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Sencity is an interactive experience company transforming urban environments by delivering design-driven new media content and installations via its "Interactivity as a Service" platform. This technology redefines city interfaces into immersive public spaces, aiming to create dynamic canvases for interactive art fostering community engagement and enhancing daily life.
Sencity was founded in Sydney in 2016 by Steven Bai and Ivan Chen. Both co-founders brought over a decade of experience in product design and manufacturing. Their background in consumer electronics and large-scale interactive installations revealed the opportunity to transform urban environments into engaging, human-centered spaces, inspiring them to apply expertise to public interaction technologies.
Sencity's products are adopted by urban planners, municipalities, and organizations seeking to enhance public engagement. The company envisions public spaces becoming dynamic canvases for interactive art, fostering deeper community connections, redefining urban life. Their mission is to elevate collective well-being and interaction in smart cities through accessible, human-centric digital platforms integrating joy and functionality.
Sencity has raised $60K across 1 funding round.
Sencity has raised $60K in total across 1 funding round.
Sencity has raised $60K in total across 1 funding round.
Sencity's investors include Blackhorn Ventures, SOSV.
Sencity has raised $60K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $60K Seed in March 2017.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2017 | $60K Seed | Blackhorn Ventures, SOSV |
Sencity is an interactive experience company that designs and deploys connected public furniture, such as the flagship TetraBIN, to transform everyday urban environments into engaging, immersive public spaces.[1][2][4] It serves cities, local businesses, and citizens by solving problems like waste disposal burdens through interactive rewards, positive behavior shifts, and revenue-sharing opportunities, while fostering urban wellness and sustainability.[1][2] Backed by investors like SOSV and accelerators such as Urban-X, Sencity demonstrates growth momentum via multi-award recognition, a design-driven team, and advisory support from industry leaders including BMW.[2]
Sencity emerged from a vision to reimagine city interfaces with delightful, meaningful interactions in public spaces, founded by a cross-cultural team of creatives, techies, and urban experts led by CEO & Co-Founder Steven (contact: [email protected]).[2][5] The idea leverages everyday necessities like waste disposal into rewarding experiences via products like TetraBIN, with early traction through partnerships with SOSV, Urban-X, and BMW on its Board of Advisors.[1][2] Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, the company has built momentum as a multi-award-winning pioneer in interactive urban tech, focusing on sustainable, livable cities.[2][5]
(Note: A separate Shenzhen-based Sencity focuses on home automation since 1999, unrelated to this urban tech firm.[3])
Sencity rides the wave of smart cities and IoT-driven urban transformation, where connected infrastructure addresses sustainability, citizen engagement, and livability amid rapid urbanization.[1][2][4] Timing aligns with post-pandemic demands for vibrant public spaces and behavior-nudging tech, amplified by climate tech trends—evident in SOSV's Climate Tech Summit promotion.[1] Market forces like government pushes for greener cities and revenue models for public assets favor Sencity, influencing the ecosystem by pioneering "connected city interfaces" as value-creation paradigms, inspiring kinder citizenry and immersive experiences.[2]
Sencity is poised to expand TetraBIN and SencityOS deployments globally, capitalizing on urban sustainability mandates and IoT growth to scale revenue-sharing networks.[1][2][4] Trends like AI-enhanced public interactions and climate-resilient cities will shape its path, potentially evolving its influence through deeper city partnerships and new product lines. As interactive public furniture becomes standard, Sencity's blend of delight, utility, and profitability positions it to redefine urban daily life, echoing its mission to unleash memorable surprises in everyday environments.[2]