What Wheere does

Wheere is a French deep-tech company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Castelnau-le-Lez, near Montpellier, that has developed a proprietary VHF radio-signal geolocation technology designed to operate both indoors and outdoors. Unlike GPS, which fails inside buildings and in obstructed environments, Wheere's system penetrates up to 50 meters of concrete, achieves 80cm (sub-meter) precision, covers a range exceeding 10 kilometers, and requires only four antennas to cover an entire industrial site, logistics complex, or hospital. The product portfolio combines hardware (Modules, Tracker Homme for personnel, Tracker Objet for assets, Gateways, and a Dev Kit for integrators) with a cloud software platform (Logiciel Wheere) and a plug-and-play API for third-party integration.

Wheere targets enterprise clients across five verticals: Industry 4.0 and critical infrastructure sites (its primary segment, focused on safety and operational efficiency), security and defense (GPS-denied navigation and force coordination), healthcare facilities (staff, patient, and asset tracking), smart cities, and other specialized applications. Distribution is direct enterprise sales, with three deployment options: turnkey standalone installation independent of existing IT, integration with the customer's business software, or embedding as a component in the customer's existing connected-device electronics. Revenue is generated through a combination of hardware sales (modules, trackers, gateways) and recurring software subscriptions (Wheere Cloud and API); pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company also maintains a formalized technology partner program.

Strategically, Wheere is pursuing a transition from site-level to territory-scale coverage via a planned constellation of 300 microsatellites, with the first launch scheduled for February 2027 in partnership with SpaceX. As of June 2026, the company had raised approximately €8.5 million in its latest round (split between equity from Blast Club, Éric Larchevêque, Sofilaro, and historical business angels, and non-dilutive bank loans and public subsidies), on top of an earlier ~$11.7M round in October 2023. Headcount is reported at 11-50 employees, and the leadership team includes CEO Pierre-Arnaud Coquelin, Navigation Program lead Jean Maréchal, and advisor Éric Larchevêque (co-founder of Ledger).

Name

Wheere

Legal name

Wheere

Website

https://wheere.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wheere is a French deep-tech company that provides indoor and outdoor geolocation via proprietary VHF radio signal technology, serving enterprise clients across industrial, defense, healthcare, and smart city verticals with hardware, cloud software, and a planned satellite constellation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Indoor and Outdoor Geolocation Technology

NAICS

Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (33422)

SIC

Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment (3663), Communications Equipment, Nec (3669)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud‑Managed Wi‑Fi Platforms (WLANaaS) (HDAFACAD)

Keywords

• Indoor geolocation systems
• GPS-denied navigation
• Asset tracking devices
• Personnel tracking solutions
• Radio frequency positioning

Headquarters

HQ city

Castelnau-le-lez

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of geolocation hardware including modules, human trackers, object trackers, and gateways
2. Software Subscription: Wheere Cloud software and API services sold on subscription basis

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wheere develops and sells a proprietary VHF radio signal-based geolocation platform that delivers precise indoor and outdoor positioning with 80cm accuracy, 10km+ range, and the ability to penetrate 50 meters of concrete. The offering combines hardware (modules, gateways, Tracker Homme personnel devices, Tracker objet asset devices, Dev Kit) with the Logiciel Wheere cloud software and an API plug & play for third-party integration.

