SINAFIS
SINAFIS is a French ag-tech company that designs and manufactures connected capacitive sensors and the Sinasens platform for micro-climate monitoring, serving farmers, municipalities, and green-space managers across seven agricultural verticals. Founded in 2016 in Castres, it operates as part of the Sirea Group and sells hardware kits directly with subsidized pricing.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersCastres, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What SINAFIS does
SINAFIS, founded in 2016 in Castres (Tarn, Occitanie, France) by Christophe Beaulieu and Ari Kambouris, designs and manufactures connected capacitive sensors for agricultural micro-climate monitoring. Its seven vertical-specific product lines — SmartAGRI (field crops), SmartARBO (orchards), SmartVITI (vineyards), SmartVEGE (market gardening), SmartOLEI (olive groves), SmartAROMA (aromatic plants), and SmartGREEN (public/municipal green spaces) — measure leaf wetness (humectation), soil moisture and temperature, and air humidity/temperature, transmitting data over the Sigfox low-power network with integrated GPS positioning and approximately two-year battery life. The Sinasens web platform aggregates readings from all sensor types into multilingual (French, English, Spanish) dashboards with alerts, historical analysis, CSV export, and API access, while a complementary 'Kit solaire autonome' (autonomous solar kit) serves remote agricultural buildings leveraging energy management expertise from parent group Sirea (joined November 2020).
Sinafis sells hardware kits directly through its website and resellers, with both outright-purchase and rental/lease options, and supports buyers in accessing FranceAgriMer subsidies covering 30–40% of equipment cost. Customer segments are SMB farmers and cooperatives in viticulture, arboriculture, market gardening, olive growing, aromatic plants, and field crops, plus municipal green-space managers and golf courses (e.g., City of Cahors, Golf de Castres, Vignerons de Buzet, Olivier Plessis-Fraissard). Reported field outcomes include a 20% water consumption reduction and €2,300 in annual savings for a reference market gardener.
Strategic positioning is reinforced by recognition through the 2018 Vegepolys Start-Up prize, second place in the 2021 EIT Innowise Scale Water Scarcity Challenge, and finalist status in the 2021 UNIDO Global Call. The company operates as a private French entity within the Sirea Group, with no disclosed venture funding rounds.
SINAFIS firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- SINAFIS
- Legal name
- SINAFIS
- Website
- https://sinafis.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- SINAFIS is a French ag-tech company that designs and manufactures connected capacitive sensors and the Sinasens platform for micro-climate monitoring, serving farmers, municipalities, and green-space managers across seven agricultural verticals. Founded in 2016 in Castres, it operates as part of the Sirea Group and sells hardware kits directly with subsidized pricing.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
SINAFIS industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Agricultural IoT Sensors and Precision Irrigation Hardware
- NAICS
- Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111), Agricultural Implement Manufacturing (33311)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)
- akta.pro primary industry
- In-Field Sensor Hardware (Soil Moisture/Nutrient, Weather, Canopy Sensors) (AFABAMAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Irrigation Monitoring & Sensors (Flow/Pressure Meters, Soil Moisture, Water Quality Sensors) (AFABAHAJ), IoT Farm Sensors & Edge Devices (Soil, Weather, Crop, Water) (AFAAAFAC), Precision Sensing & Monitoring (Soil/Weather Stations, In-Field Sensors, IoT) (AFAGALAB), Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) & Digital Recordkeeping (AFABAMAD)
Keywords
Where SINAFIS is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Castres
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
SINAFIS 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, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Hardware Sensor Sales: Sale of connected capacitive sensor kits (SmartAGRI, SmartARBO, SmartVITI, SmartVEGE, SmartOLEI, SmartAROMA, SmartGREEN) with complete measurement tools. Products available for purchase or rent.
- Software/Subscription Services: Sinasens application for data visualization, monitoring, and analysis. Application updates (versions 9, 10.0, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5) with enhanced features like customization, filtering, and CSV export.
