Terabee
Terabee SAS is a French hardware company that builds privacy-preserving Time-of-Flight and thermal infrared people counting sensors for smart buildings, serving commercial real estate, universities, banks, conference centers and event venues.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2014
- HeadquartersSaint-genis-pouilly, France
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Terabee does
Terabee SAS is a privately held French sensor company that designs and manufactures privacy-preserving people counting and occupancy monitoring hardware for smart buildings. Its products — FLOW, People Counting L-XL, People Counting M 2.0 LoRa, and Occupancy Counting — use Time-of-Flight and thermal infrared sensing rather than cameras, producing depth maps and anonymized occupancy counts rather than visual data, which the company positions as GDPR-compliant by design. The portfolio is available in PoE and LoRaWAN variants, with a BACnet Gateway for centralized device management and integration into building management systems, and was extended in 2022 with the Air Quality SB5 environmental sensor built around Sensirion components. Auxiliary products include TeraRanger Evo distance sensors for robotics.
The company sells primarily on a hardware-purchase basis with no mandatory SaaS subscription, which it explicitly markets as a differentiator against competitors, and offers a rental model for events and temporary deployments. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales aimed at facility managers, REITs and system integrators, combined with channel partnerships (Siemens, Vinci Energies, Equans, Planon, Square Sense, Feedback Solutions) and direct distribution through DigiKey and Mouser. Named end customers include FIPOI/CICG Geneva, Square Sense, Feedback Solutions, EULAR, SFR, and Akademiska Hus (a flagship Swedish campus deployment scaling toward 40,000 sensors).
Terabee was founded in 2014 (per legal filings; firmographics list 2012), is headquartered in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France, employs 11–50 people, and has raised approximately $4 million in disclosed funding (EISMEA, 2019). It operates across Europe, North America and selectively in the US and Asia via trademark coverage in 11 jurisdictions, with reporting and sales under French SAS terms with FCA (Saint-Genis-Pouilly) delivery.
Terabee firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Terabee
- Legal name
- Terabee SAS
- Website
- https://terabee.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2014
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Terabee SAS is a French hardware company that builds privacy-preserving Time-of-Flight and thermal infrared people counting sensors for smart buildings, serving commercial real estate, universities, banks, conference centers and event venues.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Terabee industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Building Occupancy Sensors
- NAICS
- Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Environmental Monitoring (VOC/CO2/PM2.5) (HSAHAGAG)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) & Building Environmental Sampling (EUAHACAH)
Keywords
Where Terabee is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Saint-genis-pouilly
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Terabee business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Hardware Sales - People Counting Sensors: Terabee generates revenue primarily through the sale of hardware products including People Counting L-XL, People Counting M 2.0 LoRa, FLOW sensors, and Occupancy counting devices. These are one-time hardware purchases with no mandatory subscription fees, unlike competitors.
- Air Quality Monitoring Hardware: Sale of Air Quality SB5 sensors that measure CO2, particulate matter, VOCs, temperature, and relative humidity for indoor air quality monitoring.
- Sensor Rental Model: Terabee offers a flexible rental model for events and temporary deployments, allowing customers to rent sensors for short-term use rather than purchasing. This OPEX model enables organizers to deploy high-precision tech without CAPEX burden.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Hardware purchase with no subscription fees |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Flexible rental model for events |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels6 records
Terabee product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Terabee designs and manufactures Time-of-Flight and thermal infrared sensors for anonymous people counting, occupancy monitoring, and indoor air quality measurement. Its portfolio includes doorway counters (FLOW, People Counting L-XL, People Counting M 2.0 LoRa), ceiling-mounted occupancy counters, and an Air Quality SB5 device, sold primarily as hardware without mandatory subscription fees and integrated with building management systems via BACnet/Modbus/LoRaWAN.
