What Archimede does

Archimede S.r.l. is a privately-held Italian deep-tech company founded in 2024 and headquartered in Siracusa, Sicily, that builds off-grid satellite connectivity and energy management infrastructure for remote industrial assets. Its flagship product, ArchMesh, is a proprietary modular hardware device — a 5-layer snap-fit stack (antenna, RF, compute, power, I/O) providing multi-constellation satellite connectivity across Iridium and Globalstar networks, energy-autonomous operation via integrated solar and battery power, and edge-based field logic configurable without hardware redeployment. ArchMesh is paired with the Archimede.World software platform, which includes a low-code visual editor, live fleet monitoring with real-time mapping and alerts, an AI assistant that converts natural language prompts into functioning IoT dashboards, and a REST API that abstracts underlying satellite constellations for developer integration. The product was field-validated by completing the 3,000 km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2025 route in Australia (8th in Cruiser Class).

Archimede monetizes through a combination of hardware sales of the ArchMesh satellite kit, recurring platform/software subscriptions for fleet monitoring and dashboard creation, and API access for developers — all sold via quote-based enterprise sales ('Request Demo' / 'Buy Now'). Target customers are enterprise operators in sectors where terrestrial connectivity is unreliable or absent: energy and oil and gas (PoC with Eni Joule), agriculture and irrigation (Hidro-EYE with Irritec), electric mobility (E-Mobility Spacelink, ESA tender winner), logistics, and defense. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales, partner-embedded OEM integrations (Irritec, Planetek), and an emerging developer API channel. The company is venture-backed by Primo Capital (lead), CDP Venture Capital, Plug and Play, ELIS (CrossConnect), 40Jemz Ventures, and Irritec following a €1.5 million oversubscribed seed round closed in June 2026, with a small co-founder-led team (1–10 employees) including a COO, hardware lead, business development, 3D designer, and full-stack developer.

Name

Archimede

Legal name

ARCHIMEDE S.R.L.

Website

https://archimede.world

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Archimede is an Italian deep-tech company that builds ArchMesh, a modular, energy-autonomous satellite device providing multi-constellation IoT connectivity for off-grid industrial assets, paired with an AI-assisted monitoring platform and API serving energy, agriculture, and e-mobility enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Satellite IoT Connectivity

NAICS

Satellite Telecommunications (51741), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Satellite IoT & Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Connectivity (LPWAN over Satellite) (HDAIAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Satellite Connectivity & Managed Services (VSAT, SD-WAN over Satcom) (HDAIAJAB), Satellite Broadband Terminals & Gateways (VSAT/LEO CPE) (HDAFAIAM)

Keywords

• Satellite IoT connectivity
• Off-grid infrastructure monitoring
• Industrial telemetry hardware
• Low-code IoT platform
• Energy-autonomous devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Syracuse

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales (ArchMesh Satellite Kit): Sale of modular satellite hardware devices (ArchMesh) for off-grid connectivity applications. The 5-layer snap-fit modular kit includes antenna, RF, compute, power, and I/O components.
2. Platform/Software Subscriptions: Subscription-based access to the Archimede.World platform for fleet monitoring, device management, and AI-assisted dashboard creation. Platform offers live map, status monitoring, and connectivity management.
3. API Access: Developer API access for device telemetry, link state, power monitoring, and field logic control across connected devices.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Archimede designs, manufactures, and sells a modular satellite IoT connectivity stack that turns off-grid industrial infrastructure into remotely monitorable nodes. Its flagship product ArchMesh is a field-serviceable, energy-autonomous satellite device built around a 5-layer snap-fit architecture (antenna, RF, compute, power, I/O) supporting Iridium and Globalstar constellations, exposed through the Archimede.World low-code software platform and a unified Connectivity REST API for developer and enterprise integration.

Product overview

Archimede offers a platform-plus-module architecture centered on ArchMesh, the proprietary modular satellite device, supported by the Archimede.World software platform and Connectivity API. ArchMesh is a 5-layer snap-fit modular hardware kit providing multi-constellation satellite connectivity (Iridium and Globalstar), energy-autonomous solar + battery power, and edge field logic. The Archimede.World Platform provides the software layer with a low-code visual editor, AI-assisted dashboard generation, and live fleet monitoring. The Connectivity API enables programmatic access to device telemetry and control. The solution targets critical off-grid infrastructure management across agriculture, oil and gas, logistics, defense, and e-mobility sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ARCH.MESH: Proprietary modular satellite device providing multi-constellation connectivity, energy-autonomous operation, and low-code field logic for off-grid infrastructure monitoring
• Archimede.World Platform
• Satellite Kit
• API

