Yieldpoint
YieldPoint designs, manufactures, and supports digital geotechnical monitoring instruments and wireless telemetry (Bluetooth 5, WiFi, LTE-M, 900MHz mesh) plus the VantagePoint SaaS data platform for underground and surface mining operators and civil infrastructure contractors globally. Following its 2024 acquisition by Epiroc, it operates as YieldPoint powered by Epiroc from Kingston, Ontario.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2000
- HeadquartersKingston, Canada
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Yieldpoint does
YieldPoint Inc. (now "YieldPoint powered by Epiroc") designs, manufactures, and supports digital geotechnical monitoring instruments for the mining and civil engineering industries, headquartered at 700 Progress Ave, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Its instruments measure rock deformation, borehole axial displacement, convergence, tilt, paste-fill pressure, and strain along instrumented cable bolts and rock bolts, with deployments proven across all continents over a roughly 20-year operating history. Named enterprise deployments include pillar monitoring with Vale Canada at 8,000 ft underground in the Sudbury hard-rock nickel mine as part of the CEMI UDMn project.
The product portfolio is organized in three layers: (1) the dTech digital instrument family (dExto, dExto-Civil, BluExto, dMPBX, dConv, dMicro, dGMM, BluTilt, dCable, dRebar, dPPC, PullTest, dSwellex) using digital signal processing to deliver direct mm and °C readouts at resolutions as fine as 0.01 mm displacement or 1 micron; (2) the BluTech wireless telemetry ecosystem (BluLink-R, BluLink-OT, d4 BluLogger, BluGateway WiFi/Ethernet/LTE-M, Blu900 Node/Gateway, dMesh Node) supporting Bluetooth 5, WiFi, LTE-M/NB-IoT, and 900MHz self-configuring mesh telemetry, with on-board storage up to 30,000 readings and IP67/IP68 enclosures; and (3) the VantagePoint proprietary data management and visualization platform, offered as either SaaS or on-premise software for real-time rock deformation and ground support reporting.
Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of digital instruments and wireless telemetry devices to enterprise mining operators and civil engineering contractors, supplemented by recurring VantagePoint SaaS subscriptions and modest LTE-M cellular data plan fees of approximately $2-3 per device per month. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales globally, augmented by integration partnerships with Sensemetrics, Worldsensing, Ackcio, Campbell Scientific, INZWA, and NLT Australia. The two primary customer verticals are mining (underground and surface excavation stability) and civil infrastructure (tunnels, buildings, roads, embankments, canals). In 2024, YieldPoint was acquired by Epiroc, a publicly traded Swedish mining and infrastructure OEM on Nasdaq Stockholm (EPIRA), and now operates as YieldPoint powered by Epiroc with materially expanded global distribution capability.
Yieldpoint firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Yieldpoint
- Legal name
- YieldPoint Inc.
- Website
- https://yieldpoint.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2000
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- YieldPoint designs, manufactures, and supports digital geotechnical monitoring instruments and wireless telemetry (Bluetooth 5, WiFi, LTE-M, 900MHz mesh) plus the VantagePoint SaaS data platform for underground and surface mining operators and civil infrastructure contractors globally. Following its 2024 acquisition by Epiroc, it operates as YieldPoint powered by Epiroc from Kingston, Ontario.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Yieldpoint industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Geotechnical Monitoring Instruments
- NAICS
- Support Activities for Mining (213), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Online Condition Monitoring (Sensors, Edge Devices, IIoT Gateways) (EUAEAKAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Environmental Data Management Platforms (EHS/EMS, LIMS, ELN, Compliance Data Hubs) (EUAHAKAA), Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA)
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Where Yieldpoint is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Kingston
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Yieldpoint business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Geotechnical Monitoring Hardware: Sale of digital geotechnical instruments including extensometers, pressure cells, tiltmeters, cable bolts, and wireless telemetry devices. Products are manufactured and sold to mining and civil engineering companies for structural monitoring applications.
- VantagePoint Cloud Platform (SaaS): Subscription-based cloud data management and visualization platform available as SaaS (Software as a Service) or on-premise solution. Provides real-time data access, automatic data file reception from instruments, and graphical analysis of rock deformation and ground support performance.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Usage-based | Monthly | BluGateway LTE-M cellular data plan |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
Yieldpoint product offering
Product offeringCore offering
YieldPoint designs, manufactures, and supports digital geotechnical monitoring instruments and IoT-enabled wireless telemetry solutions for mining and civil engineering customers. The product portfolio includes the dTech line of digital instruments (extensometers, pressure cells, tiltmeters, cable bolt monitors, convergence sensors), the BluTech Bluetooth 5 ecosystem (data loggers, gateways, mesh nodes), and the VantagePoint cloud data management and visualization platform offered as SaaS or on-premise.