Product overview
Terabee offers a portfolio of people counting and occupancy sensing hardware products based on proprietary Time-of-Flight (ToF) and thermal infrared technologies. The core product line includes FLOW and People Counting L-XL/M devices for doorway and area monitoring, complemented by Air Quality SB5 for environmental monitoring. Products are available in Power over Ethernet (PoE) and LoRaWAN wireless variants for flexible deployment. The BACnet Gateway enables centralized management and BMS integration. All devices use non-camera ToF technology that captures only depth maps rather than visual images, ensuring GDPR-compliant anonymous data collection. The portfolio serves commercial real estate, smart buildings, universities, and event venues for space optimization and HVAC energy savings.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- People Counting L-XL
Quantifiable outcome
- 60% energy saving of 350,000 kWh per year at CICG Geneva conference center
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Terabee
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments7 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Terabee technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration5 records
AI capability2 records
Feature9 records
Terabee partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
13 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, notable and minor.
- Nodeledge ABflagshipSwedish IoT partnership for smart building solutions. Nodeledge's Sensor-Online platform integrates with Terabee sensors to provide 'Closing the Loop' automation - automatically adjusting HVAC based on occupancy data. Currently deploying 14,000-40,000 sensors across Akademiska Hus university campuses in Sweden.
- SensirioncoreSensirion provides environmental sensors for the Terabee Air Quality SB5 device. Sensirion's SCD41 CO2 sensor, SGP40 VOC sensor, and SPS30 particulate matter sensor are integrated into the Air Quality SB5 for guaranteed stability and automatic recalibration during the sensor lifetime.
- FIPOI (Fondation des Immeubles Pour les Organisations Internationales)coreFIPOI deployed Terabee people counting solutions at CICG Geneva conference center for HVAC optimization. 56 sensors installed across 12 conference rooms covering 4,000 m2, achieving 60% energy savings.
- Feedback SolutionscoreFeedback Solutions uses Terabee People Counting L-XL sensors for HVAC optimization in university lecture halls. The partnership enables 40%+ energy savings through real-time occupancy-based ventilation control via BACnet integration. Feedback Solutions is part of Net Zero Accelerator from USGBC-LA.
- Square SensecoreSquare Sense, a PropTech for data-driven real estate asset management, partners with Terabee for GDPR-compliant people counting across more than 10 European countries. The partnership delivers 15% energy cost savings and 75% space usage increase for institutional investors.
- EULAR (European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology)notableEULAR deployed 150 Terabee sensors (99 FLOW + 51 OCCUPANCY) at Fira Barcelona congress for attendee engagement monitoring and room allocation optimization, demonstrating scalability of occupancy intelligence for events.
- SFR (Société Française de Rhumatologie)notableSFR deployed 30 OCCUPANCY sensors at Porte de Versailles in Paris for poster area and media library monitoring, enabling content strategy optimization based on engagement data.
- Akademiska HusflagshipSwedish university real estate owner partnering with Nodeledge and Terabee for massive IoT deployment. Project aims for 40,000 sensors managing 250,000 information points across Swedish university campuses, projecting minimum 20% energy cost reduction.
- SiemensnotableSiemens listed as a customer/partner, indicating integration or co-deployment of Terabee sensors with Siemens building management or automation systems.
- Vinci EnergiesnotableVinci Energies listed as a customer/partner, indicating potential system integration and deployment of Terabee sensors in building projects.
- PlanonnotablePlanon listed as a customer/partner, indicating integration of Terabee occupancy data with Planon's facility management software platform.
- EquansnotableEquans listed as a customer/partner, a company specializing in energy optimization and building services that may deploy Terabee sensors.
- RtoneminorRtone showcased Terabee People Counting L-XL device at SIDO Lyon 2023 trade show, acting as a local partner for product demonstration.
Scale indicators14 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Terabee competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Verge Sense: Verge Sense provides workspace occupancy sensors using depth and radar-based privacy-friendly technology for commercial real estate. Directly competes with Terabee's Occupancy Counting and FLOW products on the same 'people counting for HVAC/space optimization' use case for offices and enterprise customers.
