Wibicom

Name

Wibicom

Legal name

Wibicom Inc.

Website

https://wibicom.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wibicom is a Montreal-based company that builds self-powered IoT components, including its patented WibiSol photovoltaic antenna and WibiSmart sensor line, serving integrators and end-customers across healthcare, agriculture, smart cities, industrial, and asset-tracking applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wireless IoT Sensors and Energy-Harvesting Devices

NAICS

Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (334220)

SIC

Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Next-Gen Photovoltaics R&D (Perovskite, Tandem, Organic, BIPV Materials) (EUAMAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Solar PV Module & Cell Manufacturing (Crystalline, Thin-Film) (EUAMAHAA)

Keywords

• Photovoltaic antenna technology
• Energy harvesting IoT
• Light-powered sensors
• Wireless IoT devices
• Self-powered wireless systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: Sale of WibiSmart product line and WibiSol technology modules to IoT system integrators and end customers in B2B and B2C markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wibicom develops and commercializes WibiSol, a patented photovoltaic antenna technology that combines optical energy harvesting with radio-frequency antenna functions in a single module, enabling battery-less or battery-rechargeable wireless systems. Built on this technology are the WibiSmart product line of light-powered IoT sensors (temperature, humidity, pressure, acceleration) with cloud connectivity, and ArtESun OPV organic photovoltaic cells developed with European technology centers for industrial wireless communication applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WibiSmart: IoT product line powered by light with highly efficient sensors for temperature, humidity, pressure, and acceleration data. Small and sleek designs for B2B or B2C markets.
• WibiSol
• ArtESun OPV

Products and services

• WibiSmart Light-powered IoT sensor product line equipped with highly efficient sensors for temperature, humidity, pressure, and acceleration. Features small and sleek designs for B2B and B2C markets; sensor data can be sent through the cloud for real-time monitoring and analytics.
• WibiSol Patented photovoltaic antenna technology that combines optical and radio-frequency antenna functions into a single module. The WibiSol transforms light into electricity via a photovoltaic module to power active circuits, and acts as the radio antenna for transmitting/receiving data. Compatible with crystalline silicon, gallium arsenide, thin films, organic, dye-sensitized, or other photovoltaic processes.
• ArtESun OPV Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells developed by Wibicom with prestigious European technology centers (VTT, Fraunhofer, IMEC, Imperial College London, Ikerlan, Corning, Onyx Solar, Confidex) as a new photovoltaic antenna material for wireless communication applications. High-efficiency technology based on flexible, lightweight, arbitrary shape organic photovoltaic cells for industrial applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Perpetual operation without battery replacement or recharging in inconvenient locations
• +1 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• VTT (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch institute partner in the ArtESun consortium developing high-efficiency organic photovoltaic cells for wireless communication applications.
• Fraunhofer (Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternationally renowned technology center partner in the ArtESun consortium developing flexible, lightweight organic photovoltaic cells for industrial applications.
• IMEC (Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean technology center partner in ArtESun consortium focused on organic photovoltaic cell development for industrial applications.
• Imperial College London (UK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partner in the ArtESun consortium contributing to organic photovoltaic technology research and development.
• Ikerlan (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology center partner in ArtESun consortium developing high-efficiency organic photovoltaic technology.
• Corning (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustrial partner in the ArtESun consortium contributing to organic photovoltaic cell development for industrial applications.
• Onyx Solar (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPhotovoltaic technology specialist partner in the ArtESun consortium.
• Confidex (Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ArtESun consortium specializing in wireless and RFID technology for industrial IoT applications.

Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• ABB: ABB is a major industrial automation and IIoT sensor provider for oil & gas, manufacturing, and infrastructure. It is a broad incumbent Wibicom could partner with — or compete against — in the industrial sensing segment.
• Semtech: Semtech is the owner of LoRa wireless technology for long-range, low-power IoT. It is a broad incumbent in the low-power wireless IoT connectivity layer where Wibicom's WibiSmart sensors ultimately transmit data.
• Silicon Labs: Silicon Labs supplies low-power wireless SoCs for Zigbee, Bluetooth, Thread, and proprietary IoT protocols, with a large developer ecosystem. It is a broad incumbent competing indirectly by enabling low-power wireless products that Wibicom's energy-harvesting sensors must integrate with.
• Texas Instruments: TI is a dominant supplier of low-power wireless connectivity chips and IoT microcontrollers, with broad energy-harvesting reference designs. It is a broad incumbent because Wibicom's wireless sensing products rely on or compete with TI's connectivity and power-management silicon ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Heliatek: Heliatek is a pioneer in organic photovoltaic (OPV) film technology, similar to Wibicom's ArtESun OPV. It is comparable because both companies develop organic PV cells for novel applications, though Heliatek focuses on building-integrated solar rather than IoT antennas.
• Sigfox (UnaBiz): Sigfox, now operated by UnaBiz, provides ultra-narrowband low-power IoT connectivity for low-data-rate sensors. It is comparable because it enables the same kind of low-maintenance, distributed wireless IoT sensor deployments Wibicom targets.

Direct peers

• EnOcean: EnOcean is the established leader in self-powered wireless sensors for building automation and IoT, harvesting energy from motion, light, and heat. It is directly comparable because Wibicom competes in the same battery-less wireless sensor category, particularly for building and industrial applications.
• Powercast: Powercast develops RF and light-based energy-harvesting technology for wirelessly powered IoT devices. It is directly comparable as it offers competing battery-less or battery-rechargeable wireless sensor solutions targeting industrial and consumer IoT use cases.

Market position

Customer concentration

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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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