Discover 5 Top Connectivity Solutions impacting Utility Companies

Curious about new technological advancements in the utility sector? Explore our analysis of 353 global startups & scaleups and learn how their connectivity solutions impact your business!

Staying ahead of the technology curve means strengthening your competitive advantage. That is why we give you data-driven innovation insights into the utility sector. This time, you get to discover 5 hand-picked connectivity solutions impacting utility companies.

Out of 353, the Global Startup Heat Map highlights 5 Top Connectivity Solutions impacting Utility Companies

The insights of this data-driven analysis are derived from the Big Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered StartUs Insights Discovery Platform, covering 2 093 000+ startups & scaleups globally. The platform gives you an exhaustive overview of emerging technologies & relevant startups within a specific field in just a few clicks.

The Global Startup Heat Map below reveals the distribution of the 353 exemplary startups & scaleups we analyzed for this research. Further, it highlights 5 utility startups that we hand-picked based on criteria such as founding year, location, funding raised, and more. You get to explore the solutions of these 5 startups & scaleups in this report. For insights on the other 348 connectivity solutions for utility companies, get in touch.

 

Flowless enables Real-time Waterline Monitoring

Founding Year: 2019
Location: West Bank, Palestine
Partner for: Water Monitoring

Flowless is a Palestinian startup that provides water supply management solutions. The startup’s smart devices collect real-time data on water flow, quality, and other parameters from the field. The real-time waterline monitoring system then uses AI to analyze it and generate alerts on leaks, water balance, and water accounting. Besides, the startup utilizes data from the time of installation and system deployment that, in turn, further improves the accuracy of the AI platform. This increases the flexibility and agility of the software thereby offering a customized connectivity platform for water utilities.

Acklio provides Interoperable Smart Meters

Founding Year: 2016
Location: Brittany, France
Partner for: Smart Grid Management

French startup Acklio provides low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) that enable interoperability among smart electric meters. The startup’s static context header compression (SCHC) technology connects smart meters on the electric grid with each other without specific adaptation to any protocol. Acklio’s solution is scalable and sets up a private long-range wide area network (LoRaWAN). This includes a network manager module that connects and authenticates the network equipment such as gateways and devices as well as manages user access. The low power consumption of the LPWAN networks further improves the efficiency of network devices and allows the devices to operate on small batteries.

Puloli offers Network-as-a-Service for Utilities

Founding Year: 2016
Location: San Francisco, USA
Partner for: Internet of Things (IoT) Networks, Low-Latency IoT Communication

Puloli is a US-based startup that provides IoT network solutions for devices on utility grids. The startup provides a secure, scalable, and economic private network that is customizable to meet the needs of each utility. The IoT network allows utilities to manage their own data as well as monitor and control assets. Puloli’s networks use LTE and 5G to enable large volumes of data transfer and ultra-low latency connections. The startup’s technology also optimizes the 5G network to increase latency tolerance and low bandwidth connectivity, improving the battery life of devices on the utility network. In addition, the solution offers in-built security mechanisms for mutual authentication and encryption that allow the network to validate device credentials and vice-versa.

Nexog aids Network Management for Utilities

Founding Year: 2017
Location: Ra’anana, Israel
Partner for: Grid Scheduling, Consumption Management

Israeli startup Nexog provides an edge platform that monitors and controls utility networks, devices, and services. The startup’s Smart Power Management solution uses smart, IoT-based hardware devices to allow consumers to control the flow of electricity to power outlets and other household equipment with its mobile and web applications. Nexog also provides a cloud-based service that drives the Smart Power Management platform as well as communicates with the IoT devices and the mobile app. In this way, the solution leverages remote connectivity to enhance the scheduling capabilities of the grid and optimizes energy efficiency.

Entgra advances Smart Meter Connectivity

Founding Year: 2018
Location: Dehiwala, Sri Lanka
Partner for: Metering Analytics

Entgra is a Sri Lankan startup that provides solutions to digitize utility operations. The startup’s IoT middleware and custom integrations assist in utility meter management, allowing utility meters in different usage scenarios and variable protocols to communicate with each other. These communications track meter location, test meter after installation, and gather proof of meter installation. This, in effect, enables management of the utility meters at each stage of their lifecycle, providing utility companies with awareness of meter operations. These features also allow scheduling of utility meters according to requirement and reconfigure meters to detect malfunctioning and tampering.

Discover more Utility Startups

Utility startups such as the examples highlighted in this report focus on 5G, IoT, and grid monitoring. While all of these technologies play a major role in advancing utility services, they only represent the tip of the iceberg. To explore more utility solutions, simply get in touch to let us look into your areas of interest. For a more general overview, you can download one of our free Industry Innovation Reports to save your time and improve strategic decision-making.