seed Omidyar Network (2)
Series A/B ETF Partners (3)
Series C+ Intel Capital (2)
Others E.on (2)
Incubators Plug and Play Tech Center (15)
Top Cities
Zug 2 Cos $1B
Bay Area 39 Cos $494M
Feed in Numbers
Unicorns 1 Soonicorns 7
Minicorns 22 Editor Picks 67
Acquihired - Deadpooled 44
Top Companies
Veolia (1853, Paris)
Landis+Gyr (1896, Zug, $1B)
Echelon (1988, Santa Clara, $16M)
Exits
IPOs 12 Landis+Gyr, Elster
Acquisitions 46 Elster, Landis+Gyr
Top Acquirers Verizon, Cubic
Marketmap: Smart Cities
DATA STORAGE & ANALYTICS
DATA PLATFORMS
DATA ANALYTICS
URBAN MONITORING & MANAGEMENT
URBAN MOBILITY
UTILITIES
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
AIR QUALITY
TRAFFIC
PARKING
WATER
WASTE HANDLING*
ENERGY METERING
STREET LIGHTING*
PUBLIC SPACES INFRA
NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE
LOW-POWER
WIDE AREA NETWORKS
CELLULAR
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > BlueBox
* Upcoming Business Model
Funding data excludes Debt, Grants & Post-IPO rounds.
Excludes all details for Chinese companies.
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Key Sub Sectors in Smart Cities Sector
Summary of Key Markets
8
Top Markets of Investment Activity
# Cos on
Platform
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round
Smart Mobility > Traffic Management >
Analytics 25 $92.3M 9
Smart Governance >
Urban Data Platforms 31 $29.4M 12
Smart Governance >
Citizen Engagement 34 $29.7M 7
Smart Mobility >
Parking Management 54 $29.4M 5
Smart Utilities > Energy Management >
Smart Street Lighting 73 $35M 4
Smart Utilities > Water Management >
Pipeline Monitoring 22 $23.4M 4
Smart Mobility > Traffic Management >
Vehicular Traffic 43 $21.6M 4
Sub Sectors
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Smart Utilities
Companies providing solutions for public utilities in
smart cities
201 93 $1.6B
Smart Mobility
Companies providing mobility solutions for smart
cities
153 73 $582M
Smart Governance
Companies providing smart governance solutions for
city authorities in smart cities
116 53 $241M
Smart Public Infrastructure
Companies providing solutions for public
infrastructure in smart cities
31 12 $163M
Public Safety
Companies providing public safety solutions for smart
cities
13 9 $100M
Smart Environment
Companies providing environment monitoring
solutions for smart cities
69 29 $78.8M
Smart Healthcare
Companies providing healthcare solutions for smart
cities
10 5 $1M
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Summary of Key Markets
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List of Notable Companies in Smart Cities
Notable Companies in the Sector
9
Note: *(Founded Year, Location, Total Funding)
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector
Public
Aclara Technologies
(1972, Hazelwood)*
ShotSpotter
(1996, Newark, $57.4M)
Veolia
(1853, Paris)
Buddy
(2006, Seattle)
SenSen Networks
(2011, Melbourne)
Echelon
(1988, Santa Clara, $16M)
Inert Tech
(1998, Anyang-si)
Iteris
(1968, Santa Ana)
Q-Free
(1984, Trondheim)
Trendit
(2008, Ra'anana)
Acquired
Elster
(1994, Ocala)
Landis+Gyr
(1896, Zug, $1B)
Sensus
(1870, Raleigh)
PTV Group
(1979, Karlsruhe)
AtHoc
(1999, San Mateo, $15.6M)
Trafficware
(1978, Sugar Land)
ZIV
(1993, Zamudio)
CityBase
(2011, Chicago, $21.1M)
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Smart Cities
Notable Companies by Market (1/4)
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Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Smart Utilities
Diversified
Veolia (1853, Paris)
Customized water, waste and energy management
solutions
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Dassault, Arcapita
Elster (1994, Ocala)
AMI and AMR metering solutions
Stage: Acquired
CVC Capital Partners
Sensus (1870, Raleigh)
Network provider, smart meters, software and
services
Stage: Acquired
Waste Management
Enevo (2010, Espoo, $39M)
Bin monitoring sensors and analytical software
provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Series C
Lifeline Ventures, European Investment Bank,
Foxconn Electronics and 11 Other Investors
Energy Management
Landis+Gyr (1896, Zug, $1B)
Provider of smart meters, communication systems
and energy management solutions
Unicorn. Stage: Public
INCJ, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, aPriori Capital
Partners and 3 Other Investors
Sensity Systems (2010, Sunnyvale, $74M)
Light sensory network solutions
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
Trinity Capital Investment, Cisco Investments,
Acuity Brands and 9 Other Investors
Echelon (1988, Santa Clara, $16M)
Provides open-standard embedded platform for
IOT Applications
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Venture Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Bessemer
Venture Partners and 2 Other Investors
Inert Tech (1998, Anyang-si)
Provides hardware technology solutions for IoT and
M2M connectivity
Stage: Public
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Smart Cities
Notable Companies by Market (2/4)
12
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Smart Utilities
Energy Management
Aclara Technologies (1972, Hazelwood)
Connective platform for smart grid
Stage: Acquired
Gimv, Pappas Ventures, Ampersand Capital
Partners and 3 Other Investors
ZIV (1993, Zamudio)
Smart meters, communication systems and
controllers
Stage: Acquired
Smart Public Infrastructure
Smart City Kiosks
Intersection (2015, New York City, $150M)
WiFi kiosks, with data sensing capabilities for smart
cities
Soonicorn. Stage: Series C
Graham Holdings Co, ArrowMark Partners,
NewSpring Capital and 1 Other Investors
Smart Mobility
Parking Management
Streetline (2005, San Francisco, $59.3M)
Device to find empty parking spaces
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
True Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, RockPort
Capital and 6 Other Investors
Libelium (2006, Zaragoza)
Open source wireless sensor network platform.
Soonicorn. Stage: Unfunded
Q-Free (1984, Trondheim)
Provider of intelligent transport system solutions &
services
Stage: Public
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Smart Cities
Notable Companies by Market (3/4)
13
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Smart Mobility
Traffic Management
Inrix (2004, Kirkland, $133M)
Transportation information and analytics provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Series E
ORIX, Intel Capital, Porsche and 9 Other Investors
PTV Group (1979, Karlsruhe)
Provides modeling and simulations software tools
for multiple transportation scenarios within and
between cities
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Iteris (1968, Santa Ana)
Solutions for the intelligent traffic systems (ITS)
and the precision agriculture
Stage: Public
Trafficware (1978, Sugar Land)
Electronic equipment and enterprise software for
traffic management
Stage: Acquired
Trendit (2008, Ra'anana)
Provides crowd and population analytics based on
cellular usage data
Stage: Acquired
Public Safety
Gunshot Detection
ShotSpotter (1996, Newark, $57.4M)
Gunshot detection, location alerting, and analysis
Stage: Public
Umpqua Bank, Lauder Partners, Levensohn Venture
Partners and 11 Other Investors
Disaster Management
AtHoc (1999, San Mateo, $15.6M)
Interactive Crisis Communication
Stage: Acquired
Adams Street Partners, Intel Capital, Greylock
Partners and 2 Other Investors
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Smart Cities
Notable Companies by Market (4/4)
14
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Smart Governance
Urban Data Platforms
Space-Time Insight (2008, San Mateo, $54.6M)
Real time analytics for data from varied sources
Soonicorn. Stage: Acquired
NEC, E.on, EnerTech Capital and 5 Other Investors
Buddy (2006, Seattle)
Cloud based data management platform
Stage: Public
Transmedia Capital, Crestlight, HEDA Ventures and
1 Other Investors
SenSen Networks (2011, Melbourne)
Sensor fusion software platform
Stage: Public
Citizen Engagement
CityBase (2011, Chicago, $21.1M)
Developing cloud based solutions for streamlining
smart cities' operations
Stage: Acquired
KDWC Ventures
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List of Notable Companies in Smart Cities in China
Notable Companies in the Sector in China
15
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector in China
Public
Borqs
(2007, Beijing, $50M)
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Recent News in Smart Cities Sector
Recent News
16
Smart Cities > Feed Summary > Recent News
Mar 2019
We Energies Expands AMI Deployment and Extends Services
Contract with Landis+Gyr, smartgridobserver.com
Mar 2019
INRIX and SharedStreets join forces to standardize data for highly
automated vehicles, TELEMATICS WIRE
Mar 2019 Kits Monitor Solar Panels In Photovoltaic Plants, Sensors Online
Mar 2019
Moovit Partners with SpotHero to Simplify Commuting and Reduce
Congestion in San Francisco, Business Wire
Mar 2019
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs – Cisco Launched Urban
Observatory, SMEStreet
Mar 2019
Trafficware upgrades ATMS traffic management system,
itsinternational.com
Mar 2019
CIMCON Lighting Announced as a Finalist in the 2019 Edison
Awards, Citybizlist
Mar 2019
Connected Signals Awarded Patent for Invention of Traffic Routing
Display System with Multiple Signal Lookahead, PRWeb
Mar 2019
Sidewalk Labs Speaking With Investors, Canada Infrastructure Bank
About Funding Quayside, BetaKit
Mar 2019
Industry Veteran Ken Corcoran Joins Chordant Board of Directors,
PRWeb
Mar 2019
U.s. Shotspotter To Raise About $11.2 Mln In Its Share Offering,
investsize.com
Mar 2019
Canadian Civil Liberties Association Wants Project “Reset”,
