What Zenatek does

Zenatek is a privately held ICT solutions and consulting company headquartered in Monte Carlo, Monaco, with operational entities in Genoa, Italy (Zenatek S.p.A.) and New York, USA (Zenatek Inc.). The company was founded in 2013 by Managing Director Valter Ballestro and employs between 101 and 250 people. It operates across two complementary lines: a product portfolio anchored by the proprietary Zenatek Tracking System (ZTS) — a self-powered, energy-efficient IoT device providing real-time location (within a few meters), temperature, humidity, luminance, intrusion, and deceleration monitoring for multimodal global cargo shipments, delivered through a web-based platform with email and SMS alerting — and a set of professional services covering management consulting, custom software development, and ICT infrastructure (aligned with ITIL, COBIT, BS7799, and ISO standards). Supporting products include iJoin, a collaborative document design tool, and iView, a self-service business intelligence platform.

The company's most strategic asset is its 2021 consortium contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the SATIS(f)action project, in which Zenatek leads partners Knowhedge, Italian Insurtech Association, and Genoa Energy. The initiative integrates ESA's SatNav, SatCom, and SatEO capabilities with Edge AI, IoT, and Distributed Ledger Technology to deliver a Monitoring-as-a-Service offering for food supply chain safety, fraud detection, and insurance underwriting. The business model combines subscription-based container monitoring revenue with project-based and managed services revenue, sold through direct enterprise field sales supplemented by an agent and distributor network in regions not directly served. Zenatek targets enterprise customers across transportation, pharmaceuticals, perishables, oil and gas, government and defence, and heavy equipment; named logos include Bennet, Fincantieri, SilverSea, Cassa Edile Milano, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti AMT, and Almaviva. Marketing is concentrated in industry exhibitions, multilingual web presence (English, French, Italian, German, Russian), and trade publication features, with pricing kept off the public record and handled on a quote basis.

Name

Zenatek

Legal name

Zenatek S.a.r.l.

Website

https://zenatek.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Zenatek is a privately held ICT solutions and consulting firm, headquartered in Monaco with offices in Genoa and New York, that provides IoT-based container tracking (ZTS), business intelligence (iView), collaborative document design (iJoin), and professional services to enterprise customers in logistics, pharmaceuticals, defence, and food supply chains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IoT Asset & Container Tracking

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Data Platforms & Analytics Migration (BPAEACAI)

Keywords

• Container tracking systems
• IoT logistics monitoring
• Supply chain visibility
• ICT infrastructure services
• Software development consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Genova

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Container Tracking & Monitoring Services: Subscription-based monitoring-as-a-service for cargo tracking, providing real-time position, temperature, and security alerts for multimodal transport worldwide
2. Software Development Services: Custom software development services including requirements elicitation, proof of concepts, design, implementation, reengineering, and software maintenance
3. ICT Infrastructure Services: Infrastructure planning, implementation, and managed services including design, sizing, capacity planning, monitoring, and service desk
4. Management Consulting: Strategic analysis, business process analysis, reengineering, and organizational reviews delivered by business consultants

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Zenatek is an ICT services and consulting firm that designs and delivers the Zenatek Tracking System (ZTS), a multi-sensor IoT tracking device paired with a cloud platform for monitoring containers, goods, vehicles and people across transport modes. The company complements this product line with management consulting, custom software development, and ICT infrastructure services for enterprise clients.

Product overview

Zenatek is an ICT solutions company offering a portfolio centered around the Zenatek Tracking System (ZTS) as its core product—a container tracking and IoT monitoring solution for multimodal global logistics. The ZTS is complemented by two supporting modules: iJoin (collaborative document design tool) and iView (business intelligence platform). The portfolio also includes three professional services: Management Consulting (strategic planning and business process services), Software Projects (custom software development), and ICT Infrastructure (systems and network services). The 2021 SATIS(f)ACTION initiative extends ZTS capabilities through European Space Agency satellite technologies, Edge AI, and blockchain for food supply chain safety.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Zenatek Tracking System (ZTS): A real-time container tracking and monitoring system for multimodal transport worldwide. The system provides location tracking, temperature monitoring, intrusion detection, humidity and luminance monitoring, and alerts for cargo conditions.
• iJoin
• iView

