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American technology company
Veniam
Company typePrivate
IndustryConnected transportation
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FounderJoão Barros, Robin Chase, Roy Russell and Susana Sargento
HeadquartersMountain View, California, United States
Key people
João Barros, Founder & CEO
Rui Costa, CTO
Jane Hoffer, CBO
ServicesVehicle based Mesh Networks & Connected Vehicles

Veniam was a technology startup focused on building large WiFi mesh networks using moving vehicles like city buses or taxis. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California and was founded in 2012. The Company received 4.9 million dollars in 2014 in a funding round from True Ventures, USV and Cane Investments. Veniam's technology is being used in Porto's city buses with about 230,000 users with onboard units (OBUs) installed on over 600 buses, taxis and garbage trucks. They aim to equip many moving things with wireless hotspots creating a mesh that could be used to build sensors to turn the city smarter.Each vehicle is equipped with a NetRider, a multi network unit with Wi-Fi (802.11p), DSRC, GPS and 4G/LTE connectivity. Veniam was acquired by Nexar in 2022.


Company

Veniam was founded by João Barros, its CEO, Roy Russell, former Zipcar CTO, Susana Sargento, a professor at the University of Aveiro, and Robin Chase, former CEO of Zipcar and Buzzcar.

Products

Veniam Platform

Awards

  • 2018 named Best Connected Product/Service at TU Automotive
  • 2017 ScaleUp Portugal Award Tech Winner
  • 2017 Telecom Council Spiffy Winner - San Andreas Award for the Most Disruptive Technology
  • 2017 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are changing the world.”
  • Winner of TU Automotive Best Auto Mobility Product/Service 2016
  • 2016 Best Auto Mobility Product/Service Winner by TU Automotive
  • 2016 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are revolutionizing the business landscape.”
  • Winner of the “Best New Venture” at the WBA 2015 Wi-Fi Industry Awards
  • Winner of WBA Scale Up Award 2015 for the outstanding innovation and solutions brought to market
  • Winner of the 2015 Red Herring Top 100 Award
  • Winner of the NOS Innovation Award 2015
  • Winner of the Portuguese Venture Competition “Building Global Innovators” (ISCTE–IUL; MIT Portugal)
  • Most Likely to Succeed Idea within the Cable Industry at CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase
  • Named 2015 Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Smart Cities
  • Named FierceWireless “Fierce 15” Top Wireless Company List of 2015

Investors

Institutional Partners

References

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