Veniam

Veniam is a technology startup with an Intelligent Networking Platform that moves massive amounts of data between connected vehicles and the cloud. Veniam's unique mobile-data platform, built for a future based on autonomous vehicles (AVs) and an emerging “Internet of Moving Things,” brings three essential enablers to this vision of truly smart cities: multinetwork mesh networking, local data management and low-latency. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California and was founded in 2012.[1] The Company received 4.9 million dollars in 2014 in a funding round from True Ventures,[2] USV and Cane Investments. Veniam's technology is being used in Porto's city buses with about 230,000 users with onboard units (OBUs) installed on over 600 buses, taxis and garbage trucks.[3] They aim to equip many moving things with wireless hotspots creating a mesh that could be used to build sensors to turn the city smarter.Each vehicle is equipped with a NetRider, a multi network unit with Wi-Fi (802.11p), DSRC, GPS and 4G/LTE connectivity.[4]

Veniam
Private
IndustryConnected transportation
Founded2012 (2012)
FounderJoão Barros, Robin Chase, Roy Russell and Susana Sargento
Headquarters
Mountain View, California
,
United States
Key people

João Barros, Founder & CEO
Rui Costa, CTO
Jane Hoffer, CBO
ServicesVehicle based Mesh Networks & Connected Vehicles
Websiteveniam.com

Company

Veniam was founded by João Barros, its CEO, Roy Russell, former Zipcar[5] CTO,[6] Susana Sargento, a professor at the University of Aveiro, and Robin Chase, former CEO of Zipcar and Buzzcar.


Products

Veniam Platform

Awards
  • 2018 named Best Connected Product/Service at TU Automotive
  • 2017 ScaleUp Portugal Award Tech Winner
  • 2017 Telecom Council Spiffy Winner - San Andreas Award for the Most Disruptive Technology [7]
  • 2017 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are changing the world.”[8]
  • Winner of TU Automotive Best Auto Mobility Product/Service 2016[9]
  • 2016 Best Auto Mobility Product/Service Winner by TU Automotive[10]
  • 2016 CNBC 50 Disruptors - list of companies whose "innovations are revolutionizing the business landscape.”[11]
  • Winner of the “Best New Venture” at the WBA 2015 Wi-Fi Industry Awards[12]
  • Winner of WBA Scale Up Award 2015 for the outstanding innovation and solutions brought to market [13]
  • Winner of the 2015 Red Herring Top 100 Award[14]
  • Winner of the NOS Innovation Award 2015 [15]
  • Winner of the Portuguese Venture Competition “Building Global Innovators” (ISCTE–IUL; MIT Portugal)[16]
  • Most Likely to Succeed Idea within the Cable Industry at CableLabs’ Innovation Showcase[17]
  • Named 2015 Gartner “Cool Vendor” in Smart Cities[18]
  • Named FierceWireless “Fierce 15” Top Wireless Company List of 2015[19]

Investors

Institutional Partners
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References
  1. "Startup Veniam Builds "Internet of Moving Things"". Startup50. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. "Veniam Picks Up $4.9M To Turn Buses Into Wi-Fi Hotspots". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. "Hundreds of Portuguese Buses and Taxis Are Also Wi-Fi Routers". Technology Review. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. "A network for the Internet of (moving) Things". GCN. 2015-09-29.
  5. "Robin Chase on Zipcar and her next big idea". TED Talks. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. "Veniam Wants to Build a Smart City One WiFi Bus at a Time". Xconomy. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  7. https://www.telecomcouncil.com/spiffys/
  8. staff, CNBC.com (16 May 2017). "2017 Disruptor 50: No. 34 Veniam".
  9. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniams-vehicle-networking-solutions-win-cnbc-disruptor-50-best-auto-mobility-product-2134853.htm
  10. www.digitaltrends.com https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/2016-tu-automotive-awards-news-awards-categories/. Retrieved 2020-01-28. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. staff, CNBC.com (7 June 2016). "2016 Disruptor 50: No. 28 Veniam".
  12. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-wins-wi-fi-industrys-best-new-venture-2065279.htm
  13. https://www.facebook.com/veniamworks/posts/veniam-just-won-the-scale-up-award-of-the-wireless-broadband-alliance-wba-for-th/409676922557005/
  14. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-wins-2015-red-herring-top-100-award-2032049.htm
  15. http://www.nos.pt/institucional/PT/media/em-destaque/Paginas/1-edicao-do-Premio-Inovacao-NOS-distingue-quatro-empresas.aspx
  16. Gallagher, Don. "MIT Portugal - MIT Portugal".
  17. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-voted-winner-at-cablelabs-innovation-showcase-2044937.htm
  18. "Veniam Named 2015 Gartner "Cool Vendor" in Smart Cities - Marketwired ".
  19. http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/veniam-named-to-fiercewireless-fierce-15-top-wireless-company-list-of-2015-2029150.htm
  20. "About Us - Our Operations - Other Operations - Liberty Global Ventures".
  21. "Verizon Ventures leads $22 mln Series B funding in Veniam". 12 February 2016.
  22. "Liberty Global - largest international cable company".
  23. "Welcoming Veniam". 2 December 2014.
  24. "Introducing Veniam - Union Square Ventures".
  25. "Veniam'Works Makes Buses Wi-Fi Hotspots".
  26. "European Union Women Innovators prize 2016 - Innovation Union - European Commission".
  27. Engenharia, Agri-Ciência, Consultores de. "Start-ups and Spin-offs".
  28. "Jornal Online - Universidade de Aveiro".
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