Veniam
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| Private | |
| Industry | Connected transportation |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | João Barros, Robin Chase, Roy Russell and Susana Sargento |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States |
Key people |
Chairman of the Board João Barros |
| Services | Vehicle based Mesh Networks |
| Website |
veniam |
Veniam is building the Internet of Moving Things, by turning vehicles into WiFi hotspots and building vehicular networks that expand wireless coverage and collect terabytes of actionable data. Veniam’s game-changing solutions are composed by hardware, software and cloud components that deliver managed services to intelligent transportation systems in New York City and Singapore, as well as in the world's largest mesh networks of connected vehicles, which includes taxis, waste collection trucks and the entire public bus fleet in Porto, Portugal, offering free Wi-Fi to more than 500,000 active customers. Veniam can move massive amounts of data from the vehicle to the cloud and back (through 4G/5G techniques, mesh networking and delay tolerant networking). Today it offers an after-market solution that enables highly reliable managed services over networks of moving things (mobile Wi-Fi, mobile ads, and fleet telematics). Veniam is backed by leading venture capital firms, and has offices in the US (Mountain View and New York); Europe (Portugal); and Asia (Singapore).
Company
Veniam was founded by João Barros, its CEO, Roy Russell, former Zipcar [1] CTO,[2] Susana Sargento, a professor at the University of Aveiro, and Robin Chase, former CEO of Zipcar and Buzzcar.
Veniam has been awarded in 2015 by Gartner a "Cool Vendor" in Smart Cities.[3] In 2015 it was also winner of the Building Global Innovators by MIT Portugal[4] and winner of CableLabs innovation.[5] Institutional partners for Veniam include: Universidade do Porto, Universidade de Aveiro, MIT Portugal and UPTEC among others.[6]
Products
Veniam Platform; Veniam Live; Veniam Mobile Wi-Fi; Veniam Mobile Ads
Awards
- 2017 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are changing the world.”[7]
- Winner of TU Automotive Best Auto Mobility Product/Service 2016[8]
- 2016 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are revolutionizing the business landscape.”[9]
- Winner of the “Best New Venture” at the WBA 2015 Wi-Fi Industry Awards[10]
- Winner of the 2015 Red Herring Top 100 Award[11]
- Winner of the NOS Innovation Award
- Winner of the Portuguese Venture Competition “Building Global Innovators” (ISCTE–IUL; MIT Portugal) [12]
- Most Likely to Succeed Idea within the Cable Industry at CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase [13]
- Named 2015 Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Smart Cities [14]
- Named FierceWireless “Fierce 15” Top Wireless Company List of 2015 [15]
Investors
- True Ventures [16]
- USV [17]
- Verizon Ventures [18]
- Cisco Investments [18]
- Orange Digital Ventures [18]
- Yamaha Motor Ventures And Laboratory Silicon Valley [18]
- Liberty Global [19]
- Cane Investments [20]
Institutional Partners
- Carnegie Mellon Portugal[21]
- European Union[22]
- Instituto de Telecomunicações[23]
- ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon
- MIT Portugal[12]
- O NOVO NORTE
- Quadro de Referência Estratégico Nacional
- University of Aveiro[24]
- University Technology Entreprise Network Portugal
- University of Porto[24]
References
- ↑ "Robin Chase on Zipcar and her next big idea". TED Talks. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Veniam Wants to Build a Smart City One WiFi Bus at a Time". Xconomy. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Veniam Named 2015 Gartner "Cool Vendor" in Smart Cities" (Press release). Veniam. Retrieved 16 September 2015 – via Market Wired.
- ↑ "Veniam is the winner of BGI 3rd Edition!" (Press release). MIT Portugal. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Veniam Wows Cable's Engineering Crowd". Multi Channel. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ "Veniam". UpTEC. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/16/veniam-2017-disruptor-50.html
- ↑ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniams-vehicle-networking-solutions-win-cnbc-disruptor-50-best-auto-mobility-product-2134853.htm
- ↑ http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/06/veniam-2016-disruptor-50.html
- ↑ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-wins-wi-fi-industrys-best-new-venture-2065279.htm
- ↑ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-wins-2015-red-herring-top-100-award-2032049.htm
- 1 2 Gallagher, Don. "MIT Portugal - MIT Portugal".
- ↑ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-voted-winner-at-cablelabs-innovation-showcase-2044937.htm
- ↑ "Veniam Named 2015 Gartner "Cool Vendor" in Smart Cities - Marketwired .".
- ↑ http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-named-to-fiercewireless-fierce-15-top-wireless-company-list-of-2015-2029150.htm
- ↑ "Welcoming Veniam". 2 December 2014.
- ↑ "Introducing Veniam - Union Square Ventures".
- 1 2 3 4 "Verizon Ventures leads $22 mln Series B funding in Veniam". 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liberty Global - largest international cable company".
- ↑ "About Us - Our Operations - Other Operations - Liberty Global Ventures".
- ↑ "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".
- 1 2 "Jornal Online - Universidade de Aveiro".