Sidewalk Labs Wants Transit, BetaKit
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Mar 2019
Unex Launches an Integrated and Modular Global V2X System
Portfolio, PR Newswire
Mar 2019
Verizon Announces Five Companies for the 5G First Responder Lab,
Investing News
Mar 2019
Cédric Nicolas Joins Connecthings as Chief Technology Officer,
MarTech Advisor
Mar 2019
Global Landfill Gas Market 2018-2022: Smart Landfills to Drive
Market Growth - Key Players are Ameresco, Aria Energy, Energy
Developments, Veolia, and Waste Management, PR Newswire
Mar 2019
City of Pasadena Selects TIBA Parking Systems to Install 58+ Lanes
of PARCS Solutions in Eight City Owned Parking Facilities and
Awards a Multi-Year Contract for Support and Service, ParkNews
Mar 2019
Iteris Selected by San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation
Commission for Connected and Automated Vehicle Initiative,
Business Wire
Mar 2019 Miovision and Stinson ITS Announce Partnership, GlobeNewswire
Mar 2019
Veolia signs non-domestic energy-efficiency framework deal with
Glasgow Life, facilitatemagazine.com
Mar 2019
ShotSpotter Announces Public Offering of Common Stock,
GlobeNewswire
Mar 2019
Landis+Gyr Announces 20 Million Meter Milestone at TEPCO, PR
Newswire
Mar 2019
Quanergy Partners With Athena to Offer LiDAR Technology to
Indian Market, Business Wire
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Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
17
Funding Trends
Median Deal Size and Trend
New Entrants in Funding Club
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
Funding Funnel of the Sector
Top Investments and Investors
Investors in Unicorn club
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Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Smart Cities; 2012-2019
Global Funding Trends (1/2)
19
Note: Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
#Rounds
$Funding
3 Year CAGR
6 Year CAGR 4% # of Rounds32% $ Funding
17% # of Rounds
22% $ Funding
$32M
$57M
$67M
$172M $164M
$141M
$250M
$299M
$127M
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
$0k
$50M
$100M
$150M
$200M
$250M
$300M
$350M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019*
$ Funding Predicted $ Funding # Rounds Predicted # Rounds
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10 21 19 34 30 22 15 3
6
10
10 13
23
16
27 6
1 1 4 3
2
3 2
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
17
9
Total # of Rounds
$5M $8M $11M $12M $22M $20M $14M $3M
$40M $38M
$78M
$108M
$107M
$68M
$224M
$29M
$12M $20M $83M $44M $13M $162M $60M
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
20
Note: Mega Rounds = rounds with size > $20M. Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Stage-wise Number of RoundsStage-wise $ Invested
New Entrants in Funded Club
Global Funding Trends (2/2)
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Smart Cities; 2012-2019
Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
21
17
29
31
19
17
1
135
$1.7M $3.5M
$0.0M
$1.0M
$2.0M
$3.0M
$4.0M
$5.0M
$6.0M
$7.0M
$8.0M
$9.0M
$10.0M
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD Total
Entrants in Funding Club Avg. Ticket Size
$1.7M $0.7M $2.2M $2.5M $8.8M $7.7M $1M $3.5M
$57M
$32M
Total $ Invested
$20M
$86M
$95M
$170M
$74M
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
0
20000000
40000000
60000000
80000000
100000000
120000000
140000000
160000000
180000000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD
$ Funding Predicted $ Funding # of Rounds Predicted # Rounds
Mega Rounds
- 1 2 3 - 2 2 -
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Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Funding Trends by Geography
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Smart Cities
Funding Trends by Geography
Funding Trends by Geography Top Cities of Funding
City $ Funding # Rounds
Zug 1B 4
Bay Area 494M 80
New York City 166M 14
Kirkland 133M 6
South Plainfield 54M 3
Ness Ziona 50M 1
Espoo 38.7M 5
Kitchener 37.2M 4
Liege 34.5M 1
Munich 31M 4
Total Funding
98
195
23
11
22
4
1
1
# Rounds
$1.3B
$1.1B
$118M
$55.7M
$32.9M
$5.8M
$1.8M
$1.3M
Europe
US
Israel
Canada
India
South Africa
Australia
Latam
Note: Excludes funding information of China companies
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Trend of Average Deal Size ($M)
$0.6 $0.6
$1.0
$0.5
$1.2 $1.2 $1.3
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Median Deal Size and Trend
Median and Average Deal Size in $M (per Stage) in Smart Cities; 2012-2018
Median Deal Size and Trend
Note: Excludes funding information of Chinese companies. *Graph not to scale
Median Deal Size and Range
$9.2K* $5M
$200K $34.5M
$54K $31M
$7.7M $150M
$12M
$9.5M
$4M
$565K
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed
Stage
$9.8
$0.8
$11.8 $11.0
$4.8
$9.0
$11.1
$12.0 $20.0 $20.7 $22.0
$12.6
$81.0
$30.0
$5.2 $5.4 $5.1
$7.6
$5.5
$6.8 $7.5
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Note: 129 companies with undisclosed funding amount are not included
23
<$1M
$1-10M
$10-50M
$50-100M
$100M+
Funding Range
30
77
33
5
4
No. of Companies
Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Distribution of companies by Funding Range
No. of companies by funding range in Smart Cities; as of Mar 2019
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
$9M
$271M
$701M
$299M
$1.4B
$ Investment
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Stage No. of Companies
Funding
Funnel
100%
46%
16%
6%
3%
24
Note: Numbers in the brackets show the count of companies
Time to raise
next round
19
38
97
274
593
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Funded
Founded
Next
Round
100M+
Valuation
Exits
Acqui-
Hired
Dead
Pooled
Others
46% 4%
(25)
4%
(21)
- 7%
(43)
47%
(276)
35% 8%
(21)
7%
(18)
- 5%
(13)
60%
(164)
39% 11%
(11)
7%
(7)
- 2%
(2)
59%
(57)
50% 29%
(11)
18%
(7)
- - 50%
(19)
- 53%
(10)
32%
(6)
- - 42%
(8)
Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Funding Funnel
Number of companies progressing to subsequent funding stages in Smart Cities
Funding Funnel
21 Months
23 Months
18 Months
Investment backedBootstrapped
7
1
29
11
17
1
Soonicorns
Unicorns
Acquisitions
IPOs
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Smart Cities; Mar 2017-Mar 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months (1/3)
LATE STAGE
$150M - Series C Nov 2017
Intersection (2015, New York City, $150M)
WiFi kiosks, with data sensing capabilities for smart
cities
Graham Holdings Co, ArrowMark Partners,
NewSpring Capital
$50M - Series D Feb 2018
Moovit (2011, Ness Ziona, $133M)
Crowd sourced public transport route optimizer
Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital, BMW i Ventures,
Ashton Kutcher, Vaizra Investments, Hanaco
Ventures Capital
$12M - Series C Sep 2017
Enevo (2010, Espoo, $39M)
Bin monitoring sensors and analytical software
provider
Lifeline Ventures
EARLY STAGE
$24M - Series A Jun 2018
Aclima (2010, San Francisco, $24M)
Connected sensor networks for environment
awareness
Social Capital, Schmidt Family Foundation, Radicle
Impact Partners, Rethink Impact, Plum Alley
Investments, Kapor Capital, First Philippine Holding,
Emerson Collective
$20M - Series A Dec 2017
One Concern (2015, Palo Alto, $22.6M)
Disaster management solutions
New Enterprise Associates, Geodesic Capital, David
Petraeus, Ron Conway
$15.1M - Series B Feb 2019
Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M)
Transit planning platform for Cities
Energy Impact Partners, Sequoia Capital
$15M - Series A Jun 2018
Fracta (2013, San Francisco, $37M)
SaaS platform to assess water conditions for utilites
Kurita Water Industries
EARLY STAGE
$15M - Series B May 2018
Cleverciti (2010, Munich, $31M)
Smart parking solution provider
EnBW, Westly Group, SPDG
$15M - Series B Apr 2018
Mapillary (2013, Malmo, $24.5M)
Crowdsourced photomapping service
BMW i Ventures, Samsung Catalyst, NavInfo,
Atomico, Sequoia Capital
$15M - Series B May 2017
CIMCON Lighting (1988, Westford, $16.3M)
Provider of street lighting solutions for applications
in smart cities
Energy Impact Partners
$13M - Series B Jan 2018
Cleverciti (2010, Munich, $31M)
Smart parking solution provider
EnBW
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Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Smart Cities; Mar 2017-Mar 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months (2/3)
EARLY STAGE
$12M - Series B Apr 2018
Savari (2008, Santa Clara, $20M)
V2X Communication Technology
Aviva, Flex, SAIC Capital
$11.7M - Series B May 2018
Miovision (2005, Kitchener, $37.2M)
Traffic data collection
MacKinnon, Bennett & Company, McRock Capital,
BDC, HarbourVest Partners
$11.1M - Series B Sep 2018
LiveSafe (2012, Arlington, $26.9M)
Mobile crowd-sourced incident reporting
Hearst, Enterprise Investment Partners, IAC,
Revolution, GXP Investments, Dave Duffield
$10M - Series A May 2017
Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M)
Transit planning platform for Cities
Sequoia Capital
EARLY STAGE
$9.1M - Series B Mar 2018
Compology (2012, San Francisco, $15.9M)
Visual camera and software solution for waste
dumpster monitoring
$9M - Series A Feb 2019
Ketos (2015, San Francisco, $11.5M)
IoT enabled water solution for smart buildings,
schools, and cities
Rethink Impact, Better Ventures, Broadway Angels,
Plum Alley Investments, Energy Innovation
$7.8M - Series B Sep 2018
BreezoMeter (2014, Haifa, $13.2M)
Real-time air quality tracking platform
Goldacre, Entree Capital, Idinvest Partners, HELLA
Ventures, AxessVentures, Plug and Play Tech Center
$7.5M - Series A Nov 2018
Understory (2012, Boston, $17M)
Weather data using sensors at ground
Revolution, 4490 Ventures
EARLY STAGE
$6M - Series A Sep 2018