Products and services

• ArchMesh ArchMesh is the proprietary modular satellite device built in Siracusa — a 5-layer snap-fit stack (antenna, RF, compute, power, I/O) providing multi-constellation satellite connectivity (Iridium and Globalstar), energy-autonomous operation via integrated solar + battery, edge logic for field configuration without hardware redeployment, and field-serviceable design. It targets enterprise operators with off-grid assets in energy, agriculture, e-mobility, defense, and logistics.
• Archimede.World Platform Archimede.World Platform is a low-code AI-powered SaaS platform for configuring, monitoring, and managing fleets of off-grid industrial assets connected via ArchMesh. It includes a visual editor, natural-language AI assistant that turns prompts into fully working IoT dashboards, multi-site fleet management, and predictive energy management. It is targeted at enterprise operators across energy, agriculture, e-mobility, defense, and logistics.
• Connectivity API Connectivity API is a REST API that abstracts Iridium and Globalstar satellite constellation access behind a unified interface, enabling any controller board (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, PLC) to send data over satellite with simple HTTP calls. It is targeted at developers, system integrators, and enterprise IoT teams that need a single integration surface across multiple satellite networks.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed 3,000 km route in BWSC 2025, ranking 8th in Cruiser Class
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PlanetekcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2025Collaborating on E-Mobility Spacelink (ESA winning project). Planetek provides EO data analysis to identify optimal sites for installing EV charging stations, including ground stability, solar irradiation, and settlement patterns indicators.
• Arthur D. LittlecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Collaborating on E-Mobility Spacelink project. Contributing strategic consulting for business model definition and development of commercially scalable service.
• CrossConnectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Admitted to CrossConnect Acceleration Program - Italy's most important innovation ecosystem for physical and digital infrastructure. Part of CDP Venture Capital's National Accelerator Network, managed by Plug and Play and ELIS with support from Eni, Saipem, and Sonatrach Raffineria Italiana.
• ESA BIC BrindisicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Selected as one of six companies for ESA Business Incubation Centre in Brindisi - the first incubator for innovative startups in Southern Italy. Provides technical/managerial support, access to advanced infrastructures and laboratories, funding and networking opportunities.
• UniCredit Start LabminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Admitted to UniCredit Start Lab Startup Academy - management training program for innovative startups. Access to over 70 mentors, managerial training, fundraising support and tailored banking solutions.
• Le Village by CA SiciliaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Selected as one of top ten innovative startups for 'Acceleration Start' program. Part of Crédit Agricole's innovation ecosystem dedicated to development of young businesses, offering mentorship, training, and networking with investors and industrial partners.
• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025E-Mobility Spacelink selected as winning project of ESA 'Space for Electromobility' tender. ESA provides funding and technical support for projects integrating space technologies into electric mobility ecosystem.
• GLSminorOthersSupplied 30 kW photovoltaic plant that powers Archimede HQ in Siracusa. Serves as permanent live testbed for clean-energy monitoring, satellite telemetry and load-balancing logic development.
• Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (BWSC)minorOthersParticipated in BWSC 2025 with Thalia solar prototype, using the 3,000 km Darwin to Adelaide race as live field test for ArchMesh satellite device in real off-grid conditions across Australian outback.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Iridium Communications: Owner-operator of the Iridium LEO constellation that Archimede relies on for connectivity; provides both direct M2M services and partner channels, making it both an enabler and a competing provider in the same end markets.
• Swarm Technologies (SpaceX): Low-cost LEO satellite IoT network acquired by SpaceX, offering affordable global M2M connectivity; relevant as a well-capitalized incumbent shaping price expectations in the satellite IoT market Archimede targets.
• Globalstar: Satellite operator whose SPOT and M2M services power remote asset tracking and IoT; comparable as both an underlying connectivity provider for ArchMesh and a competing end-to-end offering for asset monitoring customers.

Direct peers

• Myriota: Australian provider of low-power LEO satellite connectivity for IoT sensors in agriculture, logistics and environmental monitoring; comparable in target use cases and low-bandwidth M2M model.
• Lacuna Space: UK-based LoRaWAN-over-satellite provider delivering low-cost global IoT connectivity for remote sensors; competes in the same off-grid M2M niche with a similar developer-friendly integration model.
• Sateliot: Spain-based LEO satellite IoT operator using 5G NB-IoT standard for off-grid device connectivity; competes head-to-head in the same European enterprise satellite IoT opportunity Archimede addresses.
• Astrocast: Swiss operator of a LEO nanosatellite constellation dedicated to direct-to-device IoT/M2M connectivity, offering a satellite module + cloud platform for asset tracking and remote monitoring—directly comparable to Archimede's ArchMesh + Archimede.World stack.

Emerging players

• Skylo Technologies: NTN (non-terrestrial network) provider delivering satellite connectivity for IoT sensors over existing cellular standards; competes in remote asset monitoring with a software-focused, hardware-agnostic model.
• Kerlink: France-based provider of LoRaWAN gateways, network servers and IoT connectivity infrastructure for private and public networks; overlaps with Archimede's industrial IoT connectivity thesis, particularly in remote asset monitoring.
• Particle Industries: IoT platform offering cellular-connected microcontrollers, a developer console and low-code tooling; relevant as an alternative IoT stack that overlaps with Archimede's platform + API approach, though without the satellite layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC739fHA5GjvrfsGCOIbGTAA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/archimede-world

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

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