PIWIO

What PIWIO does

Piwio is a privately held IoT engineering consultancy (SAS, SIREN 842 564 726 R.C.S. Lyon) headquartered in Villeurbanne, France, that designs, develops, and industrializes connected objects, embedded electronic systems, and the surrounding web/mobile and cloud software for client projects. The company operates as a B2B professional services firm with a team of approximately 15 members covering ten technical domains: sensors, electronics, firmware, radio protocols (BLE, WiFi, Sigfox, LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE-M), web/mobile applications, cloud platforms, security, signal processing, data analytics, and R&D. Its service portfolio spans the full product lifecycle — feasibility studies, proof-of-concept, prototype, industrialization, security audits, and operational maintenance — with a dedicated R&D initiative called Piwio Labs.

The company monetizes through project-based, quote-driven engagements rather than a packaged product or SaaS model. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contracts are multi-year, scope-defined, and tailored to each client. Customer acquisition is primarily through direct engagement, the company website, content marketing via a technical blog, and customer referrals. The client base spans enterprise customers (Decathlon, Vicat, CNRS) and earlier-stage startups and SMEs (WeMaintain, Make My Musik, Bookinou, Circular, UniVR, Morio, Derfi) across industrial IoT, biomedical, consumer products, smart city, and software/cloud verticals. Piwio holds French CIR and CII accreditation, allowing clients to claim R&D and innovation tax credits on engagements.

The firm is founder-owned and management-controlled, with Arthur C. as Directeur Général (CEO) and Loïc as Directeur Technique (CTO). No external funding rounds, M&A activity, patents, or material partnerships are disclosed. Operating geography is regional (France, with broader European scope), and the company's go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by content marketing and a technical blog.

Name

PIWIO

Legal name

Piwio SAS

Website

https://piwio.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Piwio is a Lyon-based IoT engineering consultancy that designs, prototypes, and industrializes connected objects, embedded electronics, firmware, and cloud software for enterprise and startup clients across industrial, biomedical, consumer, and smart-city verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeurbanne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Feasibility Studies: Technical and economic feasibility assessments for IoT projects, including architecture design, technology selection, roadmap planning, and cost estimation.
2. Proof of Concept Development: Rapid development of proof-of-concept prototypes to validate critical functionalities and use cases for IoT solutions.
3. Prototype Development: Full prototype development including electronics, firmware, connectivity, web/mobile applications, cloud platform, and mechanical design through agile multi-expertise team.
4. Industrialization Services: Support in scaling from prototype to production including BOM consolidation, design optimization (DFX), EMS selection, testing, certification, and pre-series execution.
5. R&D Services: Scientific expertise and R&D services through Piwio Labs for innovative projects requiring advanced technical development.
6. Security Assessment Services: Comprehensive security audits for IoT solutions covering hardware, firmware, connectivity, and backend systems including penetration testing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Piwio is a B2B engineering consultancy that designs, develops, and industrializes connected objects, embedded electronic systems, firmware, and web/mobile/cloud applications for client IoT projects. The company delivers end-to-end services across the full IoT product lifecycle—from feasibility studies and proof-of-concept development through prototype engineering, production industrialization, security evaluation, and R&D through Piwio Labs—serving enterprise clients, startups, and research institutions primarily in France.

Product overview

PIWIO is an IoT engineering consultancy based in Lyon, France that designs, develops, and industrializes connected objects, embedded electronic systems, and web/mobile applications. The company offers a comprehensive service portfolio covering the full product lifecycle: Feasibility (faisabilité) for technical-economic assessment and roadmapping; Proof of Concept (preuve de concept) for rapid validation of essential features; Prototype development for functional prototypes across electronics, firmware, connectivity, and cloud; Industrialization for production optimization and certification; Security assessment services; and R&D through Piwio Labs. The offerings span across ten expertise domains: sensors, electronics, firmware, radio protocols, web and mobile applications, cloud, security, signal processing, data analytics, and R&D.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Faisabilité (Feasibility Study) Technical and economic feasibility assessment for connected object projects, including architecture design, technology selection, roadmap planning, and cost estimation with risk analysis. Targeted at companies and institutions evaluating IoT initiatives before committing to full development.
• Preuve de concept (Proof of Concept) Rapid proof-of-concept development focused on essential functionalities to validate use cases and demonstrate technical viability of critical features. Designed for clients needing to de-risk an IoT concept before committing to full prototype development.
• Prototype Full prototype development service covering electronic design, embedded software, connectivity, web and mobile applications, cloud platforms, and mechanical design through an agile multi-expertise team. Intended for clients ready to move from concept to a functional prototype.
• Industrialisation (Industrialization) Production-ready industrialization service including BOM consolidation, electronic design optimization (DFX), EMS selection, testing, certification, and pre-series pilot through production transfer. Designed for clients scaling a working prototype into series production.
• Sécurité (IoT Security Assessment) Security evaluation service covering the entire data chain from sensor to server, including documentation analysis, hardware/firmware technical analysis, traffic interception testing, server penetration testing, and detailed audit reporting. Targeted at clients needing OWASP-based security reviews of their connected products.
• Piwio Labs (R&D) Research and development initiative offering scientific expertise for de-risking innovative projects and initiating R&D approaches through advanced technical capabilities. Targeted at clients pursuing novel IoT solutions requiring exploratory research.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1000+ connected devices in service for WeMaintain within one year of industrialization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Actility: French IoT platform company providing LoRaWAN network infrastructure, device management and IoT cloud services — overlaps with Piwio's cloud/connectivity expertise in IoT deployments but competes on a different layer (platform vs services), making it an adjacent rather than direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Scalian: French engineering and digital transformation consultancy with embedded systems and IoT capabilities supporting industrial, aerospace and energy clients through feasibility, prototype and industrialization — a like-for-like French competitor for Piwio's bureau d'études style engagements.
• Lacroix Group (Lacroix Electronics): French electronics and IoT solutions provider that designs, prototypes and industrializes connected devices for industrial, smart-city and consumer clients — strongly comparable to Piwio's 'conceive-to-industrialize' IoT offer, with overlapping competencies in low-power electronics and connectivity.
• SII Group: French digital technology and engineering services firm with IoT, embedded and connected-object practices serving industrial and consumer clients across the full project lifecycle, very similar to Piwio's bureau d'études model and target verticals.
• Hardis Group: French IT and digital services company (now part of Hardis) with an IoT and connected-objects practice designing and delivering industrial and supply-chain connected solutions — a close functional analogue to Piwio for industrial IoT engineering and industrialization work in France.

Broad incumbents

• Akkodis (formerly AKKA Technologies): Major Franco-European engineering services group with large embedded systems and IoT engineering practices that design, develop and industrialize connected devices for enterprise clients — the same lifecycle services Piwio offers, but at a much larger scale and across many more geographies.
• Capgemini Engineering: Global engineering services arm of Capgemini with deep embedded and IoT capabilities serving industrial, automotive and consumer clients from French roots — competing with Piwio on multi-disciplinary IoT engineering projects while bringing far broader scale, geographies and adjacent consulting.
• Alten: French-headquartered engineering consultancy with significant embedded and connected systems practices that help industrial and consumer clients go from feasibility through industrialization — a direct competitor for the same project types Piwio bids on, with deeper bench resources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/piwio

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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