What Lotti does

Lotti is a Germany-based IoT and smart building data company that operates as a venture under Polydigital Partners. It develops a plug-and-play sensor platform for collecting data from any electricity, gas, water, or district heating meter (analog or smart) as well as indoor air quality, occupancy, and submetering points in commercial buildings. The platform consists of wireless battery-driven sensors, an AI camera for automated meter reading, a 4G/LTE gateway, and a cloud-hosted dashboard with an open API supporting MQTT, BACNet, JSON, and HTTP, marketed as an independent building data layer hosted in Germany.

Lotti's product portfolio includes the Lotti Platform and Dashboard, smart metering sensors, smart submetering sensors (16A–4000A), indoor air quality sensors with QR-code access, smart desk sensors, the Lotti gateway, and AI-powered occupancy sensors delivered through a partnership with Ubiqisense. The platform is sold through a direct enterprise sales motion with demo-led engagement, targeting facility managers, property owners, and solution providers (including energy management, sustainability, and building automation software vendors). Revenue is generated from hardware sensor sales and recurring cloud platform/API subscriptions, though no pricing or contract terms are publicly disclosed.

The company is early-stage, with 1–10 employees and founding in 2021, and has only two publicly named enterprise customers (AG Insurance and WebRepublic). It operates from Frankfurt, Germany, with website presence in both English and German and claims of global data collection capability across any utility company or country.

Name

Lotti

Website

https://lotti-iot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lotti is a Germany-based IoT platform that provides plug-and-play wireless sensors and an AI-powered cloud dashboard for collecting and integrating building data from any meter type, serving facility managers, property owners, and solution providers in commercial real estate as a venture under Polydigital Partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building IoT Platform

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (334514)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Totalizing Fluid Meters & Counting Devices (3824)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Building Software Platforms (IWMS/CAFM Integration, Digital Twin, Command Center) (BPABAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Occupancy, Space Utilization & Workplace Experience (HSAPAPAG), Building Connectivity Infrastructure (Wired/Wireless, Gateways, Edge) (HSAPAPAN), Grid Data & Analytics Enablement (MDM, Data Integration, Hosting) (EUAEANAI)

Keywords

• Smart building IoT
• Building data collection
• Energy monitoring sensors
• Facility management software
• IoT sensor platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sensors: Sale of wireless plug-and-play sensors, AI cameras, gateways, and submetering equipment for building data collection.
2. Cloud Platform/SaaS Subscription: Lotti Platform subscription for data storage, dashboard access, monitoring, and API connectivity to energy management, sustainability, and building automation systems.
3. API and Integration Services: Connectivity services providing open API, MQTT, BACNet, JSON, HTTP interfaces for linking building data to external systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lotti provides an IoT-based building data collection platform consisting of plug-and-play wireless sensors, AI cameras, and a 4G/LTE gateway that feed data into a Germany-hosted cloud platform with an open API. The platform serves as an independent data layer that collects energy and building data from any meter type (analog or smart, electricity, gas, water, district heating) and connects it to energy management, sustainability reporting, building automation, and tenant management systems.