ZenCity (2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
Data platform for data-driven smart city decisions
Vertex Ventures, M12, Canaan Partners Israel
$5M - Series A Oct 2017
Fracta (2013, San Francisco, $37M)
SaaS platform to assess water conditions for utilites
$3.5M - Series A May 2018
ZenCity (2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
Data platform for data-driven smart city decisions
M12, Vertex Ventures Israel
$3.5M - Series A Jul 2018
UrbanFootprint (2014, Berkeley, $6.5M)
Cloud-based urban planning solution
$3M - Series A Oct 2017
UrbanFootprint (2014, Berkeley, $6.5M)
Cloud-based urban planning solution
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Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Smart Cities; Mar 2017-Mar 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months (3/3)
EARLY STAGE
$1.5M - Series B Feb 2018
Miovision (2005, Kitchener, $37.2M)
Traffic data collection
Ontario Canada
SEED STAGE
$2.5M - Seed Dec 2017
Ketos (2015, San Francisco, $11.5M)
IoT enabled water solution for smart buildings,
schools, and cities
Better Ventures
$1.7M - Seed Sep 2017
ZenCity (2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
Data platform for data-driven smart city decisions
GE Ventures, Tata Group, Pitango Venture Capital,
Canaan Partners Israel
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Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
Major funding rounds by Stage in Smart Cities; Mar 2017-Mar 2019
Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
EARLY STAGE
$173M - Series B Oct 2018
Terminus Technologies (2015, Beijing,
$247M)
Develops connected access control and parking
management solutions
IDG Capital, SenseTime
$73.7M - Series A Jul 2017
Terminus Technologies (2015, Beijing,
$247M)
Develops connected access control and parking
management solutions
Everbright Group, CITIC Group, IDG Capital
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Most Active Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Smart Cities; Last 5 years (Mar 2014-Mar 2019)
Most Active VC & PE Investors
29
Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
Omidyar Network(2 Investments)
WhereIsMyTransport, Zenysis Technologies
1
Goodwell
WhereIsMyTransport
2
Sequoia Capital
Mapillary
3
Entree Capital
BreezoMeter
4
Horizons Ventures
WhereIsMyTransport
5
Apsara Capital
Valor Water Analytics
6
Canbank Venture Capital Fund
NSOFT
7
Fontinalis Partners
STAE
8
Better Ventures
Ketos
9
Greylock Partners
Urban Engines
10
EARLY STAGE
ETF Partners (3 Investments)
Telensa, Greenbird, Worldsensing
1
Omidyar Network(2 Investments)
Transerve Technologies, Colab
2
Business Finland (2 Investments)
Enevo, Cyberlightning
3
Energy Impact Partners (2 Investments)
Remix, CIMCON Lighting
4
McRock Capital(2 Investments)
Miovision, Worldsensing
5
Rethink Impact (2 Investments)
Aclima, Ketos
6
Revolution(2 Investments)
LiveSafe, Understory
7
Sequoia Capital
Remix
8
Fontinalis Partners
TransLoc
9
Better Ventures
Ride Report
10
LATE STAGE
Intel Capital(2 Investments)
Moovit, Inrix
1
Sequoia Capital
Moovit
2
Cisco Investments
Sensity Systems
3
BMW i Ventures
Moovit
4
Hanaco Ventures Capital
Moovit
5
Simon Ventures
Sensity Systems
6
Tene Investment Funds
TIBA Parking Systems
7
Vaizra Investments
Moovit
8
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Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Most Active Ecosystem Investors
Top Ecosystem Investors in Smart Cities; Last 5 years (Mar 2014-Mar 2019)
Most Active Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR
Plug and Play Tech Center(15
Investments)
BreezoMeter, Understory, StreetLight Data
1
500 Startups(9 Investments)
Remix, Evreka, Valor Water Analytics
2
Startupbootcamp(8 Investments)
Civocracy, Sensfix, Responscity
3
URBAN-X (8 Investments)
STAE, Qucit, Numina
4
MassChallenge(7 Investments)
Valerann, Whitelab, CityTaps
5
SOSV(6 Investments)
STAE, Clean Robotics, Numina
6
Y Combinator(4 Investments)
Remix, Valor Water Analytics, Zenysis Technologies
7
Climate KIC(4 Investments)
Plume Labs, Green City Solutions, SmarterBetterCities
8
Urban Us(3 Investments)
One Concern, Qucit, Urbint
9
Techstars(2 Investments)
NuPark, Geospiza
10
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
E.on(2 Investments)
Space-Time Insight, Cuculus
1
GE Ventures(2 Investments)
Sensity Systems, ZenCity
2
innogy(2 Investments)
Kiwigrid, Waycare
3
Keiretsu Forum (2 Investments)
Cityzenith, StormSensor
4
Plum Alley Investments(2 Investments)
Aclima, Ketos
5
Band of Angels
Thinnect
6
IAC
LiveSafe
7
TriplePoint Capital
Sensity Systems
8
EnBW
Cleverciti
9
Hearst
LiveSafe
10
DEBT INVESTORS
Siparex(3 Investments)
Connecthings, Intent Technologies, Sensorberg
1
Western Technology Investment(3
Investments)
One Concern, StreetLight Data, Beep Networks
2
Idinvest Partners
BreezoMeter
3
NewSpring Capital
Intersection
4
Silicon Valley Bank
Telensa
5
Trinity Capital Investment
Sensity Systems
6
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Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club
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Smart Cities > Investment Trends > Unicorn Investors in the Sector
Unicorn Investors in the Sector
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Contents
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Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
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Appendix
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BlueBox
Key Sub Sectors
Detailed Sector Taxonomy
Top Markets of Investment Activity
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Other Notable Markets
Market Deep Dive
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Key Sub Sectors
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Key Sub Sectors in Smart Cities
Market Top Companies
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Smart Utilities
Companies providing solutions for public utilities in smart cities
Landis+Gyr (1896, Zug, Public)
Petra Systems (2006, South Plainfield,
$54M)
201 93 $1.6B
Smart Mobility
Companies providing mobility solutions for smart cities
Streetline (2005, San Francisco, Acquired)
Inrix (2004, Kirkland, $133M)
153 73 $582M
Smart Governance
Companies providing smart governance solutions for city authorities in smart cities
Space-Time Insight (2008, San Mateo,
Acquired)
LiveSafe (2012, Arlington, $26.9M)
116 53 $241M
Smart Public Infrastructure
Companies providing solutions for public infrastructure in smart cities
LQD WiFi (2014, New York City, Acquired)
Intersection (2015, New York City, $150M)
31 12 $163M
Public Safety
Companies providing public safety solutions for smart cities
ShotSpotter (1996, Newark, Public)
One Concern (2015, Palo Alto, $22.6M)
13 9 $100M
Smart Environment
Companies providing environment monitoring solutions for smart cities
Odotech (1998, Montreal, Acquired)
Aclima (2010, San Francisco, $24M)
69 29 $78.8M
Smart Healthcare
Companies providing healthcare solutions for smart cities
Ifinity (2014, Warsaw, $1M)
Sensorberg (2013, Berlin)
10 5 $1M
Smart Cities > Market Details > Key Sub Sectors
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Smart Cities > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (2/5)
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Smart Cities > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (3/5)
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Smart Cities > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (4/5)
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Smart Cities > Market Details > Detailed Sector Taxonomy
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Detailed Sector Taxonomy (5/5)
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Rank Market
Last 2 Years
$ Invested # Round Top Funded Company
1
(+3)
Smart Mobility > Traffic Management > Analytics
Companies offering solutions for storing, analyzing and visualizing data for urban mobility solutions
(Companies covered 25 | Funded 14 | Total Funding $327M)
$92.3M
(+$81.9M)
9
(+3)
Moovit
(2011, Ness Ziona, $133M)
2
(-)
Smart Governance > Urban Data Platforms
Companies providing analytics software/platforms to aid in city operations
(Companies covered 31 | Funded 16 | Total Funding $53.2M)
$29.4M
(+$11.5M)
12
(+4)
Quantela
(2015, Hyderabad, $10M)
3
(-)
Smart Governance > Citizen Engagement
Companies enabling citizen engagement/participation in a smart city ecosystem
(Companies covered 34 | Funded 13 | Total Funding $61.9M)
$29.7M
(+$9.7M)
7
(-)
CityBase
(2011, Chicago, Acquired)
4
(-)
Smart Mobility > Parking Management
Companies that provide parking space monitoring and management solutions
(Companies covered 54 | Funded 26 | Total Funding $97M)
$29.4M
(+$23M)
5
(-3)
Cleverciti
(2010, Munich, $31M)
5
(-4)
Smart Utilities > Energy Management > Smart Street Lighting
Companies providing intelligent street lighting systems/solutions for cities
(Companies covered 73 | Funded 26 | Total Funding $312M)
$35M
(-$58.4M)
4
(-6)
Eigen Technologies
(2004, Delhi, $17.5M)
6
(+1)
Smart Utilities > Water Management > Pipeline Monitoring
Companies providing monitoring solutions for water pipelines at utility scale
(Companies covered 22 | Funded 12 | Total Funding $60M)
$23.4M
(+$20.8M)
4
(-)
Fracta
(2013, San Francisco, Acquired)
7
(-1)
Smart Mobility > Traffic Management > Vehicular Traffic
Companies providing solutions/systems for monitoring and managing vehicular traffic in cities
(Companies covered 43 | Funded 16 | Total Funding $102M)
$21.6M
(+$13.4M)
4
(+1)
Miovision
(2005, Kitchener, $37.2M)
42
Note: The numbers in the bracket represent the change in a 2 year period.
