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Pet & Food Safety IoT Startup, Nimble Wireless Crosses $1M In Revenues, Aims to Generate $10M by 2019

Nimble Wireless, a startup providing end-to-end IoT solutions for monitoring remote assets, announced that the company has crossed $1 million in revenues and is on target to achieve over 100% growth by the end of the current fiscal year. The company is based in India and the entire solution (hardware, firmware and cloud/mobile apps) including the manufacturing is done out of Bangalore and Chennai. Nimble Wireless has so far raised around $1M in funding from Prime Venture Partners and other investors.

The IoT startup recently introduced an App-based pet safety product, that  has received  phenomenal traction from recreational vehicle (RV) and pet owners in the US. Branded  as RVPetSafety, the product is designed to monitor a pet’s environment temperature, on the go, through a mobile phone. Pets are extremely sensitive to temperature changes and most of them cannot withstand temperatures higher than 102F and lower than 32F. Pets dying of heatstroke or frostbite is a cause of major concern among pet owners. The RVPetsSafety application can send real-time SMS and email alerts when the pet’s environment temperature exceeds set limits. Users can set the alert temperatures through their mobile app and monitor their pets according to the season and time. The product has already sold 1000 units so far since its launch late last year.

The company is bullish about the market opportunity, as over 65% households in the US own at least one pet. According to the American Pet Products Association (APPA), the market for pet products reached an estimated $62.75 billion in in 2016  and is expected to grow at 5.4 % annually. In addition, the RV industry’s shipments are expected to reach 472,200 units in 2017, according to the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA).

Nimble also works with food production & distribution companies in the US & Canada and enables them to monitor the safety of the food in real time. The backbone of the cold chain industry depends on delivering the food cold and healthy, by keeping them at the right temperature at all times. Nearly 25% of the manufactured goods are wasted during storage due to improper storage of temperature sensitive products. The Nimble Food & Safety  tracker helps the food industry to stay compliant with the newly enacted FSMA (Food safety modernization act) and enforced by the US FDA (US Federal & Drug administration). Nimble’s restaurant temperature monitoring devices can also be used to monitor the temperature of cold rooms, cold warehouse, retail fridges, visible coolers, etc. Nimble’s customers include key players in the US logistics & food industry  such as Rehrig Pacific and Wismettac Asian Foods.

Nimble Wireless helps customers to wirelessly connect, control and manage their remote assets. The company provides state-of- the-art IOT SaaS (Solution as a Service) products to consumers and businesses. It helps consumers to keep their pets safe and food/pharma companies to keep food safe & fresh and medicines/vaccines and clinical samples potent. The company’s solutions are targeted towards multiple verticals such as Food & Produce companies , Cold Chain Transportation & Logistics and Healthcare.

Siva Sivakumar, CEO & Cofounder, Nimble Wireless said, “We are excited that our IOT  SaaS is helping pet owners have peace of mind about the safety of their pets particularly when travelling with their pets. We look forward to growing this business to support over 150 M+ pet owners in the US. We are also very upbeat about our how our product is being used in the food industry and the work we are doing with them to ensure compliance. We recently helped a leading food company in Los Angeles by equipping its trucks and cold rooms with real time monitoring systems to ensure FSMA compliance.”

Delhi-based Startup To Provide Driverless Trucks To The Indian Army

Delhi-based defence IoT startup CRON Systems is working to develop the prototype of fully-functional driverless truck this year to help Indian army to deal in hostile locations. According to the team of CRON Systems, the first prototype would be ready within next six months. About 40 team members including co-founders of CRON Systems, Tushar Chhabra, Saurav Agarwala, and Tommy Katzenellenbogen are working together on the development of this prototype.

Chhabra was quoted as saying to Economic Times today, “We intend to do a pilot before December this year and have a fully functional product up and running by the first quarter next year.” He claimed that autonomous trucks can help soldiers figure out the best routes and give them zero-visibility driving capability. The existing trucks themselves will be equipped with autonomous facilities. The advantage of these vehicles is that they can reach to the soldiers during emergency without any human involvement. Further, they reduce causality by replacing soldiers at intrusion points during search operations.

