What Telaqua does

Telaqua is a Marseille-based B2B SaaS company that builds an AI-powered Water Operating System (Water OS) for irrigation and hydraulic network operators. Founded in 2018 in Aix-en-Provence by Sébastien Demech, Nicolas Cavalier, and Nicolas Carvallo, the company originated as an IoT sensor and monitoring application (IrrigEasy) before pivoting in 2024 to a hardware-agnostic software platform and launching the Water OS in 2026. The platform connects any sensor, pump, valve, or pivot from any manufacturer, reconstructs hydraulic networks in real-time via a Water Twin digital-twin model, and applies physics-informed AI to detect anomalies, predict failures, and dynamically optimize irrigation, water, and energy consumption.

The technology stack is organized around three layers: Connect (sensor/data ingestion and centralization), Model (Water Twin digital twin and hydraulic-aware AI modeling pressure balances, network dynamics, and environmental interactions), and Orchestrate (automated scenarios, intelligent alerts, and operational piloting tools). Telaqua claims one of the world's richest proprietary databases on agricultural hydraulic networks, accumulated from thousands of connected devices across 10+ countries and 400,000+ hours of irrigation programmed monthly, and reports customer outcomes of 30% water savings, 10% network maintenance cost reduction, and 15–20% operational cost reduction in the first season.

Telaqua monetizes through enterprise SaaS subscriptions with custom, contact-based pricing, selling primarily via direct field sales to large global agricultural producer groups and industrial water operators, with secondary traction in viticulture (wine growers in southern France). The company is venture-backed following a single €4 million seed round in May 2022 led by Demeter Investment Managers (VitiRev Innovation fund) with CMA CGM and Banque des Territoires (under the France 2030 framework). It is a private SAS headquartered in Marseille with 11–50 employees, and has stated 2030 expansion targets covering 50+ countries, 10 million hectares supervised, 500,000 connected devices, and 40+ equipment manufacturer partnerships.

Name

Telaqua

Legal name

TELAQUA

Website

https://telaqua.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Telaqua is a Marseille-based B2B SaaS company that builds an AI-powered, hardware-agnostic Water Operating System for irrigation and hydraulic networks, serving large global agricultural producers and viticulture operators across 10+ countries with predictive, physics-informed water management software.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Irrigation Software

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131), Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (334514), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Irrigation Control & Automation (Controllers, Valves, Sensors, IoT) (AFAAACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Monitoring, Metering & Flow Measurement (Meters, Pressure/Flow Gauges, Telemetry) (AFAAACAK), Irrigation Monitoring & Sensors (Flow/Pressure Meters, Soil Moisture, Water Quality Sensors) (AFABAHAJ), Irrigation Automation & Controls Services (SCADA, Sensors, Telemetry) (AFACAFAI), Water & Wastewater Utility IoT (SCADA, Leak/Quality Monitoring) (EUADAPAK)

Keywords

• Smart irrigation software
• Agricultural water management
• Hydraulic network monitoring
• IoT irrigation sensors
• Precision agriculture platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Marseille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Subscription: SaaS platform subscription model for the Water Operating System, providing irrigation monitoring, control, and optimization services. Platform connects various equipment and sensors to provide data-driven insights.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Telaqua sells a hardware-agnostic, AI-powered Water Operating System (Water OS) that connects sensors, pumps, valves, and pivots from any manufacturer to centralize hydraulic data, model irrigation networks in real time via a Water Twin digital twin, and dynamically optimize irrigation. The platform offers predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, automated irrigation scenarios, ESG-grade water usage traceability, and a user-facing IrrigEasy application for remote monitoring. It is sold as enterprise SaaS to large global agricultural producer groups and water infrastructure operators.