Top Markets of Investment Activity
Top Markets by Funding in Smart Cities in last 2 years (March 2017 - February 2019)
Smart Cities > Market Details > Top Markets of Investment Activity
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Rank Market # Investments Key Investments
1
Public Safety > Disaster Management
Companies providing solutions for disaster management
(Companies created 8 | Funded 5 | Total Funding $41.9M )
1 One Concern (2015, Palo Alto, $22.6M)
2
Smart Mobility > Traffic Management > Analytics
Companies offering solutions for storing, analyzing and visualizing data for urban mobility solutions
(Companies created 25 | Funded 14 | Total Funding $327M )
1 Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M)
Note: Investors considered - Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Greylock Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Benchmark Capital, KPCB, Khosla Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Founders Fund, SV Angel, Index Ventures, Bessemer
Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Venrock, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Institutional Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Battery Ventures
43
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Top Markets where Early Stage Investors are investing in last 2 years (March 2017 - February 2019)
Smart Cities > Market Details > Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
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Incubators URBAN-X (#2), Y Combinator (#1)
Seed Greylock Partners (#1), Vision Ridge Partners (#1)
Series A/B
August Capital (#1), Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners
(#1)
Series C+ Intel Capital (#2), Sequoia Capital (#1)
GRIDSMART Jan - 2019
Acq by Cubic for $87M
Quantum Inventions Jul - 2017
Acq by Continental for $29.3M
PTV Group Jun - 2017
Acq by Porsche Se for $338M
Urban Engines Sep - 2016
Acq by Google
GTT Aug - 2016
Acquired
$15.1M - Series B
Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M)
$10M - Series C
StreetLight Data (2010, San
Francisco, $25.5M)
$2M - Series A
Qucit (2014, Begles, $2M)
$50M - Series D
Moovit (2011, Ness Ziona, $133M)
$2.3M - Seed
Waycare (2016, Tel Aviv, $2.3M)
$530k - Seed
Blyncsy (2014, Salt Lake City, $3.2M)
Series A
Qucit (2014, Begles, $2M)
Mar 2019
INRIX and SharedStreets join forces to standardize data for
highly automated vehicles, TELEMATICS WIRE
Feb 2019
Remix raises $15 million to put transportation planning in
the cloud, VentureBeat
Feb 2019
Be-mobile’s Acquisition Of French Company Mediamobile,
Global Legal Chronicle
Feb 2019
Blyncsy and Panasonic Announce Strategic Alliance to
Accelerate Connected Vehicle Technology, ePRNews
Feb 2019
These are the 20 most congested cities in the world, Click
Lancashire
Jan 2019
StreetLight Data Unveils Industry-first Solution to Measure
Bike, Pedestrian and Vehicular Transportation in One
Platform, PRWeb
Jan 2019
Cubic Acquires GRIDSMART to Expand Intelligent Traffic
Management Offering, PR Newswire
Dec 2018
HERE and INRIX Form Partnership to Move Mobility
Forward, GlobeNewswire
Nov 2018
INRIX Parking receives BMW Supplier Innovation award,
Supply Chain Digital
Nov 2018
Israeli AI Startup Waycare Helps Vegas Improve Road Safety,
Reduce Crashes, NoCamels
Nov 2018
Be-Mobile acquires traffic information company
Mediamobile, Telecompaper
Oct 2018
INRIX announces extension of collaboration with BMW
Group, Telematics News
Oct 2018
Blyncsy Announces David Sacharny as Director of Systems
Engineering and Development, Newswire
News
6
5
5
14
25
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Smart Mobility > Traffic Management > Analytics: Market Factsheet
44
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies offering solutions for
storing, analyzing and visualizing
data for urban mobility solutions
Inrix
(2004, Kirkland, $133M)
Moovit
(2011, Ness Ziona, $133M)
Remix
(2014, San Francisco, $27M)
StreetLight Data
(2010, San Francisco, $25.5M)
Blyncsy
(2014, Salt Lake City, $3.2M)
Top Companies
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Analytics
Companies Created 25 | Funded 14 | Total Funding $327M
0
5
10
15
$0k
$100M
$200M
$300M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Analytics
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Smart Mobility > Traffic Management > Analytics: Top Companies
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Analytics
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Analytics
Analyst’s Pick
Inrix (2004, Kirkland, $133M)
Transportation information and analytics provider
Soonicorn. Stage: Series E
ORIX, Intel Capital, Porsche and 9 Other Investors
Moovit (2011, Ness Ziona, $133M)
Crowd sourced public transport route optimizer
Editor's Pick. Stage: Series D
Intel Capital, Sequoia Capital, BMW i Ventures and 3
Other Investors
Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M)
Transit planning platform for Cities
Minicorn. Stage: Series B
Energy Impact Partners, Sequoia Capital, Y
Combinator and 3 Other Investors
StreetLight Data (2010, San Francisco, $25.5M)
On-demand mobility analytics platform
Editor's Pick. Stage: Series C
Osage Partners, ENGIE New Ventures, Deutsche
Telekom Capital Partners and 3 Other Investors
GTT (1970, Saint Paul)
Provider of traffic control and management systems
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Analyst’s Pick
PTV Group (1979, Karlsruhe)
Provides modeling and simulations software tools
for multiple transportation scenarios within and
between cities
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Xtelligent (2015, Los Angeles)
Developer of traffic signal control and preemption
system for smart city applications
Editor's Pick. Stage: Funded
Wireframe Ventures
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46
Smart Mobility > Traffic Management > Analytics: Leaderboard
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Analytics
#1 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Analytics
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0 Moovit 2011 Ness Ziona Series D $133M 1 - 4 - 4 11.2k 75.6M 706.6k 1 80.7k 13% 653 6%
4.8 Inrix 2004 Kirkland Series E $133M 7 5 4 - - 5.6k 3M 10k 32 461 5% 196 4%
4.5 Remix 2014
San
Francisco
Series B $27M 5 - - - - 4.4k - - 3 - - 631 17%
3.4
StreetLight
Data
2010
San
Francisco
Series C $25.5M 6 4 - - - 6.5k - - 6 - - -348 -5%
3.3 Qucit 2014 Begles Series A $2M 3 - 5 - - 1.3k 7k 51 1 1 2% 29 2%
3.2 PTV Group 1979 Karlsruhe Acquired - - - 4 3 4 2.1k 34k 232 6 30 15% 185 10%
3.0 GRIDSMART 2006 Knoxville Acquired - - - - - 4 554 - - 3 - - 63 13%
2.8
Brisk
Synergies
2013 Waterloo Seed $30k 1 - 4 - - 328 8k 116 - - - 6 2%
2.8 Waycare 2016 Tel Aviv Seed $2.3M 1 - - - - - - - 5 - - - -
2.7 Blyncsy 2014
Salt Lake
City
Seed $3.2M 3 - - - - 210 - - 4 - - -8 -4%
2.5
Urban
Engines
2012 Los Altos Acquired - 1 - - - - 1.3k - - 1 - - -21 -2%
2.2 Be-Mobile 2006 Melle Unfunded - - 3 - - 4 220 - - 3 - - 43 24%
2.2 MetroTech 2011 Alpharetta Seed $1.1M 3 - - - - 354 - - - - - -12 -3%
1.9 GTT 1970 Saint Paul Acquired - - 5 - - 3 174 - - 2 - - - -
1.7 CTY 2014 St. Louis Seed $60k 3 - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
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Incubators URBAN-X (#1), MassChallenge (#1)
Seed Fontinalis Partners (#1), XAnge (#1)
Series A/B Siparex (#1), Business Finland (#1)
Series C+
None
$3.1M - Series A
STAE (2015, New York City, $6.2M)
$10M - Series A
Quantela (2015, Hyderabad, $10M)
$2M - Seed
CivicConnect (1998, Los Angeles, $2M)
$6M - Series A
ZenCity (2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
Seed
Urbint (2015, New York City)
$3.5M - Series A
ZenCity (2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
$500k - Seed
STAE (2015, New York City, $6.2M)
Series A
Wellness Telecom (2010, Seville)
$1.7M - Seed
ZenCity (2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
$500k - Seed
STAE (2015, New York City, $6.2M)
$1.5M - Seed
STAE (2015, New York City, $6.2M)
Mar 2019
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs – Cisco Launched Urban
Observatory, SMEStreet
Mar 2019
Cédric Nicolas Joins Connecthings as Chief Technology
Officer, MarTech Advisor
Jan 2019 Hal24k Selected For Microsoft’s Scaleup Program, Financial IT
Nov 2018
Quantela, a Smart City Automation and AI Leader,
Announces a $10m Equity Investment From Digital Alpha to
Scale its Global Business, PR Newswire
Oct 2018
Connecthings Launches Augmented Location Platform to
Fuel Richer User Experiences, Business Wire
Aug 2018 Bridging Barcelona’s data, SmartCitiesWorld
Aug 2018
Quantela expects to onboard 100 cities by March next year,
Indiatimes
Aug 2018
UC Berkeley, Quantela to boost smart cities initiative in
India, newKerala.com
Jun 2018
Jaipur Development Authority and Quantela Announces the
Hosting of Smart City Expo India Event in Jaipur, Business
Wire India
Dec 2017
The AlleyWatch NYC Startup Daily Funding Report: 12/4/17,
AlleyWatch
Nov 2017 Wellness Telecom Closes Series A Financing Round, FinSMEs
Aug 2016 Why Some City Leaders Want In On Pokemon GO, Inc.
