Wiliot has raised $264.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Wiliot's investors include Cyberstarts VC, GE Ventures, Grove Ventures, In-Q-Tel, NFX, OurCrowd, Refinery Ventures, Seraphim Space, SoftBank Investment Advisers, StageOne Ventures, State of Mind Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners.
Wiliot is a SaaS company developing battery-free IoT sensor tags called IoT Pixels that enable real-time, item-level tracking of physical assets in supply chains.[1][2][6] These penny-cost tags harvest energy from ambient radio waves, sense data like location, temperature, and movement via Bluetooth, and stream it to the Wiliot Cloud for AI-driven analytics, serving industries such as retail, logistics, pharmaceuticals, food, and quick-service restaurants.[1][2][3] The platform solves inefficiencies in traditional tracking (e.g., RFID or barcodes) by providing continuous, scan-free monitoring that processes 100x more data, enabling real-time alerts, predictive insights, and automation to minimize disruptions, reduce waste, and optimize operations.[1][4] Wiliot's growth includes pilots with major firms like Amazon and PepsiCo, a 2022 battery-assisted tag launch, and projections for ambient IoT driving 1.1 billion device shipments by 2030.[2][3]
Wiliot was founded in 2017 in Caesarea, Israel (with U.S. operations in San Diego) by Tal Tamir, Yaron Elboim, and Alon Yehezkely, serial entrepreneurs who previously built and sold WiLocity—a wireless chip startup—to Qualcomm in 2014.[2] The idea emerged from advancing ultra-low-power computing and energy-harvesting tech, evolving their expertise into printable, battery-free sensors for pervasive IoT in supply chains.[2] Early traction came via a 2019 Series B funding round of $30 million led by Amazon, Avery Dennison, and Samsung, plus prior investors like Qualcomm Ventures and Norwest; by 2022, Wiliot held 66 patents and launched enhanced tags, scaling from concept to enterprise deployments.[2]
Wiliot rides the ambient IoT wave, where energy-harvesting sensors enable "connect everything" from farm to consumer, fueling AI-driven supply chain intelligence amid rising e-commerce, sustainability demands, and post-pandemic resilience needs.[1][3][5][7] Timing aligns with exploding IoT adoption—projected 1.1B ambient devices by 2030—and GenAI integration for predictive ops, countering labor shortages and volatility in retail/logistics.[3][4] Market tailwinds include regulatory pushes for traceability (e.g., pharma/food safety) and decarbonization, where Wiliot's real-time data shrinks waste and emissions; it influences ecosystems by partnering with giants like Cisco, SoftBank, and AWS, accelerating "Demand Chain" models that use product signals for dynamic routing and circular economies.[5][6][7]
Wiliot is poised to dominate ambient IoT as adoption scales, with WiliBot™ unlocking GenAI for conversational supply chains and expansions into manufacturing/recycling.[4][7] Trends like edge AI, 5G/Bluetooth evolution, and ESG mandates will amplify growth, potentially via acquisitions or IPO as pilots convert to billions of tags.[2][3] Its influence could redefine asset management, turning passive goods into proactive data sources—echoing the supply chain revolution it pioneered with those penny-sized Pixels.
Wiliot has raised $264.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $200.0M Series C in July 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2021 | $200.0M Series C | Cyberstarts VC, GE Ventures, Grove Ventures, In-Q-Tel, NFX, OurCrowd, Refinery Ventures, Seraphim Space, SoftBank Investment Advisers, StageOne Ventures, State of Mind Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Prescott Watson | |
| Feb 1, 2020 | $20.0M Series B | In-Q-Tel, NFX, OurCrowd, Refinery Ventures, Seraphim Space, State of Mind Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Prescott Watson | |
| Jan 1, 2019 | $30.0M Series B | Cyberstarts VC, GE Ventures, Grove Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, StageOne Ventures, State of Mind Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners | |
| Dec 1, 2016 | $14.0M Series A | Cyberstarts VC, GE Ventures, Grove Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, StageOne Ventures, State of Mind Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners |
