Flama

What Flama does

FlamaTech Engenharia de Automação is a Brazilian home, building, and commercial automation engineering company founded in 2000 and headquartered in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, in the Vale do Paraíba region. The company designs, installs, and maintains integrated automation systems that combine smart lighting, climate control, security, audio distribution, automated blinds and curtains, smart locks, presence sensors, and remote access. Its customers are predominantly high-end residential homeowners, commercial building (predial) operators, and commercial offices in Southeast Brazil, with documented projects in the Alphaville residential market and offices occupied by enterprise clients such as Tech Solutions.

The company's underlying technology platform unifies multiple subsystems through a single interface, with native voice control via Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Siri, remote real-time control from smartphones, and AI-powered routine learning intended to optimize energy consumption and thermal comfort. FlamaTech emphasizes wireless installation technology to enable retrofitting into existing buildings, and markets its solutions as 100% scalable and updatable. The firm operates with its own in-house team of specialized engineers and technicians rather than outsourced labor, holds international certifications, and lists partnerships with global technology brands as a credibility marker.

FlamaTech operates a project-based, quote-priced professional services model with multi-year preventive maintenance contracts as a recurring revenue layer. Sales are executed directly through a showroom demonstration motion in São José dos Campos and WhatsApp Business as the primary contact channel, supported by an Instagram presence and a recently launched proprietary customer portal at flama.net. The firm is privately held and bootstrapped, with no disclosed institutional funding, and is LGPD-compliant under Brazilian data protection law.

Name

Flama

Legal name

FlamaTech Engenharia de Automação

Website

https://flama.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FlamaTech is a Brazilian home, building, and commercial automation engineering firm founded in 2000, headquartered in São José dos Campos. It designs, installs, and maintains integrated smart automation systems for high-end residential and commercial clients in Southeast Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Home and Building Automation

NAICS

Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (81121)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSAHADAA

Whole-Home Automation System Design & Programming

Home & Personal Services/Home Security, Alarm & Smart Home Services/Smart Home Automation Installation & Integration

SECONDARYHSAHADAF

Voice Assistant & Smart Home Hub Setup (Alexa/Google/HomeKit)

Home & Personal Services/Home Security, Alarm & Smart Home Services/Smart Home Automation Installation & Integration

SECONDARYHSAHADAG

Smart Appliance & Energy Management Integration

Home & Personal Services/Home Security, Alarm & Smart Home Services/Smart Home Automation Installation & Integration

SECONDARYHSAOANAI

Home Automation Hub/Platform Integration for Electrical & HVAC (e.g., HomeKit/Google/Alexa)

Home & Personal Services/Plumbing, Electrical & HVAC Services/Smart Home Electrical & HVAC Integration Services

Keywords

• Smart home automation
• Building automation systems
• Lighting control integration
• Voice control automation
• Commercial automation engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

São José dos Campos

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Automation Systems and Services: Revenue generated from designing, installing, and maintaining smart home, commercial, and building automation systems. Includes project execution, integration of multiple subsystems (lighting, climate, security, audio, blinds, locks), and ongoing preventive maintenance services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FlamaTech designs, installs, and maintains integrated smart home, residential, and building automation systems that unify lighting, climate, security, audio, blinds, locks, and presence sensors under voice control (Alexa, Google Home, Siri) and smartphone remote access. Services cover executive project design, professional installation, subsystem integration, AI-driven routine optimization, and ongoing preventive maintenance.

