What Efento does

Efento Sp. z o.o. is a privately held Polish IoT company, headquartered in Kraków, that designs and sells wireless environmental monitoring hardware and a proprietary cloud platform. Its product system spans Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and cellular NB-IoT sensors measuring temperature, humidity, atmospheric and differential pressure, indoor air quality (VOC/IAQ), flood/leak status, door state, motion, and industrial signals (4–20 mA, 0–10 V), connected through BLE/Ethernet/LTE gateways and the Efento Cloud SaaS layer. The BLE line includes more than 25 sensor types, while the NB-IoT line offers cellular variants with prepaid SIM cards that bypass the need for a local gateway.

The company's commercial model is a hybrid of one-time hardware sales and per-sensor cloud subscriptions (1–5 year terms), with optional ancillary revenue from accredited calibration services and SMS notification packages. Distribution is direct-to-customer via two e-commerce storefronts (efento.pl in Polish, getefento.com in English), supported by self-installation (claimed 15–30 minutes), free Android applications, and a 30-day money-back guarantee — a product-led growth posture unusual for regulated compliance buyers.

The primary customer base is in Poland, concentrated in healthcare/pharmaceutical (over 2,000 clinics, plus pharmacies and hospital pharmacies serving Polish Ministry of Health regulation compliance) and food industry/cold chain logistics (over 3,000 vehicles for transport monitoring). Secondary verticals include museums/galleries, real estate/property management, and viticulture (a vineyard IP67 kit with specialized indices such as Huglin and GDDC). Management reports cite more than 8,000 deployments across Poland, ~150 large facilities, and ~160 institutions on Efento Cloud, plus an initial international deployment for vaccine cold-chain monitoring in Vietnam. Founded with co-founder Piotr Szydlowski, the company operates without disclosed institutional investors and is run as a Sp. z o.o. limited liability entity.

Name

Efento

Legal name

Efento Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://efento.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Efento is a Polish IoT company that designs and sells wireless BLE and NB-IoT sensors, gateways, and its Efento Cloud platform for monitoring temperature, humidity, pressure, air quality, and flooding, serving primarily healthcare/pharmaceutical and food logistics customers through direct e-commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wireless IoT Environmental Sensors

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Temperature data loggers & probes (in-transit and storage) (TLAEALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humidity & dew point monitoring sensors (TLAEALAB), Vaccine/biopharma cold chain compliance sensors (GxP/21 CFR Part 11 capable) (TLAEALAK), Cold storage facility environmental sensing (rooms, freezers, blast chillers) (TLAEALAL), Cold chain asset sensors for containers/pallets/RTIs (non-location) (TLAEALAJ), Gas/air quality sensors for cold chain (CO₂/O₂/ethylene) (TLAEALAF), Environmental Sensors (Temperature/Humidity/Gas/Air Quality) (HDAHALAD)

Keywords

• Wireless IoT sensors
• Environmental monitoring
• Temperature monitoring devices
• Humidity monitoring sensors
• Air quality monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Kraków

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of wireless sensors (BLE and NB-IoT), gateways, and complete monitoring kits. One-time hardware purchase with battery life of 2+ years. Sensors range from 298 PLN to over 1,000 PLN depending on type and configuration.
2. Cloud Platform Licensing: Annual or multi-year subscription licenses for Efento Cloud platform. License required per sensor connected to platform (1-5 year terms available). Includes data storage, alarms, reporting, and API access.
3. SMS Notification Packages: SMS credit packages for alarm notifications (100, 250, 500, or 1,000 SMS). Included with kits (100 SMS free). Rechargeable credits.
4. Calibration Services: Accredited calibration certificates for sensors, performed by external laboratory (Polish Center for Accreditation). Periodic calibration with warranty extension program (2-year extension per calibration).
5. NB-IoT SIM Cards: Built-in SIM cards for NB-IoT sensors with 2-year prepaid validity. Renewable for additional 2-year periods.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Efento designs and manufactures wireless IoT sensors for environmental monitoring, including temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, air quality, and water leak/flood detection. The product line spans Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensors and Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) sensors, paired with a cloud platform and mobile applications that handle data collection, threshold alerting, and compliance reporting. Offerings are aimed at regulated and operationally sensitive environments where continuous environmental data is required.

Product overview

Efento offers a comprehensive wireless IoT monitoring ecosystem consisting of two main sensor technology lines (NB-IoT and Bluetooth Low Energy), gateway connectivity devices, cloud platform software, and mobile applications. The BLE sensor line includes over 25 sensor types measuring temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, differential pressure, air quality (IAQ/VOC), flood detection, door/window state, motion/occupancy, soil moisture, and industrial signals (4-20 mA, 0-10 V). The NB-IoT line provides cellular-connected versions of similar sensors for standalone operation without gateways. Efento Cloud serves as the central data management platform with alarm notifications, reporting, and API access. Efento Transport and Efento Logger are dedicated applications for transport monitoring and local data collection respectively. Bundled solutions are offered for pharmacy, clinic, and vineyard applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Efento Cloud: Cloud-based platform for remote temperature and humidity monitoring with SMS and email notifications
• Efento Transport
• Efento Logger

Products and services

• Efento BLE temperature sensors

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-day money-back guarantee on all products
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vaisala: Finnish industrial instrumentation company specializing in humidity, temperature, CO2, and dew-point measurement with both continuous monitoring systems and data loggers. Directly comparable technology stack and target verticals (pharma clean rooms, cold storage, building automation).
• Controlant: Icelandic real-time cold-chain monitoring provider specializing in pharma shipments with cellular/IoT loggers and cloud dashboards. Closely comparable product architecture (cellular sensor + cloud) and target customer base (large pharma distributors).
• Sensitech (Carrier): Cold-chain visibility provider (now part of Carrier) offering temperature and location monitoring for pharmaceuticals and food logistics. Competes head-to-head in Efento's core pharma and food-transport segments, with deeper enterprise references.
• Rotronic (Process Sensing Technologies): Swiss specialist in humidity and temperature measurement with a wide probe/transmitter portfolio and continuous monitoring systems. Directly comparable to Efento's humidity, temperature, and clean-room use cases.
• Testo: German-headquartered global leader in temperature, humidity, and environmental measurement instruments with extensive cold-chain and HVAC product lines. Highly comparable to Efento across the same core use cases (pharma, food, HVAC) but at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Monnit Corporation: US-based provider of wireless IoT sensors and gateways for remote monitoring across temperature, humidity, and various industrial parameters. Comparable wireless architecture (battery sensors + gateway + cloud) and SMB/mid-market go-to-market.
• LogTag Recorders: New Zealand-based manufacturer of temperature and humidity data loggers with USB and Bluetooth interfaces. Closely matches Efento's BLE temperature/humidity logger product line and SMB/mid-market customer profile.
• ELPRO-Buchs: Swiss-based provider of temperature and humidity monitoring systems for pharma, life sciences, and logistics with GxP-compliant cloud platform. Directly comparable in regulated cold-chain monitoring and enterprise cloud offering.
• Berlinger: Swiss manufacturer of temperature monitoring solutions specifically for the pharmaceutical industry, including vaccine cold-chain indicators. Overlaps directly with Efento's pharmacy/vaccine monitoring use cases and regulatory positioning.

Emerging players

• Tive: US-based supply-chain visibility provider combining temperature, humidity, shock, and location tracking with cellular single-use and reusable loggers. Comparable in cellular cold-chain tracking but more focused on logistics vs Efento's facility-centric mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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