Wattsense
Wattsense is a France-based IoT company that builds a multi-protocol building connectivity gateway (the Box) and cloud software tiers (Bridge, Tower Lift, Tower Control) to make building management systems affordable and accessible for small and medium-sized buildings, serving over 250 clients including CBRE, Siemens, Bouygues, and Veolia.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersDardilly, France
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Wattsense does
Wattsense is a France-based IoT company founded in 2017 that builds a multi-protocol building connectivity platform designed to make building management systems accessible to small and medium-sized buildings. The core product is a hardware gateway (the Box) running a 528MHz ARM Cortex A7 processor that simultaneously supports LoRaWAN, BACnet IP, Modbus TCP/IP, KNX, M-Bus, and other protocols, converting data between them so that heterogeneous building equipment can be unified into a single interface. The Box is paired with three software tiers: Bridge for on-premises data and remote configuration, Tower Lift for cloud API access, and Tower Control for full BMS automation with dashboards, alarms, and scheduling. A pre-decoded equipment library covering over 1,500 devices from major manufacturers (ABB, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Daikin, Danfoss, Atlantic, Grundfos, Legrand) eliminates custom integration work, and a Configuration Wizard enables non-technical users to install the system in less than a day.
The company sells hardware through a one-time license (Bridge) and software through annual subscriptions of 1, 3, or 5-year terms with tiered data-point pricing (Tower Lift and Tower Control), supplemented by white-label and partner licensing arrangements. The go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales with an 18+ distributor network across Europe (UK, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Cyprus, Denmark, Norway, Spain, France), North America (US, Canada), Asia (Singapore, India), and South America (Chile), plus an API-first partner program that integrates PropTech platforms (EGREEN, Viboo, Octopus Lab, Cyrisea, Ekivolt, Å Energi, Wattics, AWS). Wattsense claims over 250 clients including CBRE, Siemens, Bouygues Energies & Services, Veolia, Dalkia, Nexity, Spie, and Université de Bordeaux. The hardware is manufactured in Usson-en-Forez, France, and is CE certified.
Wattsense has raised approximately $4.05M in disclosed funding across a 2018 seed round ($875K from Electra Invest) and a 2019 Series A ($3.18M from Bpifrance, Demeter, Electra Invest, KREAXI). The company positions itself around EU EPBD BACS regulatory compliance, energy efficiency optimization, and retrofit-friendly deployment that avoids BMS replacement. With 11-50 employees, a CEO (Louis Vermorel) at the helm since founding, and no subsequent disclosed funding rounds, the business appears to operate as a capital-efficient, founder-led scale-up leveraging channel partners for geographic reach.
Wattsense firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Wattsense
- Legal name
- Wattsense
- Website
- https://wattsense.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Wattsense is a France-based IoT company that builds a multi-protocol building connectivity gateway (the Box) and cloud software tiers (Bridge, Tower Lift, Tower Control) to make building management systems affordable and accessible for small and medium-sized buildings, serving over 250 clients including CBRE, Siemens, Bouygues, and Veolia.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Wattsense industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Smart Building IoT Platform
- NAICS
- Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (335931), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)
- SIC
- Computer Communications Equipment (3576)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Building Automation & Controls (BAS/BMS) (HSAPAPAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Building Connectivity Infrastructure (Wired/Wireless, Gateways, Edge) (HSAPAPAN), Utility IoT Connectivity & Edge Gateways (NB-IoT/LTE-M, LoRaWAN, Sensor Networks) (EUADAIAH)
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Where Wattsense is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Dardilly
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Wattsense business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- IoT Hardware (Box) Sales: One-time license fee for Wattsense Bridge product, which includes the hardware box with local data functionality. The Bridge is sold as a one-time payment with optional point structures (100 or unlimited data points).
- Software Subscriptions (Tower Lift and Tower Control): Annual subscription model for Tower Lift (API/cloud connectivity) and Tower Control (full BMS automation and monitoring). Subscriptions available in 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year terms with tiered data point structures (50, 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 points).
- White-Label/Partner Licensing: Partners (PropTechs, integrators, distributors) can white-label the Wattsense solution, adding their own branding to hardware and console. Revenue generated through partner licensing and distribution agreements.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Wattsense Bridge - One-time license with 100 or unlimited data points |
| Subscription | Annual | Tower Lift - Annual subscription with 50 to 5,000 data points |
| Subscription | Annual | Tower Control - Annual subscription with 50 to 5,000 data points |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels8 records
Wattsense product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Wattsense sells a multi-protocol IoT building connectivity platform built on a proprietary hardware gateway (the Box) paired with three software tiers: Wattsense Bridge for local/on-premises data, Tower Lift for cloud API connectivity, and Tower Control for full BMS automation including alarms, dashboards, and scheduling. The solution connects equipment across LoRaWAN, BACnet, Modbus, KNX, and M-Bus protocols through a pre-decoded library of 1,500+ devices, enabling facility managers to retrofit existing buildings with smart monitoring without replacing current infrastructure.
