Zensor

What Zensor does

Zensor NV is a Belgian industrial monitoring company that has built a vertically integrated predictive maintenance and structural health monitoring platform under the 'Virtual Engineers' brand. The company combines multi-sensor data acquisition (accelerometers, strain gauges, inclinometers, distance sensors, electrical currents, temperatures) with process data from PLCs, SCADA, and historian systems, then applies a hybrid physics-AI analytics engine — embedding metallurgical physics models alongside machine learning algorithms such as Dynamic Time Warping, trend detection, correlation analysis, and operational regime classification — to predict and prevent critical equipment failures in production-critical industrial assets. Its flagship platform, InfraLytics, is a cloud-based analytics engine that delivers dashboards, alerts, and integrations with enterprise systems (SAP, Maximo, PTC, iBA), and the company offers industry-specific products including Wind Turbine Doctor (offshore wind), SmartSheetPile (co-developed with ArcelorMittal), SmartBolts, and asset-level monitoring solutions for overhead cranes, electric arc furnaces, continuous casters, rolling mills, conveyors, and civil infrastructure.

The company serves enterprise customers across metal production (steel, aluminum, copper, zinc), industrial manufacturing, civil infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, lock doors), offshore wind energy, rail infrastructure, and energy management, with named clients including ArcelorMittal, Van Oord, Blauwwind, Eneco, TUC Rail/Infrabel, BAM, E-Max, PlasticRoad, and government entities such as the Evergem Lock Gates. Its go-to-market is sales-led with a named direct enterprise sales team, supplemented by industry event participation (Bauma, AISTech, Hüttentag, InfraTech, SEPEM Rouen, EEC), content marketing, and direct strategic partnerships. Revenue is generated through three streams: subscription-based access to the InfraLytics analytics platform, hardware sales of sensors and acquisition units, and professional services for installation and integration. The company is privately held, founder-led by CEO Yves Van Ingelgem, headquartered in Etterbeek, Brussels, with total disclosed funding of approximately $1.86M across five rounds and operating geographies spanning Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and France.

Name

Zensor

Legal name

Zensor NV

Website

https://zensor.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Zensor NV is a Belgian industrial monitoring company offering a hybrid physics-AI platform that predicts and prevents critical equipment failures for enterprise customers in metal production, offshore wind, civil infrastructure, rail, and energy across Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial IoT Predictive Maintenance Software

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation (DCS/PLC/SCADA, SIS, Metering) (EUAEAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Metrics, Time-Series Monitoring & Alerting (HDABAJAE), AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety) (HDAEANAF)

Keywords

• Predictive maintenance software
• Industrial asset monitoring
• Structural health monitoring
• Condition monitoring platform
• Offshore wind monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussel

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Monitoring Software Platform (InfraLytics): Subscription-based software platform providing continuous monitoring, analytics, and predictive insights. Delivered via cloud with modular activation of analysis modules on demand. Clients pay for the modules they activate.
2. Hardware and Sensors: Sale of additional sensors and data acquisition units integrated into the monitoring solution. Zensor implements standard off-the-shelf sensor packages and acquisition units as needed.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, installation, and commissioning services including on-site sensor installation, system setup, and integration with existing data sources (PLCs, SCADA, historians, SAP, Maximo, PTC).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Zensor provides a hybrid physics-AI predictive monitoring platform (branded "Virtual Engineers") that ingests multi-sensor data (accelerometers, strain gauges, inclinometers, distance sensors, electrical currents, temperatures) and existing process data (PLCs, SCADA, historians) to predict and prevent critical equipment failures in metal production, manufacturing, civil infrastructure, offshore wind, rail, and energy-intensive facilities. The InfraLytics cloud platform delivers dashboards, alerts, and integrations with enterprise systems such as SAP, Maximo, PTC, and iBA, and is sold together with proprietary hardware such as Smart Washers and SmartBolts as vertically integrated, pre-configured solutions that work from day one.