Apr 2016 Stae wants to prepare cities for the future , TechCrunch
News
-
1
9
16
31
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Smart Governance > Urban Data Platforms: Market Factsheet
47
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies providing analytics
software/platforms to aid in city
operations
ZenCity
(2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
Connecthings
(2007, Paris, $10.6M)
Quantela
(2015, Hyderabad, $10M)
STAE
(2015, New York City, $6.2M)
Top Companies
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Urban Data Platforms
Companies Created 31 | Funded 16 | Total Funding $53.2M
0
10
20
30
$0k
$50M
$100M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Urban Data Platforms
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Smart Governance > Urban Data Platforms: Top Companies
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Urban Data Platforms
#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Urban Data Platforms
Analyst’s Pick
ZenCity (2014, Tel Aviv, $11.2M)
Data platform for data-driven smart city decisions
Minicorn. Stage: Series A
Vertex Ventures, M12, Canaan Partners Israel and 4
Other Investors
Connecthings (2007, Paris, $10.6M)
Provider of location intelligence platform to
enterprises
Minicorn. Stage: Series B
Xerys Gestion, Siparex, Calao Finance, XAnge
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#2 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Urban Data Platforms
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0
Connecthing
s
2007 Paris Series B $10.6M 1 - 5 - - 1.3k 825 19 3 4 27% 212 20%
4.7 STAE 2015
New York
City
Series A $6.2M 6 - - - 4 1.2k - - 2 - - 209 22%
4.4 Quantela 2015 Hyderabad Series A $10M 1 4 - - 4 610 - - 6 - - - -
4.3 APPCityLife 2009
Albuquerqu
e
Seed $1.5M 2 - 4 - - 1.2k 36k 323 2 18 6% 33 3%
4.1
Wellness
Telecom
2010 Seville Series A - 1 - - - - 2.1k - - 2 - - 131 7%
4.1
Intent
Technologies
2011 Lille Series A $4.6M 2 - 4 - - 832 2k 5 - - - 52 7%
4.0 ZenCity 2014 Tel Aviv Series A $11.2M 3 4 4 - - - 4k 59 2 10 20% - -
3.5 Urbint 2015
New York
City
Seed - 2 - - - 4 565 - - - - - 24 4%
3.4 Munisense 2008 Leiden Seed $660k 1 - 4 - - 71 2k 6 - - - 15 27%
3.4 State of Place 2012 Needham Funded - 1 - - - 3 3.1k - - - - - 285 10%
3.3 CivicConnect 1998 Los Angeles Seed $2M 1 - - - - 67 - - - - - 4 6%
2.9 SmartIS City 2016 Ljubljana Seed - 1 - 5 - - 65 300 2 - - - 1 2%
2.6 HAL24K 2014 Amsterdam Seed - 2 - - - - 4.1k - - 1 - - -75 -2%
2.5 Mapunity 2009 Bangalore Unfunded - - - 5 - - 48 780 16 - 3 23% 3 7%
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Incubators Startupbootcamp (#2)
Seed Center for Innovative Technology (#1), iMinds (#1)
Series A/B Omidyar Network (#1), IAC (#1)
Series C+
CityBase Sep - 2018
Acq by GTY Technology for $160M
RedZone Nov - 2016
Acquired
Series A
Qlue (2015, Jakarta)
$11.1M - Series B
LiveSafe (2012, Arlington, $26.9M)
$14.9M - Series B
CityBase (2011, Chicago, $21.1M)
$2.4M - Series A
DigitalTown (2004, Burnsville, $4.1M)
$25.2k - Seed
Responscity (2016, Surat, $25.2k)
Series A
Qlue (2015, Jakarta)
$1.3M - Series A
Colab (2012, Sao Paulo, $1.3M)
$6.3M - Series B
CityBase (2011, Chicago, $21.1M)
Seed
Qlue (2015, Jakarta)
$5.3M - Series B
LiveSafe (2012, Arlington, $26.9M)
$4.5M - Series B
NowForce (2009, Jerusalem, $8.5M)
Feb 2019
GTY Buys Six Tech Firms to Create Public Sector-Focused
Software Company, GovCon Wire
Feb 2019
Smart city app Qlue secures funding from Telkom Indonesia
VC, E27
Feb 2019
Indonesia smart city app completes series A round, Tech in
Asia
Oct 2018
DigitalTown, Inc. appoints first female Board Member, Karen
Robinson, GlobeNewswire
Sep 2018 LiveSafe Lands $11M Series B, Citybizlist
Sep 2018
Ushahidi Launches TenFour for The Team Members, Tech In
Africa
Sep 2018
GTY Technology to acquire CityBase a Chicago based startup
for $160M, Seeking Alpha
Jul 2018
DigitalTown, Inc. joins Geekdom to bring Blockchain
platform to San Antonio, DirectorsTalk Interviews
Mar 2018
Velpic secures first client from NowForce partnership in
ASX-listed Threat Protect, Proactive Investors
Feb 2018
DigitalTown group launches new ecosystem tech to sustain
London's independent future, Bdaily
Jan 2018
Tech Mahindra partners Israel's ContextSpace for
cybersecurity, Indiatimes
Nov 2017
LiveSafe and SureView Bring Integration of Real-Time Safety
Intelligence and Immix Control Center to Brookfield
Property Partners, Business Wire
Nov 2017 Velpic : NowForce Partnership and Capital Raising, 4-Traders
Oct 2017
Mozilla funds open source projects with half a million in
grants – TechCrunch, TechCrunch
News
2
1
7
13
34
M&A/IPO
Series C+
Series A+
Funded
Companies
Covered
Funding Funnel
Smart Governance > Citizen Engagement: Market Factsheet
50
Exits
Most Active Investors
Recent InvestmentsCompanies enabling citizen
engagement/participation in a
smart city ecosystem
LiveSafe
(2012, Arlington, $26.9M)
CityBase
(2011, Chicago, $21.1M)
NowForce
(2009, Jerusalem, $8.5M)
DigitalTown
(2004, Burnsville, $4.1M)
Top Companies
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Citizen Engagement
Companies Created 34 | Funded 13 | Total Funding $61.9M
0
10
20
$0k
$50M
$100M
$150M
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Predicted Funding YoY Funding
Rounds Predicted Rounds
YoY Funding and Rounds
Market: Citizen Engagement
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Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Citizen Engagement
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Citizen Engagement
Analyst’s Pick
LiveSafe (2012, Arlington, $26.9M)
Mobile crowd-sourced incident reporting
Minicorn. Stage: Series B
Hearst, Enterprise Investment Partners, IAC and 8
Other Investors
CivilCops (2017)
Developer of chat/voice interfaces for reporting
civic and social issues
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
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Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Citizen Engagement
#3 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Citizen Engagement
Overall
Rating
Company
Name
Year Location Stage
Funding
($M)
Funding
Rounds
Team
Rating
Execution Quality Size Metrics 6M Growth Metrics
App
Rating
App UI
Web
UI
Social
Followers
Mobile
Downloads
Mobile
Reviews
News
Mentions
Mobile
Reviews
Social
Followers
Δ % Δ %
5.0 LiveSafe 2012 Arlington Series B $26.9M 7 - 4 - - 2k 301k 459 12 18 4% 85 5%
4.7 Qlue 2015 Jakarta Series A - 3 - 4 - - 33.5k 300k 11.7k 5 302 3% 1.2k 3%
4.1 Colab 2012 Sao Paulo Series A $1.3M 1 - 4 - - 895 300k 2.7k - 159 6% 36 4%
3.9 NowForce 2009 Jerusalem Series B $8.5M 2 - 4 - - 548 32k 368 5 9 3% -11 -2%
3.8 CityBase 2011 Chicago Acquired $21.1M 3 - - - - - - - 7 - - - -
3.4 Ushahidi 2008 Nairobi Funded - 4 - 4 - - 81.9k 34k 189 5 4 2% -739 -1%
3.4 Civocracy 2013 Berlin Seed $15k 1 - - - - 1.3k - - 1 - - 159 14%
3.4 CitizenLab 2015 Brussels Seed - 1 - - - - 11.4k - - - - - 339 3%
3.2 Changify 2012 Plymouth Seed - 1 - - - - 1.6k - - 2 - - 8 1%
3.0 DigitalTown 2004 Burnsville Series A $4.1M 5 - 5 - - - 525 6 23 -1 -14% - -
2.8 RedZone 2015 Miami Acquired - - - 4 - - - 75k 257 7 12 5% - -
2.6 Musketeer 2012 Tel Aviv Funded - - 4 4 - - 36 75k 932 - 22 2% -1 -3%
2.5 Responscity 2016 Surat Seed $25.2k 1 - - - 4 209 - - - - - -1 -
2.2 CTconnect 2013 Tel Mond Unfunded - - - 4 - - 24 97k 936 - 68 8% - -
2.1 DataMade 2013 Chicago Unfunded - - - - - - 2.6k - - - - - 153 6%
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#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Parking Management
Companies Created 54 | Funded 26 | Total Funding $97M
Market: Parking Management
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#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Parking Management
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#4 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Parking Management
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#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Smart Street Lighting
Companies Created 73 | Funded 26 | Total Funding $312M
Market: Smart Street Lighting
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#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Smart Street Lighting
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Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Smart Street Lighting
#5 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Smart Street Lighting
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#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Pipeline Monitoring
Companies Created 22 | Funded 12 | Total Funding $60M
Market: Pipeline Monitoring
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#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Pipeline Monitoring
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#6 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Pipeline Monitoring
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Vehicular Traffic
Companies Created 43 | Funded 16 | Total Funding $102M
Market: Vehicular Traffic
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Market: Vehicular Traffic
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#7 Top Markets of Investment Activity
Better than Market Average
Market: Vehicular Traffic
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#1 Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Smart Cities > Market Details > Market: Disaster Management
Companies Created 8 | Funded 5 | Total Funding $41.9M
Market: Disaster Management
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#1 Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Better than Market Average
Market: Disaster Management
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Public Companies
Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
67
Notable Acquisitions
Top Acquirers
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Feb 2019
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Feb 2019
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Public companies (1/2)
69