Product overview

Wheere offers a platform-plus-modules architecture for indoor and outdoor geolocation. The core offering is the Logiciel Wheere cloud platform, which processes and displays geolocation data collected from connected hardware devices. This is complemented by a suite of tracking devices including Tracker Homme (personnel tracking), Tracker objet (asset/object tracking), and Gateways for data transmission, along with Modules for signal transmission. The portfolio also includes a Dev Kit for custom development and an API plug & play for third-party software integration. The system achieves 80cm accuracy with a range exceeding 10km and can penetrate up to 50 meters of concrete using proprietary VHF radio signal technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Modules Signal transmission modules that enable the Wheere VHF radio signal geolocation system to operate within indoor and outdoor environments; sold as part of the Wheere geolocation product suite for enterprise customers.
• Tracker Homme Personnel tracking device designed for locating and monitoring individuals across industrial sites, hospitals, and other large-scale facilities where GPS is unavailable.
• Gateways Gateway devices that serve as the communication infrastructure for collecting and transmitting geolocation data from trackers to the Wheere cloud software platform.
• Tracker objet Object tracking device designed for monitoring the location of equipment, assets, and inventory within industrial and logistics environments.
• Dev Kit Development kit for integrators and partners to build custom applications and solutions using the Wheere geolocation technology.
• Logiciel Wheere Cloud-based software platform that processes and displays geolocation data from Wheere hardware devices, enabling users to monitor and manage personnel and asset locations across sites.
• API plug & play Integration interface that enables third-party software systems to connect with the Wheere platform for data exchange and automation purposes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Covers entire industrial sites with only 4 antennas
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SpaceXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026Partnership to launch first satellite in February 2027, enabling satellite-enhanced geolocation coverage expansion

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Blueiot: Blueiot is an emerging RTLS vendor selling BLE AoA anchors, tags, and a positioning platform for industrial, healthcare, and logistics customers. Comparable to Wheere as a newer, vertically-focused indoor positioning platform targeting similar enterprise use cases at typically lower price points.
• Airista Flow: Airista Flow provides Wi-Fi and BLE-based RTLS and asset tracking for healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics enterprises. Comparable to Wheere in target verticals and indoor positioning use cases, though with a more conventional Wi-Fi/BLE technology stack.

Broad incumbents

• HID Global (Bluvision): HID Global, through its Bluvision RTLS portfolio, sells BLE-based indoor location systems for industrial and healthcare facilities. Comparable to Wheere as an enterprise RTLS provider; HID is the broader identity-and-access incumbent that acquired Bluvision.
• Cisco (DNA Spaces / CMX): Cisco DNA Spaces / CMX delivers Wi-Fi-based indoor location and analytics on top of Cisco network infrastructure, used by enterprises across industrial, healthcare, and smart-city deployments. Comparable to Wheere as a cloud-managed indoor location platform, though delivered as part of Cisco's networking stack.
• Juniper Networks (Mist Systems): Mist (now Juniper) provides cloud-managed Wi-Fi with built-in BLE-based indoor location services targeting enterprises. Comparable to Wheere's cloud-managed positioning software play, though Mist's positioning layer piggybacks on Wi-Fi infrastructure rather than a dedicated VHF signal.
• Zebra Technologies (MotionWorks): Zebra's MotionWorks and location solutions business provides BLE, UWB, and RFID-based asset and personnel tracking for large enterprises. Comparable to Wheere in industrial and healthcare RTLS use cases, though Zebra is a broad incumbent spanning printing, mobile computing, and scanning.

Direct peers

• Ubisense: Ubisense is a UWB-based real-time location systems (RTLS) provider for industrial, healthcare, and defense customers. Directly comparable to Wheere because it sells indoor/outdoor positioning hardware plus software to overlapping enterprise verticals with a similar land-and-expand model.
• Sewio Networks: Sewio sells UWB RTLS tags, anchors, and a positioning software platform for industrial and logistics customers. Directly comparable to Wheere in industrial indoor tracking use cases, hardware-plus-software model, and enterprise GTM motion.
• Quuppa: Quuppa provides BLE Angle-of-Arrival indoor positioning platforms used in industrial, healthcare, and smart-building deployments. Comparable to Wheere as a hardware-plus-software positioning platform targeting similar enterprise buyers, though Quuppa's technology is BLE-based rather than VHF.
• Inpixon: Inpixon offers indoor positioning and intelligence solutions using Wi-Fi, BLE, and computer vision for industrial, healthcare, and security customers. Comparable to Wheere in target verticals, hardware/software bundling, and the GPS-denied/security angle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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