Hostabee

What Hostabee does

Hostabee is a French technology company operating in the sustainable IoT and Agritech sector. The company positions itself as a technology partner, integrator, and developer of software solutions for sustainable projects led by enterprises and local authorities (collectivités). Its flagship product is Hostabee Cloud, a monitoring platform that combines biodiversity indicators with connected sensors and actuators to support environmentally conscious policies. Documented use cases include ecosystem health surveillance via connected beehives, smart irrigation for water conservation, food waste reduction, energy management, and pest tracking. CEO and founder Maxime Mularz leads the company's enterprise field sales motion, emphasizing pragmatic digital solutions built in direct relationship with environmental professionals.

The platform architecture layers IoT connectivity (5G and LoRa networks) over a cloud backbone hosted on Google Cloud Platform, with AI referenced as part of the broader technology stack. Hostabee generates revenue across three streams: subscription-based access to the Hostabee Cloud monitoring platform, sale and integration of IoT hardware (sensors and actuators), and custom development and consulting services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with each engagement requiring personalized project evaluation rather than standardized tiers. The Google Cloud technology partnership is designated as a Core strategic alliance, providing infrastructure, data processing, and scalable services for environmental monitoring applications.

Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, targeting two primary verticals: local and regional government entities implementing sustainability programs, and enterprises seeking to digitize environmental compliance and resource optimization. Marketing is primarily website-driven (hostabee.com), with contact forms serving as the bottom-of-funnel conversion mechanism. No channel partners, resellers, or marketplace presence are documented. Operational scale signals — including headcount, funding history, and customer logos — are absent from public sources, indicating either a small-scale operation or limited public disclosure.

Name

Hostabee

Website

https://hostabee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Hostabee is a French sustainable IoT company offering a Google Cloud-hosted monitoring platform for biodiversity, smart irrigation, food waste, energy management, and pest tracking, serving enterprises and local authorities through direct field sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental IoT / Agritech Software

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822), Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite Imagery & Monitoring Platforms (AFAAAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integrated Pest Management (Biological Controls, Monitoring, Reduced Pesticides) (AFAGAMAC), Sanitation, Exclusion & Pest-Proofing Consulting (HACCP/FSMA Support) (AFACAGAI), Waste Management & Smart Sanitation (Facilities) (HSAPAPAM)

Keywords

• Sustainable IoT solutions
• Biodiversity monitoring platform
• Environmental sensor networks
• Smart irrigation systems
• Agritech cloud services

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-quentin

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to Hostabee Cloud monitoring platform providing biodiversity indicators, sensor data, and environmental management tools.
2. IoT Hardware and Integration Services: Sale and integration of connected sensors, actuators, and IoT infrastructure for sustainable monitoring projects.
3. Custom Development and Consulting: Technology integration and development services for bespoke sustainable digital solutions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hostabee develops and sells the Hostabee Cloud monitoring platform, an IoT-based system that combines connected sensors, actuators, and biodiversity indicators to enable sustainable environmental policies. Offerings span ecosystem health monitoring (via beehive sensors), smart irrigation for water savings, food-waste prevention, energy management, and pest tracking, sold to enterprises and local authorities.

Product overview

Hostabee offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on Hostabee Cloud, a monitoring platform that combines IoT technologies (connected objects, 5G and LoRa networks) with Google Cloud infrastructure. The platform integrates sensors and actuators for biodiversity surveillance (beehive monitoring), smart irrigation, food waste prevention, energy management, and pest tracking to support sustainable projects for businesses and local authorities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hostabee Cloud: Monitoring platform that adds biodiversity indicators, sensors, actuators, and complementary sustainable approaches to operate an environmentally respectful policy: ecosystem health monitoring through beehives, water savings through smart irrigation, food waste reduction, energy management, pest tracking.

Products and services

• Hostabee Cloud A monitoring platform that combines biodiversity indicators with sensors, actuators, and complementary sustainable initiatives to enable environmentally conscious policies. It supports ecosystem health surveillance via beehives, smart irrigation for water conservation, food-waste reduction, energy management, and pest tracking, and is sold to enterprises and local authorities implementing sustainable projects.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership leveraging Google Cloud platform for hosting and running IoT, cloud, data, and AI solutions. Google Cloud serves as the infrastructure foundation for the Hostabee Cloud monitoring platform, enabling connected object management, data processing, and scalable cloud services for biodiversity, health, and environmental monitoring applications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Semios: Platform combining IoT sensors, AI, and big data for crop management, pest tracking, and climate monitoring. Closely aligned with Hostabee's agritech monitoring approach and target customer base of enterprises and growers.
• BeeHero: Provides smart beehive IoT monitoring for pollination and bee health. Directly comparable to Hostabee's beehive health surveillance module, with a similar agritech-IoT value proposition targeting commercial beekeepers and crop producers.
• Arable: Offers connected weather and crop sensors with a cloud-based agronomic data platform. Comparable to Hostabee's environmental monitoring stack combining IoT sensors with cloud-based sustainability analytics.
• CropX: Soil and irrigation IoT sensors paired with a cloud analytics platform for smart water management. Directly comparable to Hostabee's smart irrigation and water-savings use case within the precision agriculture category.
• Libelium: Provides IoT sensor platforms for environmental monitoring, agriculture, and smart cities. Comparable to Hostabee's IoT-based sensor-to-cloud architecture for biodiversity, water, and pest monitoring applications.

Emerging players

• Teralytic: Soil sensor platform for agriculture with cloud-based analytics. Overlaps with Hostabee's agritech monitoring capabilities but with a narrower focus on soil composition and crop health.
• The Yield Technology Solutions: Provides IoT sensing and analytics for agriculture and aquaculture, with a focus on microclimate data. Comparable to Hostabee's sensor-and-cloud architecture applied to sustainability and resource management.
• Sensoterra: Specializes in wireless soil moisture sensors for smart irrigation and water management. Partial overlap with Hostabee's smart irrigation module and broader sustainability-IoT positioning.
• Uplink (uplink.ag): IoT and data platform for agribusiness, connecting field sensors with operational analytics. Comparable to Hostabee's cloud-based platform-plus-sensors approach targeting enterprise sustainability use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Davis Instruments: Established manufacturer of weather stations and environmental sensors for agriculture, research, and municipalities. Overlaps with Hostabee's environmental monitoring capabilities as a broader incumbent in the environmental-sensing space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hostabee
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hostabee

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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