Performance indicators of public companies in Smart Cities
IPO Date Company
IPO
Mcap
Exchange
Ticker
Aug 2017
Borqs (2007, Beijing)
Developer of embedded software & hardware solutions for IoTs
NASDAQ:BRQS
Jul 2017
Landis+Gyr (1896, Zug)
Provider of smart meters, communication systems and energy
management solutions
$2.4B SWX:LAND
Jun 2017
ShotSpotter (1996, Newark)
Gunshot detection, location alerting, and analysis
$100M NASDAQ:SSTI
Jan 2016
Trendit (2008, Ra'anana)
Provides crowd and population analytics based on cellular usage
data
LON:TRIT
Sep 2010
Elster (1994, Ocala)
AMI and AMR metering solutions
$1.5B NYSE:ELT
May 2007
SenSen Networks (2011, Melbourne)
Sensor fusion software platform
$3.6M ASX:SNS
Dec 2006
Buddy (2006, Seattle)
Cloud based data management platform
$3.9M ASX:BUD
Jan 2006
Veolia (1853, Paris)
Customized water, waste and energy management solutions
$55.1M
EURONEXT:ALT
EV
Mar 2000
Aclara Technologies (1972, Hazelwood)
Connective platform for smart grid
$655M NASDAQ:ACLA
Smart Cities > Exit Outlook > Public Companies
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Performance indicators of public companies in Smart Cities
IPO Date Company
IPO
Mcap
Exchange
Ticker
Aug 1998
Echelon (1988, Santa Clara)
Provides open-standard embedded platform for IOT Applications
NASDAQ:ELON
Oct 1984
Iteris (1968, Santa Ana)
Solutions for the intelligent traffic systems (ITS) and the precision
agriculture
ITI
Q-Free (1984, Trondheim)
Provider of intelligent transport system solutions & services
OSLO BORS:QFR
Inert Tech (1998, Anyang-si)
Provides hardware technology solutions for IoT and M2M
connectivity
Smart Cities > Exit Outlook > Public Companies
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Notable Acquisitions in Smart Cities
Smart Cities > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2018
Acquirer: Cubic Deal: $236M
Trafficware (1978, Sugar Land)
Electronic equipment and enterprise software for
traffic management
Acquirer: GTY Technology Deal: $160M
CityBase (2011, Chicago, $21.1M)
Developing cloud based solutions for streamlining
smart cities' operations
Acquirer: Kurita Water Industries
Fracta (2013, San Francisco, $37M)
SaaS platform to assess water conditions for utilites
Acquirer: Nokia
Space-Time Insight (2008, San Mateo, $54.6M)
Real time analytics for data from varied sources
2017
Acquirer: Porsche Se Deal: $338M
PTV Group (1979, Karlsruhe)
Provides modeling and simulations software tools
for multiple transportation scenarios within and
between cities
2016
Acquirer: Verizon
Sensity Systems (2010, Sunnyvale, $74M)
Light sensory network solutions
Acquirer: Xylem Water Solutions
Deal: $1.7B
Sensus (1870, Raleigh)
Network provider, smart meters, software and
services
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Notable Acquisitions in Smart Cities
Smart Cities > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2015
Acquirer: Blackberry Deal: $250M
AtHoc (1999, San Mateo, $15.6M)
Interactive Crisis Communication
Acquirer: Honeywell Deal: $5.1B
Elster (1994, Ocala)
AMI and AMR metering solutions
Acquirer: Kapsch
Streetline (2005, San Francisco, $59.3M)
Device to find empty parking spaces
2012
Acquirer: Crompton Greaves Deal: $183M
ZIV (1993, Zamudio)
Smart meters, communication systems and
controllers
2011
Acquirer: Toshiba Deal: $2.3B
Landis+Gyr (1896, Zug, $1B)
Provider of smart meters, communication systems
and energy management solutions
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Notable Acquisitions in Smart Cities
Smart Cities > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
Before 2008
Acquirer: General Electric
Sensicore (2000, Ann Arbor, $29M)
Handheld smart sensor systems for water supply
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Most Active Acquirers
74
Smart Cities > Exit Outlook > Most Active Acquirers
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Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
75
Details on VC & PE Investors
Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
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Smart Cities > Investors > Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
Index of Top Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Smart Cities; Last 5 years (Mar 2014 - Feb 2019)
Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
Omidyar Network (2 Investments)
Sequoia Capital
Fontinalis Partners
Entree Capital
Goodwell
Better Ventures
Greylock Partners
Horizons Ventures
Momenta Partners
Apsara Capital
Building10
Canaan Partners Israel
Canbank Venture Capital Fund
E14 Fund
Global Innovation Fund
EARLY STAGE
ETF Partners (3 Investments)
Omidyar Network (2 Investments)
Energy Impact Partners (2 Investments)
Business Finland (2 Investments)
McRock Capital (2 Investments)
Rethink Impact (2 Investments)
Revolution (2 Investments)
Sequoia Capital
Fontinalis Partners
Westly Group
Cisco Investments
Qualcomm Ventures
Better Ventures
Horizons Ventures
New Enterprise Associates
LATE STAGE
Intel Capital (2 Investments)
Sequoia Capital
Cisco Investments
BMW i Ventures
Hanaco Ventures Capital
Simon Ventures
Tene Investment Funds
Vaizra Investments
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78
Portfolio in Smart Cities | Exits | Funds Link | Website | LinkedIn | Twitter
Smart Cities > Investors > Omidyar Network
People
Investments
[Unicorn] Quikr (2008, Bangalore, $370M, Series H)
Online classifieds portal for multi-category products
[Unicorn] Chime Bank (2013, San Francisco, $305M, Series D)
Internet first bank
[Soonicorn] Prosper (2005, San Francisco, $401M, Series G)
P2P Lending Marketplace
[Soonicorn] DailyHunt (2007, Bangalore, $185M, Series F)
Aggregates news in Indian regional languages
[Soonicorn] AltSchool (2013, San Francisco, $137M, Series B)
Tech-enabled chain of micro-schools focussing on Social and Emotional
Learning
[Soonicorn] PatientsLikeMe (2004, Cambridge, $127M, Series
D)
Healthcare social network for patients
[Soonicorn] Off Grid Electric (2011, Arusha, $113M, Series D)
Offers solar services for rural residences
[Soonicorn] D.light Design (2007, San Francisco, $100M, Series
E)
Manufactures and distributes solar products in villages
[Soonicorn] NeoGrowth (2013, Mumbai, $95.1M, Series E)
Working capital lending platform
[Soonicorn] 1mg (2015, Gurgaon, $87.4M, Series C)
Online pharmacy marketplace with doctor listing and teleconsultation
services
[Soonicorn] Vistaar Finance (2010, Bangalore, $77.4M, Series
D)
Loan products for MSMEs
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Pam Omidyar
Co-Founder
Pierre Omidyar
Co-Founder &
Founding Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Jan 2019
South African startup secures additional $1.85 million
funding, IT News Africa
Sep 2018
Ushahidi Launches TenFour for The Team Members, Tech
In Africa
Oct 2017
Transerve to expand sales network, enter new verticals,
Business Standard
Oct 2017
Mozilla funds open source projects with half a million in
grants – TechCrunch, TechCrunch
Sep 2017
Transverse Technologies secures $1.6 million from IL&FS
Investment Manager, others, Venture Dreams
Jul 2017
Ushahidi Fires Executive Director Accused of Sexual
Harassment, TechMoran
Jun 2017
SA’s WhereIsMyTransport raises further $800k, Disrupt
Africa
Jun 2017
South Africa’s WhereIsMyTransport secures £1.2m to
digitally map the country’s informally run public
transport, TechMoran
Mar 2017
Ushahidi launches new iOS and Android apps to help
people capture reports anywhere, anytime, Innovation-
village
None
1
2 2
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Follow On New Investments
1
-
-
2
2
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed1
1
1
1
1
South Africa
India
Latam
Kenya
US
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Portfolio in Smart Cities | Exits | Funds Link | Website | LinkedIn | Twitter
Smart Cities > Investors > Sequoia Capital
People
Investments
[Minicorn] Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M, Series B)
Transit planning platform for Cities
[Minicorn] Mapillary (2013, Malmo, $24.5M, Series B)
Crowdsourced photomapping service
[Editor's Pick] Moovit (2011, Ness Ziona, $133M, Series D)
Crowd sourced public transport route optimizer
Smart Cities Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Go-Jek (2010, Jakarta, $4.3B, Series F)
Bike taxi aggregator and provider of multi-vertical on-demand services
[Unicorn] Coupang (2010, Seoul, $4.1B, Series F)
Marketplace based in Korea
[Unicorn] Airbnb (2008, San Francisco, $3.4B, Series F)
Marketplace for vacation rental accommodations
[Unicorn] Ola (2011, Bangalore, $3.4B, Series J)
App-based asset-light cab operator
[Unicorn] Instacart (2012, San Francisco, $2.8B, Series G)
Marketplace for same-day grocery delivery
[Unicorn] Moderna Therapeutics (2010, Cambridge, $2.8B,
Public)
Developing messenger RNA-based therapeutics
[Unicorn] Snapchat (2011, Los Angeles, $2.6B, Public)
Multimedia messaging application
[Soonicorn] Symantec (1982, Mountain View, $2.6B, Public)
Enterprise security solution suite
[Editor's Pick] Uber (2009, San Francisco, $9B, Series G)
Mobile app that connects passengers with vehicle drivers for hire
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Donald
Valentine
Founder
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Feb 2019
Remix raises $15 million to put transportation planning in
the cloud, VentureBeat
Feb 2019
Mapillary announces new tool for cities and mapmakers
to take control of map data collection, Geospatial Media
and Communications
Jan 2019
BMW-backed Mapillary Provides Hyper Mapping Services
for Driverless Vehicles, FutureCar
Jan 2019
Mapillary crowdsourcing adds new features to maps,
Autonomous Vehicle Tech
Jan 2019
Financial Poise Editorial Board Chair, Ron Diamond, Joins
the Advisory Board of Software Innovator, Cityzenith,
PRWeb
Dec 2018
Cityzenith's Smart World Pro™ Digital Twin Software
Platform Selected for New Capital City in India, PR
Newswire
Oct 2018
Tech Titans' come to Jersey to share expertise, Bailiwick
Publishing
Sep 2018
Remix Launches First Platform to Help Cities Manage