- Autonomous Solar Kit: Photovoltaic autonomous energy systems for isolated agricultural buildings, including smart energy management and remote control capabilities
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | SmartGREEN complete kit starting price |
| Subscription | Monthly | Rental/lease option |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels7 records
SINAFIS product offering
Product offeringCore offering
SINAFIS designs, manufactures, and sells connected capacitive sensor systems that measure leaf wetness, soil moisture, soil temperature, air humidity and air temperature for agricultural micro-climate monitoring, all linked to the Sinasens web platform for data visualization, alerts, and export. The company's hardware is complemented by an autonomous solar kit for off-grid agricultural energy and is offered as standalone kits (SmartAGRI, SmartARBO, SmartVITI, SmartVEGE, SmartOLEI, SmartAROMA, SmartGREEN) targeting farmers, agribusinesses, and municipalities.
Product overview
SINAFIS offers a portfolio of specialized capacitive sensor systems branded as SmartAGRI (field crops), SmartARBO (arboriculture), SmartVITI (viticulture), SmartVEGE (vegetable farming), SmartOLEI (olive growing), SmartAROMA (aromatic plants), and SmartGREEN (green spaces/municipalities). All sensors measure leaf humectation, soil humidity, soil temperature, and air conditions via capacitive probes and communicate over the Sigfox network. The centralized Sinasens application platform aggregates data from all sensor types, providing dashboards, alerts, and data export. Additionally, the Kit solaire autonome provides photovoltaic energy independence for remote agricultural operations. Products are manufactured in France (Tarn, Occitanie region).
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Sinasens: The Sinasens application platform for visualizing data transmitted by Sinafis sensors.
Products and services
- SmartAGRI Connected capacitive sensor system for field-crop farms measuring leaf humectation, soil moisture, soil temperature and air conditions to monitor microclimate and optimize irrigation. Designed for arable-crop and broad-acre farmers.
- SmartARBO Connected capacitive sensor system for orchards and tree-cultivation operations measuring leaf humectation, soil moisture, soil temperature, and air conditions to monitor orchard microclimate and optimize irrigation.
- SmartVITI Connected capacitive sensor system for vineyards measuring leaf humectation, soil moisture, soil temperature and air conditions to monitor vineyard microclimate and optimize irrigation during authorized periods.
- SmartVEGE Connected capacitive sensor system for vegetable farming and market gardening measuring leaf humectation, soil moisture, soil temperature and air conditions to monitor market-garden microclimate and optimize irrigation.
- SmartOLEI Connected capacitive sensor system for olive groves measuring leaf humectation, soil moisture, soil temperature and air conditions to monitor olive-orchard microclimate and optimize irrigation.
- SmartAROMA Connected capacitive sensor system for aromatic and medicinal plant cultivation measuring leaf humectation, soil moisture, soil temperature and air conditions to monitor crop microclimate and optimize irrigation.
- SmartGREEN Connected capacitive sensor system for public parks, gardens and municipal green spaces measuring leaf humectation, soil humidity at two depths, soil temperature, air humidity/temperature, and GPS position to optimize irrigation. Complete kits from €424.
- Kit solaire autonome Autonomous photovoltaic solar energy kit for agricultural operations providing energy independence, energy storage, intelligent equipment control, hybrid power sources, and real-time wireless data collection for isolated farm buildings and mobile livestock structures.
- Sinasens Web-based application platform for real-time monitoring and visualization of data collected by all Sinafis connected sensors, accessible via computer, smartphone, or tablet. Provides customizable dashboards, configurable email alerts, historical data access, CSV export, and an open-data API for integration with plot-management and plant life-cycle software. Available in French, English, and Spanish.
Quantifiable outcome
- 20% water consumption reduction (from 7200m3 to 5700m3 annually)
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use SINAFIS
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments7 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
SINAFIS technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature5 records
SINAFIS partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Sirea GroupcoreIn November 2020, Sinafis joined the Sirea Group (founded 1994 by Bruno Bouteille, 35 employees in Castres) to strengthen agricultural sector development. Sirea brings technical support and commercial strength for new market acquisition. Sinafis benefits from Sirea's technical expertise in industrial automation and energy management systems, while contributing its specialized sensor technology and agricultural IoT capabilities.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
SINAFIS competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Tule Technologies: Tule builds in-field sensors (e.g., for vineyards) that measure canopy water stress and micro-climate to drive irrigation decisions. It overlaps with Sinafis's viticulture and arboriculture offerings on leaf wetness, soil moisture, and atmospheric monitoring.