Products and services

• Zenatek Tracking System (ZTS) Multi-sensor IoT tracking device (GPS, GSM/GPRS, Wi-Fi sniffing, temperature, humidity, light, shock, battery sensors) paired with a cloud-based monitoring platform providing real-time location, condition monitoring, alarms and notifications for containers, goods, vehicles and people in transit.
• iJoin Near-real-time ship movement reporting system that captures and shares vessel arrival, departure and berth events to logistics operators, using satellite AIS feeds combined with terrestrial receivers at Italian ports.
• iView Web-based geospatial collaboration and visualization platform that integrates data from Warehouse Management Systems, ERPs, IoT sensors and AIS feeds to support shared situational awareness across operational teams.
• Software Development Services Custom software development and project delivery services for enterprise clients, covering application design, development and integration engagements delivered alongside Zenatek's product portfolio.
• ICT Infrastructure Services ICT infrastructure design, deployment and management services for enterprise clients, covering networking, systems, and managed infrastructure operations.
• Management Consulting Strategic and management consulting engagements for enterprise clients, addressing operational, technology and transformation initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Location accuracy within a few meters using ZTS web-platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2021Zenatek leads a consortium (with Knowhedge, Italian Insurtech Association, and Genoa Energy) in the SATIS(f)action project, which integrates ESA satellite technologies (SatNav, SatCom, SatEO) with Edge AI, IoT, and DLT for next-generation remote container monitoring services to increase food supply chain safety and transparency.
• KnowhedgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the SATIS(f)action project focused on increasing overall food supply chain safety and transparency through implementation of next generation Remote Container Monitoring services.
• Italian Insurtech AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the SATIS(f)action project, collaborating on the intersection of insurance services and satellite-powered cargo monitoring for food supply chain certification.
• Genoa EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the SATIS(f)action project contributing expertise in energy solutions for food supply chain monitoring services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Samsara: Samsara is a publicly traded IoT platform offering real-time GPS tracking, temperature, humidity, and shock monitoring for fleet and asset management on a subscription basis. It is the most direct competitive analogue to Zenatek Tracking System across customer model, sensor stack, and subscription pricing.
• Geotab: Geotab is a leading fleet telematics and asset-tracking provider offering GPS location, engine diagnostics, and condition monitoring as a subscription service. It competes with ZTS in the transportation and equipment-monitoring use cases Zenatek targets.
• ORBCOMM: ORBCOMM provides satellite-cellular IoT tracking and cold-chain visibility solutions for intermodal containers, trailers, and heavy equipment. Its reliance on satellite communication for remote asset monitoring directly overlaps with Zenatek's SatCom-integrated ZTS offering.
• Sensitech: Sensitech, part of Carrier Global, provides cold-chain temperature and location monitoring solutions for pharmaceuticals, food, and perishable goods. It is a direct competitor in the pharma and perishable verticals that Zenatek's ZTS explicitly targets.
• Tive: Tive offers real-time, single-use and reusable IoT trackers providing location, temperature, humidity, and shock visibility for global supply chains. Its product model, subscription platform, and customer base closely mirror Zenatek's ZTS approach.

Emerging players

• project44: project44 is a supply chain visibility platform providing real-time shipment tracking and multimodal transportation analytics. It overlaps with Zenatek's visibility offering but is software/cloud-only rather than device-based.
• FourKites: FourKites provides predictive supply chain visibility across road, rail, ocean, and air, with shipment-level ETAs and condition monitoring. It competes in the multimodal tracking and analytics space Zenatek addresses via ZTS and iView.

Broad incumbents

• Trimble Transportation: Trimble is a large, established technology provider with a transportation and logistics portfolio covering fleet management, asset tracking, and supply chain visibility. It is a broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities to ZTS as part of a much wider enterprise technology suite.
• Descartes Systems Group: Descartes is a global logistics technology vendor offering transportation management, visibility, customs, and trade compliance software. It addresses enterprise customers similar to Zenatek's but as a broad portfolio vendor rather than a specialized IoT device provider.
• Capgemini Engineering: Capgemini is a global IT services and systems integration firm offering custom software development, infrastructure services, and consulting — directly overlapping with Zenatek's Software Projects, ICT Infrastructure, and Management Consulting service lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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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