New Mobility and Design Multimodal Streets, PRWeb
None
1 11 1
1
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Follow On New Investments
-
1
-
1
2
Undisclosed
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed2
1
1
-
-
US
Israel
Europe
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80
Portfolio in Smart Cities | Exits | Funds Link | Website | LinkedIn | Twitter
Smart Cities > Investors > Fontinalis Partners
People
Investments
[Soonicorn] Inrix (2004, Kirkland, $133M, Series E)
Transportation information and analytics provider
Smart Cities Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Lyft (2012, San Francisco, $5.1B, Series I)
On-Demand Taxi
[Soonicorn] Postmates (2011, San Francisco, $681M, Series F)
On Demand Delivery through Mobile App
[Soonicorn] Life360 (2008, San Francisco, $89.7M, Series C)
Mobile app that connects family members and close friends
[Soonicorn] Ike (2018, San Francisco, $52M, Series A)
Full-stack autonomous driving technology for trucks
[Soonicorn] Humatics (2015, Boston, $25.2M, Series A)
Control systems for robots that would enable collaborative nature in
robots
[Minicorn] Zagster (2007, Boston, $33.6M, Series C)
Bike sharing solutions provider
[Minicorn] Ouster (2016, San Francisco, $27M, Series A)
Affordable LiDAR sensors for self-driving vehicles
[Minicorn] Masabi (2001, London, $20.8M, Series C)
Mobile Ticketing App for Transport
[Minicorn] Karamba Security (2015, Hod Hasharon, $17M,
Series B)
Cybersecurity for connected & autonomous cars
[Minicorn] Zendrive (2013, San Francisco, $15M, Series A)
Intelligence for smart driving
[Minicorn] QP QuickPay Parking (2010, San Francisco, $9M,
Series A)
Integrated mobile parking technology and services
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Mark Schulz
Co-Founder & Special
Venture Partner
Chris Cheever
Co-Founder & Partner
Chris Thomas
Co-Founder & MD
Bill Ford
Co-Founder & Partner
Ralph Booth
Co-Founder &
Managing Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Mar 2019
INRIX and SharedStreets join forces to standardize data
for highly automated vehicles, TELEMATICS WIRE
Feb 2019
These are the 20 most congested cities in the world, Click
Lancashire
Dec 2018
HERE and INRIX Form Partnership to Move Mobility
Forward, GlobeNewswire
Nov 2018
INRIX Parking receives BMW Supplier Innovation award,
Supply Chain Digital
Oct 2018
INRIX announces extension of collaboration with BMW
Group, Telematics News
Sep 2018
INRIX Introduces New Dataset in Site Selection Suite, QSR
Magazine
Sep 2018
Inrix reveals best roads for autonomous truck trials,
commercialfleet.org
Aug 2018
May Mobility joins communications pilot program with
analytics company INRIX, Second Wave Michigan
Jul 2018
New Autonomous Vehicle Platform Connects Road
Authorities with Vehicle Operators, PR Newswire
Jul 2018 INRIX unveils “INRIX Parking Path”, Telematics News
Streetline
(2005, San Francisco, $59.3M)
Acq by Kapsch - Apr 2015
TransLoc
(2004, Durham, $8M)
Acq by Ford - Jan 2018
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Entree Capital
81
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Greylock Partners
82
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Horizons Ventures
83
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Smart Cities > Investors > Horizons Ventures
84. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Building10
84
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Smart Cities > Investors > Building10
85. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
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Appendix
85
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Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
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ETF Partners
86
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Smart Cities > Investors > ETF Partners
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Omidyar Network
87
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Smart Cities > Investors > Omidyar Network
88. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Energy Impact Partners
88
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Smart Cities > Investors > Energy Impact Partners
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Business Finland
89
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Smart Cities > Investors > Business Finland
90. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
McRock Capital
90
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Smart Cities > Investors > McRock Capital
91. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Rethink Impact
91
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Smart Cities > Investors > Rethink Impact
92. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Revolution
92
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Smart Cities > Investors > Revolution
93. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Sequoia Capital
93
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Smart Cities > Investors > Sequoia Capital
94. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Fontinalis Partners
94
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Smart Cities > Investors > Fontinalis Partners
95. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Westly Group
95
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Smart Cities > Investors > Westly Group
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Cisco Investments
96
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Smart Cities > Investors > Cisco Investments
97. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Qualcomm Ventures
97
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Smart Cities > Investors > Qualcomm Ventures
98. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Horizons Ventures
98
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Smart Cities > Investors > Horizons Ventures
99. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
New Enterprise Associates
99
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Smart Cities > Investors > New Enterprise Associates
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News
Appendix
100
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Seed Stage
Early Stage
Late Stage
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
101. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Intel Capital
101
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Smart Cities > Investors > Intel Capital
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Sequoia Capital
102
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Smart Cities > Investors > Sequoia Capital
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Cisco Investments
103
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Smart Cities > Investors > Cisco Investments
104. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
BMW i Ventures
104
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Smart Cities > Investors > BMW i Ventures
105. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Simon Ventures
105
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Smart Cities > Investors > Simon Ventures
106. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
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Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
106
Details on VC & PE Investors
Details on Top Ecosystem Players
Incubators
Other Notable Investors
Debt Investors
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Smart Cities > Investors > Index of Ecosystem Investors
Index of Top Ecosystem Investors in Smart Cities; Q1 2014 - Q1 2019
Index of Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR
Plug and Play Tech Center (15 Investments)
500 Startups (9 Investments)
Startupbootcamp (8 Investments)
URBAN-X (8 Investments)
MassChallenge (7 Investments)
SOSV (6 Investments)
Y Combinator (4 Investments)
Climate KIC (4 Investments)
Urban Us (3 Investments)
Techstars (2 Investments)
Alchemist Accelerator (2 Investments)
HAX (2 Investments)
Wayra (2 Investments)
CIIE
Launchpad Digital Health
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
E.on (2 Investments)
GE Ventures (2 Investments)
innogy (2 Investments)
Keiretsu Forum (2 Investments)
Plum Alley Investments (2 Investments)
Band of Angels
IAC
TriplePoint Capital
EnBW
Hearst
KfW Bankengruppe
Knight Foundation
MacKinnon, Bennett & Company
Mumbai Angels
New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership
DEBT INVESTORS
Siparex (3 Investments)
Western Technology Investment (3
Investments)
Idinvest Partners
NewSpring Capital
Silicon Valley Bank
Trinity Capital Investment
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Plug and Play Tech Center
108
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Smart Cities > Investors > Plug and Play Tech Center
People
Investments
[Minicorn] Savari (2008, Santa Clara, $20M, Series B)
V2X Communication Technology
[Minicorn] Understory (2012, Boston, $17M, Series A)
Weather data using sensors at ground
[Minicorn] BreezoMeter (2014, Haifa, $13.2M, Series B)
Real-time air quality tracking platform
[Editor's Pick] StreetLight Data (2010, San Francisco, $25.5M,
Series C)
On-demand mobility analytics platform
[Editor's Pick] Thinnect (2013, Tallinn, $1.7M, Seed)
Communication stack enabling smart devices to directly communicate
with each other
[Editor's Pick] Connected Signals (2010, Eugene, $1.1M, Seed)
Smartphone app that communicates with traffic signals for alerts and
information
[Editor's Pick] Applied Particle Technology (2014, St. Louis,
Funded)
Developer of environmental sensors for measuring aerosols in the air
Smart Cities Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Dropbox (2007, San Francisco, $607M, Public)
Cloud-based file sharing and synchronization software
[Unicorn] Guardant Health (2012, Redwood City, $550M, Series
E)
Cancer detection, care and treatment through Digital Sequencing
Technology
[Unicorn] N26 (2013, Berlin, $515M, Series D)
Mobile-first bank for retail customers.