- METER Group (formerly Decagon Devices): METER manufactures high-accuracy soil-moisture, water-potential, and environmental sensors used in agriculture and research. Its hardware overlaps with Sinafis's capacitive probes, though METER's footprint is more research-and-industrial than small-farm.
- CropX: CropX produces soil-moisture and irrigation-optimization sensors with a cloud analytics platform for precision agriculture. Like Sinafis, it sells connected in-field sensors to farmers and vineyards optimizing water use, but operates at a much larger scale globally.
- Davis Instruments: Davis Instruments builds weather stations and environmental sensors widely deployed on farms and vineyards for micro-climate monitoring. While more general-purpose than Sinafis's crop-tailored sensors, the Vantage Pro/VuePro systems are an adjacent solution for growers seeking air temperature/humidity and leaf wetness data.
- Pessl Instruments (METOS): Austrian manufacturer of METOS-branded field sensors, weather stations, and IoT devices used for irrigation, frost, and crop monitoring. METOS is one of the most-established direct competitors to Sinafis's SmartAGRI/SmartVITI sensor systems across global vineyards and specialty crops.
- Hortau (acquired by Huawei): Hortau provided soil-moisture and irrigation-management sensors targeted at specialty crop producers in North America, overlapping directly with Sinafis's SmartARBO/SmartVITI/SmartVEGE use cases for orchards, vineyards, and vegetable farming.
- Sentek Technologies: Australia-based manufacturer of soil-moisture and salinity probes sold globally for irrigation scheduling. Sentek competes with Sinafis in the soil-sensor layer that drives irrigation decisions across vineyards, orchards, and broadacre crops.
- AquaCheck: South African manufacturer of soil-moisture probes and irrigation-management telemetry used by growers worldwide. Its underground capacitance probes target the same irrigation-optimization use cases as Sinafis's Smart* sensor family.
- Arable Labs: Arable builds in-field weather, micro-climate, and crop sensors that measure temperature, humidity, and plant conditions for irrigation and agronomy decisions. It directly mirrors Sinafis's leaf wetness, soil moisture, and air-parameter approach for specialty agriculture.
Broad incumbents
- Semios: Semios is a larger precision-agriculture platform combining in-field sensors, pest modeling, and irrigation tools for orchards and vineyards. It competes with Sinafis at the higher end of the specialty-crop market but operates as a broader SaaS platform rather than a focused sensor OEM.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
SINAFIS social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
SINAFIS leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
SINAFIS funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
SINAFIS M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about SINAFIS
What does SINAFIS do?
SINAFIS designs, manufactures, and sells connected capacitive sensor systems that measure leaf wetness, soil moisture, soil temperature, air humidity and air temperature for agricultural micro-climate monitoring, all linked to the Sinasens web platform for data visualization, alerts, and export. The company's hardware is complemented by an autonomous solar kit for off-grid agricultural energy and is offered as standalone kits (SmartAGRI, SmartARBO, SmartVITI, SmartVEGE, SmartOLEI, SmartAROMA, SmartGREEN) targeting farmers, agribusinesses, and municipalities.
Is SINAFIS a public or private company?
SINAFIS is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was SINAFIS founded?
SINAFIS was founded in 2016. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is SINAFIS based?
SINAFIS is headquartered in Castres, France, in the Europe region.
How does SINAFIS make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sensor Sales are the primary driver. The others are software/Subscription Services and autonomous Solar Kit.
Who are SINAFIS's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Tule Technologies, METER Group (formerly Decagon Devices), CropX, Davis Instruments, Pessl Instruments (METOS), Hortau (acquired by Huawei), Sentek Technologies, AquaCheck and Arable Labs. Semios is listed as a broad incumbent.
Does SINAFIS have an API?
No public API is recorded for SINAFIS.
What industry is SINAFIS in?
SINAFIS's product category is Agricultural IoT Sensors and Precision Irrigation Hardware. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFABAMAA, In-Field Sensor Hardware (Soil Moisture/Nutrient, Weather, Canopy Sensors), with a secondary code of AFABAHAJ, Irrigation Monitoring & Sensors (Flow/Pressure Meters, Soil Moisture, Water Quality Sensors). Its NAICS code is 333111 and its SIC code is 3823.