Veniam
Company typePrivate
IndustryConnected transportation
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012)
FounderJoão Barros, Robin Chase, Roy Russell and Susana Sargento
Headquarters
Mountain View, California
,
United States
Key people

João Barros, Founder & CEO
Rui Costa, CTO
Jane Hoffer, CBO
ServicesVehicle based Mesh Networks & Connected Vehicles

Veniam was a technology startup focused on building large WiFi mesh networks using moving vehicles like city buses or taxis. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California and was founded in 2012.[1] The Company received 4.9 million dollars in 2014 in a funding round from True Ventures,[2] USV and Cane Investments. Veniam's technology is being used in Porto's city buses with about 230,000 users with onboard units (OBUs) installed on over 600 buses, taxis and garbage trucks.[3] They aim to equip many moving things with wireless hotspots creating a mesh that could be used to build sensors to turn the city smarter.Each vehicle is equipped with a NetRider, a multi network unit with Wi-Fi (802.11p), DSRC, GPS and 4G/LTE connectivity.[4] Veniam was acquired by Nexar in 2022.[5]


Company

Veniam was founded by João Barros, its CEO, Roy Russell, former Zipcar[6] CTO,[7] Susana Sargento, a professor at the University of Aveiro, and Robin Chase, former CEO of Zipcar and Buzzcar.

Products

Veniam Platform

Awards

Investors

Institutional Partners

References

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  21. ^ "About Us - Our Operations - Other Operations - Liberty Global Ventures".
  22. ^ a b c d "Verizon Ventures leads $22 mln Series B funding in Veniam". 12 February 2016.
  23. ^ "Liberty Global - largest international cable company".
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  25. ^ "Introducing Veniam - Union Square Ventures". 2 December 2014.
  26. ^ "Veniam'Works Makes Buses Wi-Fi Hotspots".
  27. ^ "European Union Women Innovators prize 2016 - Innovation Union - European Commission".
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