Product overview

Lotti is an IoT-based building data collection platform consisting of the Lotti Platform (core cloud infrastructure hosted in Germany) and the Lotti Dashboard (visualization and management interface). The product suite includes wireless plug-and-play sensors (Smart Metering Sensors, Smart Submetering Sensors, Indoor Air Quality Sensors, Smart Desk Sensors), AI Cameras for meter reading, and the Lotti Gateway for data transmission. Through a partnership with Ubiqisense, Lotti also offers AI-powered Smart AI Sensors for advanced workspace occupancy monitoring. The platform serves facility managers, property owners, and solution providers, connecting collected building data to energy management, sustainability reporting, and building automation systems via an open API supporting MQTT, BACNet, and HTTP protocols.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lotti Platform The core IoT platform hosted and developed in Germany that collects and stores building data securely. It serves as an independent data layer connecting collected sensor data with energy management, sustainability management, building automation, and tenant systems via open API (MQTT, BACNet, JSON, HTTP).
• Lotti Dashboard A visualization and management dashboard that allows users to drag and drop sensors on uploaded floorplans, monitor sensor status, create alerts and triggers, and view graphs with color codes for actionable insights across multiple buildings.
• Lotti Smart Metering Sensors Wireless plug-and-play sensors that retrofit analog and digital electricity, gas, and water meters without interfering with existing infrastructure, making meter data available online in the Lotti Dashboard.
• Lotti AI Camera An AI-powered camera placed in front of meters that takes pictures every few hours; on-platform AI interprets the meter reading and converts it into data for the Lotti Dashboard.
• Lotti Smart Submetering Sensors Sensors for measuring energy consumption of devices, HVAC systems, machines, elevators, and facilities, supporting consumption measurement for devices from 16A to 4000A without any wiring.
• Lotti Smart Desk Sensor A sensor for desk booking and workplace occupancy detection, designed to integrate with desk booking applications such as the LIZ App to help employees find and book workplaces.
• Lotti Indoor Air Quality Sensors Sensors that measure CO2 levels, temperature, humidity, and overall air quality in buildings, with QR code functionality allowing users to scan and receive real-time room climate information via smartphone.
• Lotti / Ubiqisense Smart AI Sensors Proprietary AI-sensors developed in partnership with Ubiqisense that process visual information using artificial intelligence to anonymously measure workspace occupancy, flex desk usage, and large open space occupancy with cloud-based analytics. GDPR compliant; no images stored.
• Lotti Gateway A plug-and-play gateway that securely collects sensor data via 4G/LTE and transmits it to the Lotti Platform. Battery-driven sensors require no cables and come pre-configured with no configuration required.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UbiqisensecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Ubiqisense, a Danish pioneer in workspace IoT solutions. Together they offer an end-to-end solution combining Lotti's platform with Ubiqisense's AI-powered occupancy sensors for workspace optimization. The partnership provides highly intelligent AI-sensors for measuring workplace, flex desk, or large open space occupancy with anonymous, GDPR-compliant data collection.
• Polydigital PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLotti is a venture of Polydigital Partners, which provides corporate backing, resources, and potentially shared go-to-market opportunities within the Polydigital partner network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Metrikus: Building data and analytics platform that aggregates IoT sensor data from multiple sources into ESG, energy, and space utilization insights. Closely mirrors Lotti's 'independent building data layer' positioning and target buyer.
• Ubiqisense: Danish AI workspace occupancy sensor company and Lotti's existing strategic partner. Directly comparable in workplace occupancy and flex desk monitoring with on-device AI processing and GDPR-compliant design.
• Energi: Building performance and data analytics platform serving property owners and facility managers. Comparable on data-aggregation approach and ESG/energy reporting use cases.
• Disruptive Technologies: Norwegian provider of tiny plug-and-play wireless IoT sensors for buildings. Closely comparable to Lotti on sensor form factor, ease of deployment, and building-data use cases such as energy, occupancy, and indoor climate.
• Measurabl: Sustainability and ESG data platform for real estate portfolios. Comparable to Lotti in targeting property owners for sustainability reporting and energy performance, though with less focus on hardware sensor capture.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric EcoStruxure: Global incumbent offering building automation, energy management, and sustainability software. Overlaps with Lotti across energy data, BMS integration, and ESG reporting but operates at much larger enterprise scale.
• Honeywell Forge: Enterprise building management and analytics suite covering energy, occupancy, and sustainability. A broad incumbent whose portfolio overlaps with Lotti's facility manager and property owner personas.
• Siemens MindSphere / Building X: Siemens' cloud-based IoT and digital building platform competing in the same smart building, energy, and sustainability data layer category as Lotti, with much deeper enterprise reach.
• Johnson Controls OpenBlue: Open digital building platform combining sensors, building management, and analytics for facility managers and property owners — a broad incumbent in Lotti's target segments.

Emerging players

• Wirepas: Provider of mesh IoT connectivity infrastructure for large-scale building and industrial sensor networks. Comparable as enabling infrastructure for building IoT deployments like Lotti's, but focuses on the connectivity layer rather than vertical application.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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