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Jojo Flores
Co-Founder & VP
Saeed Amidi
Founder & CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Feb 2019
Understory Announces Project Atmosphere and
Expansion to 10 Global Cities, Business Wire
Feb 2019 Understory to monitor urban air pollution, BizTimes
Jan 2019 Get Earth’s 24/7 health report, Innovators Magazine
Jan 2019
Wisconsin Real-Time Weather Data Startup Poised for
Expansion, Insurance Journal
Dec 2018
Understory Unveils “Atmosphere” First Ground-Truth
Municipal Technology with Real-Time Air Quality and
Weather Insights, Business Wire
Nov 2018
Understory Secures $7.5M in New Funding to Power
Global Expansion of Weather Sensor Network, Business
Wire
Sep 2018
BreezoMeter Closes Series B Fundraising with $7.75M
USD, Business Wire
Aug 2018
Understory Announces Partnership with Center for
Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere
Program, Business Wire
Jul 2018
Understory Receives Patent to Manufacture Cost-Effective
Weather Stations, Business Wire
Streetline
(2005, San Francisco, $59.3M)
Acq by Kapsch - Apr 2015
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Israel
Canada
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500 Startups
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People
Investments
[Minicorn] Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M, Series B)
Transit planning platform for Cities
[Minicorn] Remix (2014, San Francisco, $27M, Series B)
Transit planning platform for Cities
Smart Cities Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Credit Karma (2007, San Francisco, $370M, Series D)
Aggregator of various consumer financial products.
[Unicorn] Intercom (2011, San Francisco, $241M, Series D)
Customer communication and Retention Platform
[Unicorn] Twilio (2007, San Francisco, $240M, Public)
Cloud Communications API provider
[Unicorn] Gitlab (2014, San Francisco, $166M, Series D)
Code collaboration tool
[Unicorn] Talkdesk (2011, San Francisco, $128M, Series B)
Browser based call center
[Soonicorn] Smule (2008, San Francisco, $176M, Series F)
Developer of social music creation and sharing apps
[Soonicorn] Udemy (2010, San Francisco, $173M, Series D)
Marketplace for online courses
[Soonicorn] Akulaku (2016, Pasig, $145M, Series C)
Mobile app which gives cardless installment payment
[Soonicorn] Flywire (2009, Boston, $137M, Series D)
Global money transfer in local currency
[Soonicorn] Carousell (2012, Singapore, $127M, Series C)
Online listing platform for multi-category pre-owned products
[Soonicorn] Breather (2012, Montreal, $120M, Series D)
On-demand Private Room Reservation
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Christine Tsai
CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Feb 2019
Remix raises $15 million to put transportation planning in
the cloud, VentureBeat
Sep 2018
Remix Launches First Platform to Help Cities Manage
New Mobility and Design Multimodal Streets, PRWeb
May 2017
Remix Helps Transit Agencies Create New Routes, The
Wall Street Journal
May 2016
STL Civic Tech Startup CTY Joins Inaugural Class of NY
Accelerator URBAN-X - EQ, EQ
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Climate KIC
110
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Smart Cities > Investors > Climate KIC
People
Investments
[Editor's Pick] Plume Labs (2014, Paris, $4.5M, Seed)
Develops an air quality monitor and offers a pollution and weather
forecast solution
Smart Cities Notable Portfolio
[Soonicorn] Ynsect (2011, Evry, $175M, Series C)
Producing insect based substrates which act as crop nutrients
[Minicorn] Volocopter (2012, Bruchsal, $36.8M, Series A)
Developer of electric helicopters
[Minicorn] Solease (2011, Utrecht, $19.3M, Series A)
Solar-as-a-service model of residential solar plant leasing
[Minicorn] ViriCiti (2012, Amsterdam, $7.9M, Series A)
Cloud-based energy management and analytics for electric buses and
trucks
[Editor's Pick] Powervault (2012, London, $6.6M, Series A)
Energy storage integrated with solar
[Editor's Pick] Lightyear (2016, Eindhoven, $6.1M, Series A)
Solar powered electric car developer
[Editor's Pick] Physee (2014, Delft, $1.8M, Series A)
Transparent BIPV solar panels
[Editor's Pick] Suntherm (2014, Hojslev, $740k, Seed)
Solar thermal connected PCM based thermal storage solution
[Editor's Pick] Ennesys (2010, Nanterre, $427k, Series A)
Waste-to-energy systems powered by micro-algae
[Editor's Pick] Save Innovations (2013, Grenoble, $424k, Seed)
Pico-turbine solution for power generation from flowing water
[Editor's Pick] Petalite (2014, Birmingham, $314k, Seed)
Developers of fast charging battery systems
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Kirsten Dunlop
CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Feb 2019
Green City Solutions Appoints Al Leisengang as CEO,
Citybizlist
Sep 2017
Plume Labs launches an air quality tracker powered by AI
- SiliconANGLE, SiliconAngle
Aug 2017
Plume Labs launches Plume.io, an API for air pollution –
TechCrunch, TechCrunch
Jan 2017
Plume Labs’ Flow is an air quality tracker to avoid
pollution, TechCrunch
Jul 2016
Green City Solutions wins TechCrunch Berlin Pitch-Off,
TechCrunch
Mar 2016
This team has built adorable tiny backpacks for pigeons to
track air pollution, TechCrunch
Jun 2015 Cloud-based smart city service - EE Publishers, ee.co.za
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Techstars
111
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Smart Cities > Investors > Techstars
112. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Launchpad Digital Health
112
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Smart Cities > Investors > Launchpad Digital Health
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Appendix
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Details on Top Ecosystem Players
Incubators
Other Notable Investors
Debt Investors
114. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
E.on
114
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Smart Cities > Investors > E.on
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GE Ventures
115
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Smart Cities > Investors > GE Ventures
116. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Plum Alley Investments
116
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Smart Cities > Investors > Plum Alley Investments
117. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Band of Angels
117
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Smart Cities > Investors > Band of Angels
118. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
IAC
118
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Smart Cities > Investors > IAC
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TriplePoint Capital
119
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Smart Cities > Investors > TriplePoint Capital
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EnBW
120
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Smart Cities > Investors > EnBW
121. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Hearst
121
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Smart Cities > Investors > Hearst
122. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
KfW Bankengruppe
122
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Smart Cities > Investors > KfW Bankengruppe
123. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
MacKinnon, Bennett & Company
123
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Smart Cities > Investors > MacKinnon, Bennett & Company
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Appendix
124
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Other Notable Investors
Debt Investors
125. Copyright © 2019, Tracxn Technologies Private Limited. All rights reserved.Feed Report - Smart Cities - Mar 2019
Siparex
125
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Smart Cities > Investors > Siparex
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Western Technology Investment
126
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Smart Cities > Investors > Western Technology Investment
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Idinvest Partners
127
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Smart Cities > Investors > Idinvest Partners
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NewSpring Capital
128
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Smart Cities > Investors > NewSpring Capital
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Silicon Valley Bank
129
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Smart Cities > Investors > Silicon Valley Bank
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Trinity Capital Investment
130
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Smart Cities > Investors > Trinity Capital Investment
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