Product overview
Wattsense offers a modular IoT connectivity platform for building management consisting of three software tiers built on a single hardware gateway (The Box). The Wattsense Bridge provides local/on-premises IoT connectivity with remote configuration and live data access. Tower Lift adds cloud-based API access for deploying digital services. Tower Control is the full-featured BMS tier with automation scenarios, alarms, dashboards, and cloud connectivity for complete building monitoring and control. All tiers share the same 528MHz ARM-based hardware supporting LoRaWAN, BACnet IP, Modbus TCP/IP, and other protocols.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Wattsense Bridge An IoT gateway connector for buildings that provides on-premises or private cloud data collection, remote configuration, live data viewing, and logs with local data storage. Supports BACnet IP, Modbus TCP/IP, MQTT, and LoRaWAN protocols and is sold as a one-time/perpetual license with 100 or unlimited data points. Designed for facility managers, PropTechs, and integrators who need local building data without storing it on Wattsense servers.
- Wattsense Tower Control A cloud-based Building Management System (BMS) for simple control of small and medium-sized buildings. Provides automation scenarios, remote alarms, dashboards, graphs, scheduling, and archives with cloud connectivity and data storage on Wattsense servers. Sold as an annual subscription with 1-, 3-, and 5-year terms and tiered data point structures from 50 to 5,000 points.
- Wattsense Tower Lift A cloud connector for building management services that provides API access to building data. Enables remote configuration, live data viewing, logs, and integration with digital services via REST API, MQTT, or webhooks. Sold as an annual subscription with 50 to 5,000 data point tiers and 1-, 3-, and 5-year terms. Designed for PropTechs, integrators, and energy service providers building digital services on top of Wattsense connectivity.
- Wattsense Box (Hardware Gateway) A plug-and-play multi-protocol hardware gateway underlying all Wattsense software tiers. Specifications: 528 MHz ARM Cortex A7 CPU, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB eMMC storage, 5 W power consumption, operating temperature 0°C to +45°C, dimensions 160 x 110 x 95 mm. Supports simultaneous LoRaWAN, BACnet IP, Modbus TCP/IP, KNX, M-Bus, LPB, and KNX LTE communication and converts LoRaWAN sensor data into BACnet/Modbus for legacy BMS integration. Manufactured in Usson-en-Forez, France and CE certified.
Quantifiable outcome
- Installation completed in less than a day by non-technical users
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Wattsense
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Wattsense technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration9 records
Feature6 records
Wattsense partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
15 partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- EkivoltcoreEnergy distribution solution provider for tertiary sector. Ekivolt deploys Wattsense connectivity for accurate energy billing and distribution management in commercial buildings.
- Å EnergicoreNorwegian energy company (Å Energi) partners with Wattsense to maximize profitability of energy efficiency offerings through data and connectivity.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreCloud infrastructure partnership. Wattsense IoT platform connects to AWS for cloud data storage, processing, and integration with AWS-based smart building services.
- Forest Rock (UK)coreUK distributor based in Loughborough. Specializes in building management and IoT solutions for the UK market.
- Alliot Technologies (UK)coreUK-based IoT distributor. Partnership includes joint webinar on automated building solutions combining Wattsense Tower Control with Alliot IoT sensors.
- Opensense (Italy)coreItalian distributor specializing in building automation and IoT connectivity solutions.
- M2M GermanycoreGerman distributor for IoT and M2M connectivity solutions covering the German market.
- Ofenval (Spain)coreSpanish distributor and integration partner. Collaboration with Veolia and MClimate on EU-funded BUILDON project for energy management.
- Alvasys Automation (Switzerland)coreSwiss automation company. Co-hosts webinars on LoRaWAN for building management with Wattsense.
- Controlco (USA)coreUS distributor based in California serving the North American building automation market.
- X-telia (Canada)coreCanadian distributor providing IoT and building connectivity solutions in Quebec and surrounding regions.
- KoclikocoreEnergy efficiency services provider. Kocliko deployed its energy efficiency services using Wattsense connectivity, providing transparency and openness to the Smart Buildings sector.
- CBREcoreGlobal real estate services firm uses Wattsense IoT solutions to connect and control sensors and Siemens devices remotely in SHELL stations. CBRE reduces subscription costs by centralizing sensors.
- Bouygues Energies & ServicescoreConstruction and energy services company connects heating and cooling equipment in office buildings using Wattsense solutions.
- DelphiscoreHVAC and refrigeration services company makes building systems efficient in airports, retail, supermarkets, and campuses using Wattsense connectivity.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Wattsense competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- EnOcean: EnOcean supplies energy-harvesting wireless sensors and gateways used for building automation and IoT retrofits. Highly comparable to Wattsense as both target non-residential buildings needing protocol-bridging connectivity (LoRaWAN/BACnet/KNX ecosystems) without ripping out existing BMS infrastructure.
