Venture Research Inc.

Name

Venture Research Inc.

Legal name

Venture Research Inc.

Website

https://ventureresearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

RFID and IoT industrial hardware (asset tracking and identification)

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Asset Tracking, RTLS & Industrial Visibility (IMAIAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Endpoint & Mobile Asset Management (UEM/MDM Asset Controls) (BPAEAOAI)

Keywords

• RFID hardware solutions
• IoT asset tracking
• Industrial sensor systems
• Supply chain automation
• RFID reader manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Plano

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of RFID readers, portals, antennas, sensors, and related hardware components including MultiTrak, HyTrak, Forklift Reader, Surface Trak, and industrial enclosures.
2. Software Solutions: Enterprise software solutions including cloud computing, web services, WMS interfaces, WCS solutions, database design, and embedded system design. Direct REST web service interfacing eliminates middleware requirements.
3. Professional Services: Business improvement services, site surveys, solution deployment, training, and ongoing support services. Custom design and manufacturing services for specialized hardware and software developments.
4. Managed Services: Proactive management and monitoring of customer solutions including automated issue discovery and resolution. Annual support plans with continuous monitoring through SiteWatch infrastructure.
5. Tagging and Encoding Services: Four levels of RFID compliance solutions including pre-encoded tags, mobile encoding, bulk encoding, and automated encoding and application. Tag usage reporting and traceability services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Venture Research Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells integrated RFID, IoT, and sensor-based hardware (readers, portals, antennas, encoders, tracking devices) along with supporting enterprise software and professional services. Their solutions deliver real-time asset tracking, inventory management, tool accountability, and supply chain automation across industries such as Aerospace/DOD, Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, Warehousing/Distribution, and MRO. All hardware shares a common API with direct REST cloud interfacing, and is supported by a 24x7x365 SiteWatch monitoring infrastructure built in-house.

Product overview

Venture Research Inc. offers a comprehensive portfolio of RFID, IoT, and sensor-based tracking solutions for industrial and enterprise applications. The product line centers on integrated reader-antenna systems and tracking devices that support multiple wireless protocols (UHF RFID, BLE, GPS, WiFi, 4G LTE) for real-time asset tracking and monitoring. Key products include MultiTrak (outdoor mobile tracker), Industrial Forklift Reader (autonomous warehouse operations), Intelligent Surface Trak (work surface tracking), Taskit (mobile tool management), HyTrak 8 Port Reader (multi-port antenna system), Curve Verifier/Encoder (desktop commissioning), and various portal solutions (Ultra SlimTrak, Interior Dock Door, Outdoor). Specialized offerings include RFID Refrigerators/Cabinets for pharmaceutical cold-chain tracking and Hazardous Material Cabinets for chemical management. All products share a common API for direct cloud REST interfacing, eliminating middleware requirements. The company operates from a 35,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Plano, Texas with 3D modeling and fabrication capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MultiTrak: Outdoor asset tracking device with integrated RFID, GPS, BLE, Wi-Fi, and PTCRB-certified 4G LTE capabilities.
• Forklift Reader
• Surface Trak
• Taskit
• MultiTrak