Product overview

FlamaTech offers a comprehensive smart home and building automation platform with residential and commercial solutions. The core offerings include Automação Residencial and Sistemas Prediais as primary service categories, supplemented by feature modules including Iluminação Inteligente (smart lighting), Climatização (climate control), Segurança (security), Home Cinema, Som Ambiente (surround sound), Persianas e Cortinas Automatizadas (automated blinds/curtains), Fechaduras Inteligentes (smart locks), Sensores de Presença e Segurança (presence/security sensors), and Controle à Distância (remote control). The platform integrates with voice assistants (Alexa, Google Home, Siri) for natural voice control and incorporates AI for routine learning and energy optimization. Solutions are scalable and customizable for both new construction and existing buildings using wireless technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Automation (Automação Residencial) Complete residential automation solutions for homeowners of premium single-family residences, integrating smart lighting, climate control, security systems, automated blinds and curtains, smart locks, presence sensors, audio distribution, and voice control through Alexa, Google Home, and Siri, with remote smartphone access.
• Building Systems (Sistemas Prediais) Building automation systems for commercial and multi-unit residential properties (condomínios), integrating lighting, climate, security monitoring, and access control across entire buildings with central management and energy optimization.
• Commercial Office Automation Office automation solutions for business offices and commercial spaces aimed at improving workplace productivity and reducing operational costs, integrating lighting, climate, security, and access systems under unified control.
• Home Cinema Installation Custom home theater installation and automation service that integrates audio, video, lighting, and control systems into a premium residential entertainment experience.
• Preventive Maintenance Service Recurring preventive maintenance service for installed automation systems, covering inspection, updates, and ongoing support as part of multi-year contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy efficiency optimization through AI-powered climate control
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Amazon (Alexa)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology integration partner enabling voice control capabilities through Alexa smart speakers. Customers can interact with all automated systems using natural voice commands.
• Google (Google Home)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology integration partner enabling voice control through Google Home devices. Provides seamless voice interaction with home automation systems.
• Apple (Siri)coreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology integration partner enabling Siri voice control for home automation systems. iOS users can control devices via Siri commands.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Savant Systems: Apple-aligned smart home and commercial automation platform deployed through certified integrators. Directly comparable to FlamaTech's voice-and-app-driven, multi-subsystem residential automation offering, particularly on the premium residential side.
• Control4: A leading US-based whole-home and building automation platform that integrators like FlamaTech deploy. Closely comparable because both deliver integrated, professionally installed multi-subsystem automation with voice control and remote access — Control4 supplies the technology stack, FlamaTech executes the regional integration.
• Lutron Electronics: Global leader in lighting and shading controls, deeply used in high-end residential and commercial installations. Comparable to FlamaTech because Lutron's lighting and blind control modules are central to the smart-lighting and automated-blinds use cases FlamaTech highlights as core products.
• Crestron Electronics: Premium US-based home and commercial automation platform with deep integrations across lighting, climate, AV, and shading. Comparable to FlamaTech because Crestron-certified integrators perform the same high-end, project-based whole-home design and programming that FlamaTech markets in Brazil.
• Fibaro (Fibar Group): Smart home automation platform with Z-Wave-based hubs, sensors, and integrations with voice ecosystems. Comparable to FlamaTech because Fibaro's product mix — lighting, climate, security, blinds, locks — overlaps with nearly every FlamaTech feature module.

Broad incumbents

• ABB: Global building-automation and electrification incumbent with smart-home and KNX-based products. Comparable to FlamaTech on the integration and intelligent-control side, but as a much larger incumbent selling through electrical contractors rather than as a focused regional integrator.
• Legrand: Global incumbent in electrical and digital building infrastructure with a growing smart-home product portfolio. Comparable to FlamaTech in the residential and predial automation space, but as a much broader portfolio play across wiring devices, lighting controls, and AV — rather than a specialized regional integrator.
• Schneider Electric: Global building automation and energy-management incumbent serving commercial and residential markets. Comparable to FlamaTech on the predial / commercial-building automation side, but at vastly greater scale across energy management, BMS, and electrical distribution.

Emerging players

• RTI (Remote Technologies Inc): Specialized control and automation systems provider for residential and commercial integration via a dealer network. Comparable to FlamaTech because both serve custom-installation channels delivering whole-property integration of AV, lighting, climate, and security.
• Josh.ai: AI-focused natural-language home automation platform deployed through certified dealers. Comparable to FlamaTech's AI-driven routine-learning feature and voice-first residential offering, but with a proprietary AI stack — an emerging alternative in the same premium residential niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/flamatech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/flama

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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