- Density: Density offers depth-sensor and radar-based people-counting hardware with a strong privacy-first positioning for enterprise and retail real estate. Competes head-to-head with Terabee's ToF-based people counters, particularly in offices and smart-building deployments, with similar claims of high accuracy and anonymity.
- Xovis: Xovis (Switzerland) builds 3D stereo camera people-counting sensors deployed in airports, retail, and commercial buildings. Direct competitor in the people-counting infrastructure space that Terabee targets, with overlapping enterprise and public-sector customer profiles, although Xovis uses cameras rather than ToF.
- Pointr: Pointr provides indoor location, wayfinding, and people-flow analytics using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for retail, airports, and smart buildings. Overlaps with Terabee on people-flow and occupancy analytics, though it relies on wireless signals rather than ToF/thermal sensing.
- V-Count: V-Count provides 3D people counting, queue management, and customer analytics for retail, airports, and commercial buildings. Direct competitor in privacy-conscious people-counting sensors for enterprise facilities, with a comparable hardware-plus-analytics value proposition.
- FootfallCam: FootfallCam offers 3D stereo and AI people counters for retail and commercial buildings worldwide. Competes with Terabee on privacy-friendly people-counting hardware sold to enterprises and system integrators across multiple geographies.
- Infsoft: Infsoft provides indoor positioning, people counting, and analytics using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and sensor fusion for enterprises and public venues. Comparable to Terabee as a building-occupancy intelligence provider, with overlapping customer segments in commercial real estate and large venues.
Broad incumbents
- Irisys: Irisys (now part of Honeywell) makes thermal-array people counters and queue-management sensors used in retail, banking, and commercial buildings. Comparable to Terabee in thermal-based privacy-friendly people counting, but bundled within Honeywell's much larger building-management portfolio and global distribution.
- Siemens (with Enlighted): Siemens is both a Terabee channel partner and a competitor through its Enlighted building IoT platform, which combines lighting-embedded occupancy sensors with BMS integration. Relevant as the incumbent smart-building platform that Terabee must plug into (and compete against) at the enterprise level.
Emerging players
- Disruptive Technologies: Disruptive Technologies (Norway) manufactures miniature wireless IoT sensors for smart buildings, including occupancy, temperature, and air-quality monitoring. Comparable as a privacy-friendly sensor maker targeting energy optimization in commercial buildings, overlapping with Terabee's Air Quality SB5 and Occupancy lines.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Terabee social profiles
Digital presenceTerabee compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
Terabee financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Terabee leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles6 records
Terabee funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors1 record
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Terabee M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Terabee
What does Terabee do?
Terabee designs and manufactures Time-of-Flight and thermal infrared sensors for anonymous people counting, occupancy monitoring, and indoor air quality measurement. Its portfolio includes doorway counters (FLOW, People Counting L-XL, People Counting M 2.0 LoRa), ceiling-mounted occupancy counters, and an Air Quality SB5 device, sold primarily as hardware without mandatory subscription fees and integrated with building management systems via BACnet/Modbus/LoRaWAN.
Is Terabee a public or private company?
Terabee is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Terabee founded?
Terabee was founded in 2014. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Terabee based?
Terabee is headquartered in Saint-genis-pouilly, France, in the Europe region.
How does Terabee make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sales - People Counting Sensors are the primary driver. The others are air Quality Monitoring Hardware and sensor Rental Model.
Who are Terabee's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Verge Sense, Density, Xovis, Pointr, V-Count, FootfallCam and Infsoft. Broad incumbents are Irisys and Siemens (with Enlighted). Disruptive Technologies is listed as an emerging player.
Does Terabee have an API?
No public API is recorded for Terabee.
What industry is Terabee in?
Terabee's product category is Building Occupancy Sensors. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HSAHAGAG, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Environmental Monitoring (VOC/CO2/PM2.5), with a secondary code of EUAHACAH, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) & Building Environmental Sampling. Its NAICS code is 334512 and its SIC code is 3823.