Product overview

Telaqua offers a unified platform architecture centered on the Water Operating System (Water OS), which serves as the universal digital brain for irrigation networks. The platform evolved from the original IrrigEasy application (2018) through the development of Water Twin digital twin technology (2022) to become a comprehensive, hardware-agnostic software layer. Water OS connects to any equipment (sensors, pumps, valves) from any manufacturer, providing three core capabilities: Connect (integrate sensors and centralize data), Model (simulate networks for visibility), and Orchestrate (AI-driven hydraulic operations). The platform achieves measurable results including 30% water savings, 10% maintenance cost reduction, and 15-20% operational cost reduction. By 2026, deployments span 10+ countries with 400,000+ hours of irrigation programmed monthly.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IrrigEasy: Mobile application for remote irrigation monitoring and control, allowing farmers to monitor pressure, flow, and irrigation via smartphone.
• Water Twin
• Water Operating System (Water OS)

Products and services

• Water Operating System (Water OS) The Water OS is Telaqua's universal, hardware-agnostic AI software platform and digital brain for irrigation networks. It reconstructs hydraulic networks in real time, automatically detects anomalies, predicts failures, and dynamically optimizes irrigation operations. It connects to any sensor, pump, valve, or pivot from any manufacturer and serves as the operating system layer for global water infrastructure, targeting large enterprise agricultural producer groups.
• Water Twin Water Twin is Telaqua's digital twin technology that models the real-world functioning of irrigation networks. It creates a virtual representation of physical hydraulic infrastructure enabling simulation, visibility, and problem anticipation, and serves as a core technology underlying the Water Operating System's predictive capabilities.
• IrrigEasy IrrigEasy is Telaqua's original irrigation monitoring and control application, launched in 2018. It enables farmers to remotely monitor pressure, flow rates, and irrigation via connected sensors, and provided the foundation for the company's evolution into the comprehensive Water Operating System platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% water savings on irrigation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 40+ Equipment ManufacturerscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Target partnership network of equipment manufacturers (sensors, pumps, valves, pivots) to ensure platform interoperability with all market equipment as part of 2030 expansion goals.
• Airbus HelicoptersminorOthersBoth companies presented together on BFM Business Good Morning Business show in November 2023, highlighting two major regional actors in the PACA region of France.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Arable Labs: Arable produces connected weather and crop sensors with analytics that support irrigation scheduling and water-use decisions. Comparable to Telaqua in combining field sensors with AI-driven agronomic insights for enterprise growers.
• Sentek (drill & drop): Sentek manufactures soil-moisture and telemetry sensors widely used in irrigation scheduling across agriculture. Comparable as an adjacent irrigation sensing and data platform overlapping with Telaqua's data acquisition layer.

Direct peers

• Semios: Semios is a large-acre crop IoT and decision-support platform that ingests sensor data for irrigation, pest, and climate management. Comparable to Telaqua in targeting enterprise growers with a connected, data-driven agricultural operations platform.
• Tule Technologies: Tule provides field-sensor-based irrigation analytics, notably for vineyards and specialty crops, predicting water stress and irrigation needs. Comparable to Telaqua in using connected sensors and analytics to optimize irrigation in viticulture and high-value agriculture.
• Hortau: Hortau offers soil-moisture-based irrigation management with connected sensors and a cloud platform for growers. Comparable to Telaqua in delivering remote irrigation monitoring and decision support as a SaaS offering to commercial agriculture.
• CropX Technologies: CropX offers an integrated soil-sensor and analytics platform for irrigation decisions and water management across agriculture. Direct overlap with Telaqua in using field telemetry and AI to optimize irrigation and water use for large agricultural operations.
• Rubicon Water: Rubicon Water delivers software and metering infrastructure for canal and irrigation network automation, including remote control and flow management. Comparable to Telaqua's Water OS in using digital twins and automation to optimize large-scale hydraulic networks in agriculture.

Broad incumbents

• Netafim: Netafim is the world's largest drip-irrigation manufacturer and increasingly offers digital farming and irrigation management software on top of its hardware. Comparable as a full-stack irrigation provider that competes with Telaqua's hardware-agnostic software positioning through bundled solutions.
• Trimble Agriculture (irrigation): Trimble offers precision agriculture software including irrigation and water management features integrated with its broader farm-management platform. Comparable as an established incumbent expanding into irrigation analytics for large agricultural enterprises.
• Lindsay Corporation (FieldNET): Lindsay is a major irrigation equipment OEM whose FieldNET platform adds remote pivot control and water management software to its installed hardware base. Comparable as a competing irrigation management software layer tied to a global equipment manufacturer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

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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