Products and services

• MultiTrak Rugged outdoor asset tracking device integrating UHF RFID, GPS, BLE, WiFi and PTCRB-certified 4G LTE cellular capability in an IP67-rated enclosure for hazardous or outdoor environments including waste management, construction, vehicle tracking and yard management.
• Industrial Forklift Reader Intelligent forklift RFID reader with integrated UHF RFID, BLE, GPS and IoT sensors in a hardened steel IP65-rated enclosure that autonomously manages pick, drop, stack and move operations.
• Intelligent Surface Trak Ultra-slim (9/16 inch) integrated UHF RFID reader and antenna surface reader with BLE support, 3 thermal sensors, optional proximity detection, GPIO, Ethernet (POE), WiFi, and cellular connectivity with daisy chain capability.
• Taskit Tool Management Mobile battery-powered tool drawer management system with integrated lock, badge reader, voice prompting, LED status indicators, and WiFi/cellular connectivity, available in headed or headless configurations for MRO environments.
• HyTrak 8 Port Reader Intelligent RFID/IoT reader with 2, 4 or 8 port UHF RFID (US and ETSI), integrated BLE reader, WiFi (a/b/g/n MIMO), 4G LTE cellular, dual constellation GPS, and CAN Bus support in a rugged single enclosure driven by Linux OS.
• Curve RFID Verifier and Encoder Low-profile (9/16 inch) desktop UHF RFID antenna and reader solution with built-in verification and encoding capabilities, visual go/no-go indicators, POE, WiFi, BLE, Serial, cellular, USB, GPIO, store and forward capability, and Linux OS.
• Ultra SlimTrak Portal RFID/IoT portal with integrated RFID reader, BLE support, and only 1-inch thick profile featuring bi-directional proximity sensors, POE, WiFi, cellular, or serial connectivity, capable of driving a secondary slave antenna array.
• Interior RFID/BLE Dock Door Portals Dock door RFID reader solution with articulated antenna mounts, high gain antenna arrays, motion sensors, optional truck-in-position sensing, POE power, and WiFi connectivity, with optional stack light and annunciator for operator feedback.
• Outdoor RFID Portals Free-standing outdoor RFID portal solutions with IP65/NEMA 4 rated steel enclosures and diamond plate pedestals, compatible with standard UHF readers for truck gates, dock doors, washdown and food environments.
• RFID Tunnels High-speed conveyor RFID tunnel solutions in Quietized (enclosed) and Open Frame configurations supporting up to 8 antennas, 360-degree readability, RF-absorbing materials for side read reduction, and integration with barcode scanning systems.
• RFID Hazardous Material Cabinet (Haz Trak) RFID tracking solution for hazardous and flammable material storage in FM-approved cabinets providing real-time expiration monitoring, badge/vision access control, chemical tracking, proactive reporting with text/email alerts, and FM approval meeting N.F.P.A Code 30 OSHA regulations.
• RFID Refrigerators and Cabinets Refrigerated enclosure RFID tracking solutions with configurations from 1.7 to 23 Cu. Ft., available as standalone Android-based or collection-only implementations with integrated touch screen LCD, secure lock, badge reader (UHF or HF iClass/Prox), and cloud connectivity.
• Tag Tester Standalone desktop RFID/BLE reader with integrated LCD display for tag testing and characterization, showing EPC, TID, User memory contents, BLE MAC address, and real-time RSSI levels.
• Custom Design and Manufacturing Services In-house custom design and fabrication capability from chip level to finished product with 3D modeling and RF/antenna design using EM simulation tools for specialized hardware and software developments.
• Proactive Customer Support (SiteWatch Managed Services) 24x7x365 proactive support with manned help desk, automatic alerting, self-diagnosis, and real-time monitoring across thousands of customer sites, with annual support plans and automated issue discovery and resolution.
• Site Survey and Solution Deployment Comprehensive solution deployment following a methodology of requirements gathering, detailed design, development, lab pilot, site pilot, extended pilot, and full deployment.
• Tagging and Encoding Services Four levels of RFID compliance solutions including pre-encoded tags, mobile encoding, bulk encoding, and automated encoding and application, with tag usage reporting and traceability services and rates up to 120 CPM using Write On The Fly technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• Smart waste collection market growth from $57.6M (2016) to $223.6M (2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature9 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Identiv: Specialized provider of RFID, NFC and IoT identification solutions. Comparable because Identiv serves overlapping physical-security, asset-tracking and healthcare/pharmaceutical identification markets and competes with Venture Research's RFID refrigerator/cabinet solutions.
• Balluff: Industrial sensor and RFID identification specialist. Comparable because Balluff produces rugged industrial RFID read/write heads, tags and interface modules competing for the same manufacturing, MRO and warehouse identification opportunities as Venture Research.
• Turck: Industrial automation vendor with a dedicated RFID and I/O product line. Comparable because Turck sells ruggedized industrial RFID readers, antennas and interfaces directly comparable to Venture Research's HyTrak, portals and Forklift Reader for factory and logistics deployments.
• SICK AG: Global manufacturer of industrial sensors, RFID and identification systems. Comparable because SICK's RFID read/write devices, tunnels and integration software compete head-to-head with Venture Research's portals, tunnels and IoT readers in logistics, manufacturing and MRO.
• Pepperl+Fuchs: Long-established German industrial RFID and sensor manufacturer. Comparable because Pepperl+Fuchs offers a comparable portfolio of rugged UHF/HF RFID readers, tags and integrated identification solutions targeting similar process automation, MRO and logistics use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Impinj: Leading UHF RFID reader and endpoint IC vendor. Comparable because Impinj's RAIN RFID readers and chips are sold both through Venture Research as a partner and directly to enterprise customers, creating head-to-head competition for full RFID reader sales.
• Zebra Technologies: Global enterprise RFID, barcode and mobile computing vendor. Comparable because Zebra sells overlapping ruggedized RFID readers, portals and printers that compete directly with Venture Research hardware across warehousing, MRO and aerospace deployments.
• Honeywell: Diversified industrial conglomerate with a sizable sensing and productivity products business. Comparable because Honeywell offers ruggedized mobile computers, scanners and RFID readers that compete with Venture Research in warehouse, logistics and MRO environments.
• HID Global: Provider of RFID tags, inlays and identification solutions including UHF and HF tags. Comparable because HID is both a partner of Venture Research and a direct supplier of asset-tracking and identification solutions into similar enterprise use cases.
• Alien Technology: Manufacturer of UHF RFID readers, tags and inlays. Comparable because Alien sells industrial RFID hardware into the same warehousing, logistics and retail-supply-chain use cases that Venture Research targets, while also being a partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Venture_RFID
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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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