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SA · Africa · Hardware / Semiconductors · founded 2015
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Sensor Networks — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Sensor Networks looks fair against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the hardware/semi sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
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Sensor Networks is one of 130 Hardware / Semiconductors companies tracked from SA, Africa, on record since 2015. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 58% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
SA’s Sensor Networks secures $1m funding round 0 By Tom Jackson on May 9, 2018 News , Southern Africa Cape Town-based Internet of Things (IoT) startup Sensor Networks has raised a ZAR13 million (US$1.03 million) funding round for expansion capital and new-product development. Founded in 2015, Sensor Networks has built a bespoke platform aimed at helping insurance companies reduce risk through the use of low-cost smart sensors and its integrated IoT platform.
SA’s Sensor Networks secures $1m funding round 0 By Tom Jackson on May 9, 2018 News , Southern Africa Cape Town-based Internet of Things (IoT) startup Sensor Networks has raised a ZAR13 million (US$1.03 million) funding round for expansion capital and new-product development. Founded in 2015, Sensor Networks has built a bespoke platform aimed at helping insurance companies reduce risk through the use of low-cost smart sensors and its integrated IoT platform.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
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Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the hardware/semi sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 130 companies in Hardware / Semiconductors. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 58% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 73% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #1 of 6.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensor Networks this company | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $24.7M | 1.17× |
| Iot Defense Inc. | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $24.7M | 1.17× |
| Pavo-IoT, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $940K | $23.2M | 1.10× |
| Sensor Industries, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $770K | $19.0M | 0.90× |
| IOT World Labs Inc | Pre-Seed | $210K | $5.2M | 0.25× |
| IoT Global Protocol, LLC | Pre-Seed | $115K | $2.8M | 0.13× |
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $1.0M | 2018-05-09 | $5.6M | $24.7M | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Sensor Networks is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iot Defense Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $24.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Sotech | Hardware / Semiconductors | Pre-Seed | $1.0M | $14.1M | same sector · same stage |
| Pavo-IoT, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Pre-Seed | $940K | $23.2M | same sector · same stage |
| White Chip Play Ltd Liability Co | Hardware / Semiconductors | Pre-Seed | $800K | $4.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Sensor Industries, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Pre-Seed | $770K | $19.0M | same sector · same stage |
| IoT Networks INC | Hardware / Semiconductors | Pre-Seed | $333K | $8.2M | same sector · same stage |
| Advanced Silicon Group, Inc. | Hardware / Semiconductors | Seed | $1.0M | $14.6M | same sector |
| Iot & M2M Technologies, Llc | Hardware / Semiconductors | Pre-Seed | $295K | $7.3M | same sector · same stage |
Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.
| Firm | Round | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ASISA ESD Fund | Pre-Seed | 55% |
| Sanari Capital | Pre-Seed | 55% |
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