Product overview

Zensor is a technology company that has built the industry's first hybrid physics-AI platform under the 'Virtual Engineers' brand. The core InfraLytics Platform serves as the cloud-based analytics engine that transforms sensor data into actionable insights across multiple industries including metal production, manufacturing, civil infrastructure, offshore wind, rail, and energy. The company offers vertically integrated monitoring solutions that are pre-configured and work from day one, combining data collection from sensors and existing data sources (PLCs, SCADA, historians) with smart algorithms and automated analysis. The product portfolio includes industry-specific monitoring solutions such as Wind Turbine Doctor for offshore wind farms and specialized products like SmartSheetPile (developed with ArcelorMittal) and SmartBolts for structural monitoring. Individual asset monitoring products cover overhead cranes, EAF, continuous casters, rolling mills, conveyors, and production lines across sectors including metal production, mining, glass, construction materials, and food processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• InfraLytics: Cloud-based monitoring platform for infrastructure analytics and asset management.
• Wind Turbine Doctor
• Virtual Engineers
• SmartSheetPile

Products and services

• InfraLytics Platform Cloud-based analytics platform that transforms sensor data from accelerometers, strain gauges, inclinometers, distance sensors, electrical currents, temperature, and existing PLC/SCADA/historian sources into actionable information about asset health, structural integrity, and remaining lifetime for civil infrastructure, industrial machines, and energy systems. Serves civil infrastructure owners, industrial plant operators, and asset managers needing integrated monitoring with enterprise integrations (SAP, Maximo, PTC, iBA).
• Virtual Engineers (Metal Production) Industry's first hybrid physics-AI platform that predicts and prevents critical equipment failures in steel, aluminum, copper, and zinc production by combining metallurgical physics models with machine learning for failure prediction from day one; vertically integrated from sensor data collection to actionable calls-to-action for unexpected stops, energy efficiency, and product quality.
• Wind Turbine Doctor Predictive maintenance platform for offshore wind turbine foundations and substations that monitors flange bolt tightness via Smart Washers, fatigue life, corrosion parameters, weather integration, and operational regime distribution to extend wind farm lifetime and lower maintenance costs by approximately 30%.
• SmartSheetPile Intelligent sheet pile co-developed with ArcelorMittal that integrates sensors into sheet pile infrastructure for ports, underground parking garages, and water treatment installations. The product monitors strain, inclination, material loss through corrosion, structural deformation, and water levels; produces remaining-lifetime estimates and detects sudden events such as collisions or groundwater changes; and surfaces insights through a Digital Twin dashboard.
• SmartBolts Bolts with integrated sensors for monitoring structural integrity of cable-stay bridges and other critical junction points, providing continuous data on strain and structural behavior at connection locations.
• Overhead Crane Monitoring End-to-end monitoring solution for industrial overhead cranes (EOT) and gantry cranes that maximizes uptime through continuous health monitoring and predictive maintenance, leveraging the hybrid physics-AI platform.
• EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) Monitoring Specialized monitoring solution for Electric Arc Furnace installations that determines optimal Hot Heel amounts to save energy and predicts failures on EAF equipment well ahead of time to increase availability.
• Continuous Caster Monitoring Continuous caster monitoring solution covering operations from caster turret to line that helps metal producers avoid damage and unforeseen stops in continuous casting.
• Rolling Mill Monitoring Health and efficiency monitoring solution for critical rolling mill machines and installations in metal production operations.
• Energy Monitoring Multi-utility energy monitoring solution for buildings, campuses, and industrial sites that combines gas, electricity, fuel, water, compressed air, and heat consumption data with machine operational parameters to detect inefficiencies, identify highest consumers, and generate real-time insights beyond simple consumption graphs.
• Rail Infrastructure Monitoring Fully integrated monitoring solution for rail networks (bridges, tunnels, overhead line equipment, embankments, switches) that delivers live structural health insights to extend asset life and reduce maintenance costs.
• Civil Infrastructure Monitoring Monitoring product for large civil structures including bridges, tunnels, lock doors, ports, and airports that combines structural and Finite Element models with continuous sensor monitoring to deliver Digital Twin insights on degradation, structural integrity, and remaining lifetime, supporting condition-based maintenance and at least 20% lifecycle cost reduction.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30–50% reduction in machine downtime (McKinsey study, industry benchmark cited by Zensor)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• ArcelorMittalflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2022Joint development and launch of the SmartSheetPile product at Bauma 2022. ArcelorMittal provided the sheet pile infrastructure expertise while Zensor contributed the smart monitoring technology including sensors, analytics engine, and Digital Twin dashboard. The product monitors long-term evolutions, detects deviating behavior, provides remaining lifetime estimates, and identifies sudden events like collisions or ground water level changes for ports, underground parking garages, and water treatment installations. 130 demonstration sessions were conducted on the product at Bauma.
• XenomatiXcoreTechnology or IntegrationZensor and XenomatiX announced a collaboration to expand their ecosystem in the infrastructure market, combining automated end-to-end infrastructure analytics (Zensor) with solid-state LiDAR road scanning technology (XenomatiX). The partnership enables a more complete approach for monitoring complex structural assets like bridges, roads, and tunnels. Both companies are headquartered in Belgium and share a mission to better monitor public assets and save natural resources by extending infrastructure lifetime. CEOs Yves Van Ingelgem (Zensor) and Filip Geuens (XenomatiX) jointly announced the partnership.
• VUB Mobi TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's Mobi research team to monitor the energy consumption of a student dorm at the Jette Campus in Belgium. Zensor provided the monitoring technology while VUB contributed the research context for the project.
• E-MaxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerE-Max, an aluminium recycling company in Kerkrade, Netherlands, partnered with Zensor to implement comprehensive energy monitoring via the InfraLytics platform. E-Max was legally required to present an energy sustainability plan and needed real-time monitoring capabilities. Zensor provided real-time dashboard access, threshold alerts, and monthly reporting.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Augury: Augury provides AI-driven vibration and temperature-based condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for industrial machines. It is the most direct competitor to Zensor in applying machine learning to industrial asset health, serving similar manufacturing and process-industry customers.
• Uptake: Uptake provides AI-driven asset performance management and predictive maintenance for industrial customers including rail, energy, and manufacturing. It is a direct competitor to Zensor in applying AI to industrial asset health.