The startup is already in advanced stage of discussion with two biggest automobile manufacturers in India to use the technology in their trucks. In addition, a lot of the back-end technology has been formed by collaborating with Automotive Robotics, a player in the engine and power train testing field. Chhabra said, “We plan to make a plug and play model which can be used to convert the existing trucks into autonomous or at least semi-autonomous vehicles."

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The startup, which had earlier developed encrypted communication system miCRON, laser walls for the Border Security Force and laser-guided surveillance systems, has come up with an offline mapping system for trucks. The laser walls at the border are used as pointers for the trucks to communicate and drive forward. Chhabra added, “At borders, we cannot use the satellite maps. That would be like giving away the positions. So, we have developed an offline mapping system.”

To safeguard against cyber threats, all the platforms along the border are connected to CRONet, an internal communication network. CRONet will not talk to any other device except the device available to the forces. “All our products are primarily designed for the Border Security Forces and Indian Army. We have three-four people sitting at our office who work 24X7 to prevent such incidents,” Chhabra concluded.

Notably, CRON Systems also singed a technology pact with Israel’s defence robotics company Automotive Robotic Industry Ltd (ARI) to integrate smart ARI rovers with CRON’s laser-guided surveillance systems.

Launched in 2015, CRON Systems joins deep research in lasers, data, artificial intelligence, encrypted communications and automation to offer accurate and seamless laser-guided intruder detection infrastructure. In January this year, the startup had received funding from YourNest, India’s leading early stage investor for the deployment of cutting edge technology solutions for the Indian security forces.

Moreover, some of the solutions produced by CRON Systems have also been adapted for commercial purposes by different industries. Tushar Chhabra, Saurav Agarwala and Tommy Katzenellenbogen founded CRON Systems in 2015. Its initial product the KAVACH Laser Wall, powered by Infrared and Laser is a Perimeter Intrusion Detection Platform has already applied at the Indo-Pak border for helping Border Security Forces (BSF). The startup is also working on Automated Drones and Smart Fencing to empower border forces with critical facilities.

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UK Based IoT Startup LetsTrack Launches in India

Letstrack, a revolutionary App to App and App to Device solution that goes way beyond just ‘whereabouts’ but also helps you gather quality information that can help you strategize, plan, manage and optimize things you do in your everyday life launches in India. Letstrack announces launch of its App and Devices in India for B2C and B2B consumption that will change the way we do things in our everyday lives.

Started and based at Stratford, East London UK, with a vision to make our society safer, happier and more productive, Letstack is reshaping and reorienting utility of Internet and technology (IOT) to next level.

Letstrack provides analyzed and crystallized practical, quality information served on our Smartphones, Web Browsers and Emails in forms of push notifications, updates, reports and live feeds through easy to understand info-graphics and text for everyday consumption so as to benefit from it with ease. Women and Child Safety, Automobile safety and optimization, Team and Fleet Management are few of the top concerns that will get immediate benefit, support and application from Letstrak App and Devices solutions.

Lestrack Kiddo, Letstrack Personal Tracker, Letstrack Bike Series, Letstrack Basic+ and Letstrack Prima are few of the key Devices, which are now available in India at prominent online portals, neighborhood Mobile & Accessories Stores and big Electronic & Gadget Retail Chains.

Be it your bike, car, yacht, or any other vehicle or even tracking your children to and from school, tracking systems can have eyes on everything you hold dear. The uses are endless.

Commenting on the launch, Mr Vikram Kumar, Founder and CEO, LetsTrack said, “We need tracking everyday and everywhere. The goal is to make it accessible and expedient to families and businesses. Our vision is to make world safer, happier and more productive.”

Letstrack is a cutting-edge futuristic, progressive and intuitive app and device combination, which will help you in improving safety & security, enhance happiness, reduce worry and concern in all walks of your life.

Letstrack is available on both iOS and Android platform.

Image : Vikram Kumar, Founder and CEO, LetsTrack

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