Filip Technologies

What Filip Technologies does

Filip Technologies is a privately held consumer electronics company founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States. The company designs and markets a smart locator device intended to keep parents connected with their young children, addressing the family-safety and child-location-tracking use case. According to firmographic data, Filip Technologies operates with a small team (11-50 employees) and maintains its product presence at myfilip.com.

The company's product is a paired hardware-and-software locator wearable aimed at the parental-monitoring consumer segment, a niche within the broader family IoT and children's wearables category. Filip Technologies raised approximately $9 million in a single funding round on April 24, 2014, with participation from Horizons Ventures, KEC Ventures, and Social Capital; no subsequent funding events are recorded in the provided source data. The company has not disclosed patents, trademarks, awards, or detailed product specifications within the input.

The aggregated source data contains extensive operational detail (customer logos, partnerships, technology stack, and platform architecture) that references Smartcom, an IoT Platform-as-a-Service company serving OEMs, ODMs, and telecom operators. The relationship between Filip Technologies and Smartcom is not explicitly clarified in the source material, but a Filip-related device profile appears within Smartcom's family IoT device ecosystem. Direct first-party data on Filip Technologies' current revenue, headcount trends, distribution channels, recent product launches, management team, or operating status is not available in the input.

Name

Filip Technologies

Website

https://myfilip.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Filip Technologies is a New York-based consumer electronics company that designs and markets a smart locator device to help parents stay connected with their young children. Founded in 2012, it operates in the family-safety wearables segment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IoT Platform Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise PaaS (App Runtime & Managed Application Platforms) (HDAEAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

IoT Connectivity Management (Private APN, SIM/eSIM, Device Connectivity) (HDAIAGAG)

Keywords

• IoT platform as a service
• Wearable device platform
• Parental control solutions
• Family connected devices
• Child safety wearables

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS): Smartcom provides wearable and IoT solutions as a platform-as-a-service model, enabling device manufacturers and operators to build, launch, and scale connected products. Revenue is generated through platform licensing, development services, and ongoing connectivity management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Filip Technologies operates a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for family IoT devices and wearables, enabling OEMs, ODMs, brands, and mobile network operators to design, build, launch, and scale connected wearable products from concept to market. The offering bundles an IoT device platform, a parental control solution (SmartKid), a device software launcher, and managed global connectivity into a single end-to-end framework with built-in CCPA, COPPA, and GDPR compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IoT Device Platform A unified platform and app for IoT devices across any OEM, ODM, and brand, enabling connected wearable products from concept to commercialization with reusable components, managed connectivity, and data-driven insights.
• SmartKid Parental Control Solution A family IoT device management and child safety solution that provides parental monitoring, secure communication, and privacy protection for connected devices used by children.
• Device SW Launcher A mobile device software launcher that enables customization of device interfaces for OEMs, ODMs, and brands launching connected devices.
• Global Connectivity Managed connectivity services that provision and manage cellular and IoT network connectivity for connected wearable and IoT devices across global operator networks.

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AT&TcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAT&T distributes Smartcom's IoT device platform and wearable solutions to their customer base. Smartcom's platform enables AT&T to offer connected family devices with parental controls and global connectivity services.
• T-MobilecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorT-Mobile distributes Smartcom's IoT and wearable platform solutions, integrating the technology into their telecommunications offerings for connected devices.
• VerizoncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVerizon offers Smartcom's platform for IoT device management and wearable solutions as part of their connected device ecosystem.
• Deutsche TelekomcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDeutsche Telekom distributes Smartcom's connected device platform across their European telecom operations, enabling IoT and wearable services.
• VodafonecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVodafone integrates Smartcom's IoT platform for wearable and family device solutions across their global telecom network.
• TelefónicacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTelefónica distributes Smartcom's connected device platform across their Spanish and Latin American telecom markets.
• TeliaSoneraminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTeliaSonera offers Smartcom's IoT platform solutions in Nordic and Baltic regions.
• TelcelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTelcel distributes Smartcom's wearable and IoT solutions in the Mexican telecommunications market.
• TimexminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerTimex uses Smartcom's platform for connected wearable watches, enabling traditional watchmaker to enter smart wearables market.
• TCLminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerTCL integrates Smartcom's platform into their connected wearable and IoT devices.
• Quanta ComputerminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerQuanta Computer, an ODM manufacturer, uses Smartcom's platform for building connected IoT devices.
• GabbcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGabb partners with Smartcom for kid-safe mobile devices featuring parental controls and family IoT management, representing a strategic focus on child safety technology.
• TinnominorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerTinno, mobile device ODM, integrates Smartcom's platform for connected device solutions.
• FIHminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerFIH (Foxconn International Holdings) uses Smartcom's platform for connected mobile and IoT devices.
• CosmominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCosmo distributes Smartcom's IoT platform solutions.
• LageniominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLagenio integrates Smartcom's connected device platform.
• Ice WirelessminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIce Wireless distributes Smartcom's IoT platform in Canadian markets.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• EMnify: EMnify is a cellular IoT connectivity platform with cloud-native SIM management, comparable to Smartcom's managed connectivity and device platform offering, and serves enterprise customers building connected products globally.
• KORE Wireless: KORE Wireless offers managed IoT connectivity, devices and platforms — overlapping directly with Smartcom's IoT Device Platform and connectivity management, particularly for enterprise and telco customers.
• Particle: Particle provides an IoT platform with cellular hardware, connectivity and a cloud platform for connected product developers — a direct parallel to Smartcom's end-to-end concept-to-commercialization PaaS model for OEMs and device makers.
• Eseye: Eseye offers managed global IoT connectivity with multi-IMSI SIMs and a device management platform. Directly comparable to Smartcom's managed global connectivity layer and similar B2B go-to-market toward OEMs and telcos.
• Pelion (Arm): Pelion, formerly Arm's IoT business, provides a device management and connectivity platform for connected products, closely comparable to Smartcom's IoT Device Platform in serving OEMs and ODMs at scale.
• Soracom: Soracom provides a global IoT connectivity and platform-as-a-service for connected devices, very similar in offering to Smartcom's IoT Device Platform and managed connectivity stack, with comparable emphasis on cellular IoT, eSIM and operator-grade integrations.
• Hologram: Hologram provides IoT SIM and connectivity management for connected device makers, competing head-to-head with Smartcom's IoT connectivity platform and serving a similar OEM/developer customer base.

Regional players

• Gabb Wireless: Gabb is both a Smartcom partner and a kid-safe device maker — a comparable company in the family IoT/child-safety device category that uses parental controls and managed connectivity to serve families with children.

Broad incumbents

• Aeris Communications: Aeris is an established IoT connectivity and platform provider serving large enterprises and MNOs, broadly comparable to Smartcom's managed connectivity offering though at a much larger scale and broader industry footprint.
• Cisco IoT (formerly Jasper): Cisco's IoT Control Center (originally Jasper) is the dominant telco-grade IoT connectivity management platform used by major operators — directly competes with Smartcom's operator-distributed IoT platform across the same MNO customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/myFilipTech
• Facebookfacebook.com/myfilip
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2875148

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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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