WSense, an Italian IoT startup has developed underwater wifi for critical infrastructure monitoring and environmental protection. The €9 million funding will boost its international expansion.
Italian IoT startup WSense has developed a kind of wifi for under the sea. The spin-out from Sapienza University in Rome has raised a €9 million funding round which was led by SWEN Blue Ocean. CDP Ventures, RunwayFBU, Axon Capital Partners, Katapult Ocean, CoreAngels Climate and Moonstone also got in on the investment action.
WSense’s patented technology gives way to wireless communication underwater, opening itself up to a wealth of use cases including critical infrastructure monitoring, energy transition, real-time environmental monitoring and sustainable data-driven aquaculture.
The technology enables the collection of underwater data, imperative to the future of our oceans and the fight against climate change.