Product overview
YieldPoint powered by Epiroc offers a comprehensive geotechnical monitoring solutions portfolio consisting of three core product lines: (1) Digital instruments (dTech product range) for borehole extensometry, cable monitoring, pressure measurement, tilt sensing, and convergence/crack monitoring; (2) Wireless telemetry devices (BluTech ecosystem) including data loggers, gateways, and mesh network nodes supporting Bluetooth 5, WiFi, LTE-M, and 900MHz wireless technologies; and (3) VantagePoint visualization and data management platform available as SaaS or on-premise solution. The products work together as an integrated system where digital instruments collect geotechnical data, wireless telemetry devices transmit readings to cloud or local servers, and VantagePoint provides visualization and analysis of rock deformation and ground support performance data.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- dTech Product Range
Quantifiable outcome
- Instruments proven on all continents over 2 decades
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Companies that use Yieldpoint
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Yieldpoint technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration6 records
Feature6 records
Yieldpoint partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- SensemetricscoreCalifornia-based Industrial IoT company with co-development and go-to-market partnership for underground mining market. YieldPoint's d-Tech line of digital sensors integrated with sensemetrics cloud platform. Enables underground mine operators to rapidly respond to changing conditions, predict and prevent risk, improve safety, and reduce operational costs. Initially targeting mineral and metal mines in Americas and Australasian regions.
- WorldsensingcoreYieldPoint d-Tech instruments are now fully interoperable with Worldsensing LS-G6-DIG node without a Modbus Interface. Collaboration with ESS Earth Sciences and Worldsensing to bring ESS HID cell triaxial stress cell to the Worldsensing ecosystem.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Yieldpoint competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Geokon: Geokon is a leading US manufacturer of geotechnical and structural monitoring instrumentation, including extensometers, pressure cells, and load cells for mining, tunneling, and civil engineering — directly competing with YieldPoint's d-Tech product line in the same end markets.
- RST Instruments: RST Instruments designs and manufactures geotechnical and structural monitoring instruments (extensometers, inclinometers, piezometers) for mining and civil projects globally, directly overlapping with YieldPoint's digital instrumentation portfolio.
- Sisgeo: Sisgeo produces geotechnical and structural monitoring instruments (inclinometers, extensometers, tiltmeters) for tunnels, mines, and dams — competing with YieldPoint in the same instrument categories and customer segments.
- Worldsensing: Worldsensing provides wireless geotechnical and structural monitoring systems (LoadSensing) widely used in mining and tunneling. Although currently a YieldPoint integration partner, Worldsensing also sells competing wireless nodes and instrumentation gateways.
- Sensemetrics: Sensemetrics is an Industrial IoT cloud platform for geotechnical, structural, and environmental monitoring — both a YieldPoint integration partner for underground mining and a competitor for the data-management layer.
- Ackcio: Ackcio provides wireless mesh data acquisition systems for geotechnical and structural monitoring in mining and infrastructure. As a YieldPoint integration partner via its Digital Node, Ackcio also offers competing gateway hardware for similar deployments.
- Measurand: Measurand (ShapeArray) produces digital deformation sensors (SAA) for geotechnical and structural monitoring in tunnels, mines, and slopes — competing directly with YieldPoint's digital extensometer and convergence sensor offerings.
Broad incumbents
- Campbell Scientific: Campbell Scientific manufactures data loggers and measurement systems used across geotechnical, environmental, and industrial monitoring. Its CR6 datalogger integrates with YieldPoint instruments, while also serving as a broader platform alternative.
- Nova Metrix: Nova Metrix (parent of Geokon, Durham Geo, Roctest) is a structural and geotechnical health monitoring group offering sensors, data acquisition, and software — a broader incumbent competing with YieldPoint across the instrumentation stack.
Regional players
- Keller Group: Keller provides geotechnical engineering services and instrumentation through its subsidiaries (e.g., GEO-Instruments) for monitoring of slopes, tunnels, and excavations — overlapping with YieldPoint's civil-instrumentation use cases, primarily in Europe.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Yieldpoint funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Yieldpoint M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Yieldpoint
What does Yieldpoint do?
YieldPoint designs, manufactures, and supports digital geotechnical monitoring instruments and IoT-enabled wireless telemetry solutions for mining and civil engineering customers. The product portfolio includes the dTech line of digital instruments (extensometers, pressure cells, tiltmeters, cable bolt monitors, convergence sensors), the BluTech Bluetooth 5 ecosystem (data loggers, gateways, mesh nodes), and the VantagePoint cloud data management and visualization platform offered as SaaS or on-premise.
Is Yieldpoint a public or private company?
Yieldpoint is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Yieldpoint founded?
Yieldpoint was founded in 2000. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Yieldpoint based?
Yieldpoint is headquartered in Kingston, Canada, in the North America region.
How does Yieldpoint make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Geotechnical Monitoring Hardware is the primary driver. The others are vantagePoint Cloud Platform (SaaS).
Who are Yieldpoint's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Geokon, RST Instruments, Sisgeo, Worldsensing, Sensemetrics, Ackcio and Measurand. Broad incumbents are Campbell Scientific and Nova Metrix. Keller Group is listed as a regional player.
Does Yieldpoint have an API?
No public API is recorded for Yieldpoint.
What industry is Yieldpoint in?
Yieldpoint's product category is Geotechnical Monitoring Instruments. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAEAKAA, Online Condition Monitoring (Sensors, Edge Devices, IIoT Gateways), with a secondary code of EUAHAKAA, Environmental Data Management Platforms (EHS/EMS, LIMS, ELN, Compliance Data Hubs). Its NAICS code is 213 and its SIC code is 3823.