Broad incumbents

• Senseye (Siemens): Senseye, acquired by Siemens, offers cloud-based predictive maintenance software for industrial assets. It competes directly with Zensor's InfraLytics platform while benefiting from Siemens' deep industrial installed base and broader MindSphere ecosystem.
• SparkCognition: SparkCognition applies AI to industrial assets across energy, manufacturing, and defense, including predictive maintenance and asset health. It overlaps with Zensor's vertical specialization in metals and energy while competing at the broader enterprise AI layer.
• Fiix (Rockwell Automation): Fiix, owned by Rockwell Automation, is a CMMS and asset maintenance platform with predictive capabilities for industrial customers. It competes with Zensor's maintenance and reliability use cases from the incumbent OT vendor perspective.
• C3.ai: C3.ai provides enterprise AI applications including predictive maintenance for industrial and manufacturing customers. It competes with Zensor at the AI platform layer, particularly for large enterprise accounts in process industries.
• SKF (condition monitoring): SKF is a global bearings manufacturer that also sells condition monitoring solutions and wireless sensors for rotating equipment. It overlaps with Zensor's vibration-based machine health monitoring from an established sensor OEM perspective.
• Endress+Hauser: Endress+Hauser is a leading global supplier of industrial process measurement instruments and automation solutions. It overlaps with Zensor at the instrumentation and process monitoring layer for industrial customers in chemicals, energy, and metals.
• Samson (process automation): Samson is a European process automation and control valves specialist with adjacent instrumentation and asset health offerings. It overlaps with Zensor's industrial process monitoring value proposition from an established European automation vendor perspective.

Regional players

• Bentley Systems (AssetWise): Bentley Systems provides digital twin and asset performance software for infrastructure owners, with strong rail and bridge monitoring offerings. It is a global incumbent competitor to Zensor's InfraLytics civil infrastructure and rail products, though primarily serving North American markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/zensorbe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zensor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors1 record

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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