- MClimate: MClimate is a European PropTech building-IoT company offering LoRaWAN-based sensors and gateways with a wireless thermostat and BMS solution for SMB buildings — directly overlapping Wattsense's LoRaWAN-to-BACnet/Modbus proposition and SMB/SME customer base.
- 75F: 75F provides IoT-based building automation with wireless sensors and cloud-native BMS for commercial real estate, particularly SMB/SME. Comparable to Wattsense in targeting retrofit-friendly, multi-tenant commercial buildings with a subscription model and a focus on energy/HVAC outcomes.
Broad incumbents
- Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure Building): Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Building is a global BMS platform spanning hardware controllers, gateways, and cloud analytics for commercial buildings. Broader and more established than Wattsense, but directly overlaps in gateway-and-protocol-conversion capability for multi-vendor building estates.
- Siemens (Desigo / Building X): Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Desigo CC, Building X) offers an enterprise BMS suite with multi-protocol gateways and cloud services. Highly relevant incumbent comparison; Wattsense even counts Siemens among its equipment-library partners, and CBRE uses Siemens devices bridged through the Wattsense Box.
- ABB (Building Automation): ABB's building automation portfolio includes controllers, BACnet/Modbus gateways, and KNX-based solutions for commercial and industrial facilities. Like Schneider and Siemens, a broad incumbent whose installed base overlaps with the multi-protocol integration problem Wattsense solves.
- Honeywell (Niagara / Forge): Honeywell's Niagara Framework is a widely deployed building integration platform supporting BACnet, Modbus, KNX, and LonWorks, with the Forge cloud suite on top. A direct incumbent comparator at the protocol-integration layer where Wattsense competes.
Emerging players
- Enless Wireless: Enless Wireless is a French/European provider of LoRaWAN and Sigfox building sensors and gateways for energy and IAQ monitoring. Comparable as a niche multi-protocol building-IoT player, though more focused on the sensor side than full BMS.
- BrainBox AI: BrainBox AI is an AI-driven building HVAC optimization startup using IoT sensors and BMS data to deliver energy savings. Comparable target buyer (commercial real estate owners) and comparable data-acquisition problem, but layer above rather than compete head-on with gateway hardware.
Others
- Spacewell (Nemetschek Group): Spacewell provides IWMS and building operations software (including energy and BMS integration modules) to commercial real estate. Adjacent PropTech comparator — overlaps with Wattsense's Tower Control use cases but competes more at the application/analytics layer.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Wattsense social profiles
Digital presenceWattsense compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
Wattsense financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Wattsense leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Wattsense funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors4 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Wattsense M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Wattsense
What does Wattsense do?
Wattsense sells a multi-protocol IoT building connectivity platform built on a proprietary hardware gateway (the Box) paired with three software tiers: Wattsense Bridge for local/on-premises data, Tower Lift for cloud API connectivity, and Tower Control for full BMS automation including alarms, dashboards, and scheduling. The solution connects equipment across LoRaWAN, BACnet, Modbus, KNX, and M-Bus protocols through a pre-decoded library of 1,500+ devices, enabling facility managers to retrofit existing buildings with smart monitoring without replacing current infrastructure.
Is Wattsense a public or private company?
Wattsense is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Wattsense founded?
Wattsense was founded in 2017. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Wattsense based?
Wattsense is headquartered in Dardilly, France, in the Europe region.
How does Wattsense make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. IoT Hardware (Box) Sales are the primary driver. The others are software Subscriptions (Tower Lift and Tower Control) and white-Label/Partner Licensing.
Who are Wattsense's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are EnOcean, MClimate and 75F. Broad incumbents are Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure Building), Siemens (Desigo / Building X), ABB (Building Automation) and Honeywell (Niagara / Forge). Emerging players are Enless Wireless and BrainBox AI. Spacewell (Nemetschek Group) is listed as an others.
Does Wattsense have an API?
Yes. Wattsense offers an open REST API accessible over HTTPS (HTTP over TLS) for manipulating and managing resources on their IoT platform. Primary authentication is via API keys. The API also supports MQTT and Webhook connectors for real-time data retrieval, with Basic Authentication and OAuth authentication for webhooks. API access is available for the Tower products (Tower Lift and Tower Control) only; the Bridge product does not have API access. Developer documentation is at docs.wattsense.com/api.
What industry is Wattsense in?
Wattsense's product category is Smart Building IoT Platform. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HSAPAPAA, Building Automation & Controls (BAS/BMS), with a secondary code of HSAPAPAN, Building Connectivity Infrastructure (Wired/Wireless, Gateways, Edge). Its NAICS code is 335931 and its SIC code is 3576.