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Momenta Partners Industry News - Curated top stories

Check out the startling visualization Roland Schwab created of the security breach that happened earlier this year when thousands of Internet of Things devices were posted online. 

IoT technology is very cool. But Maciej Kranz’s Harvard Business Review Article points out that chasing the cool factor can lead to compromised ROI.

Corporate Digital Transformation will occur in internal systems and processes, external relationships, and within products and offers. Choosing the right KPIs is critical in tracking progress.

A new report by PwC and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), with contributions from C3IoT, finds that IoT deployments are accelerating.

A bipartisan bill in U.S. Senate seeks to improve IoT security for the Federal Government by requiring that Internet-connected equipment vendors to the U.S. government ensure their products conform to industry security standards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“How We Will Pay” study highlights increasing connected device penetration

A joint Visa/PYMNTS survey of the “How We Will Pay” surveyed 2,600 American adults. The study found that excluding phones, computers and laptops, the average number of connected devices has increased to 4.4 per person and includes game consoles, activity trackers, smartwatches, voice-controlled assistants, connected thermostats and virtual reality headsets. 

Momenta Partners Insights - In-depth perspective and interviews

A new Predictive Maintenance (PdM) white paper published by Momenta Partners found a fragmented market and a growing demand for cost-effective solutions that solve key pain points using new technologies.

Verizon’s IoT Practice Leader Faraz Shafiq explains how to overcome the ROI challenges for enterprise IoT and how in the IoT adoption considerations differ from small to larger firms in a two-part interview.

Richard Jacobs from FutureTech Podcast interviews Ed Maguire, Principal Partner at Momenta Partners.

Investing in the Connected Industry differs from traditional VC investing - “Financing corporate innovation - Moving beyond money”.

 

 

Momenta Partners Ventures - News from our Connected Industry portfolio
RevTwo

Momenta Partners announced an investment in RevTwo, an exciting startup revolutionizing support for connected products.

FreeWire

Momenta Partners Invests In FreeWire Technologies’ ongoing $10.5M Series A financing round.
Parquery

Parquery, a Swiss analytics startup and Momenta Partners portfolio company, announced the closing of its seed round 

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Canadian software company OpenText is acquiring Southfield-based information technology company Covisint Corp. in a transaction valued at $103 Million.

Sierra Wireless has announced it will acquire Numerex, a provider of machine to machine communications, for $107 Million.

 

Osram, the digital lighting unit spun out of industrial giant Siemens, is buying Boston-based Digital Lumens. 

United Technologies is nearing a $20 Billion Deal to buy Rockwell Collins.

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FreeWire

FreeWire Technologies, a leading innovator of energy storage and industrial IoT, has retained Momenta Partners to scale its leadership team to meet exponential demand.

NetComm Wireless

NetComm Wireless strengthens its European Leadership team with the appointments of VP Sales and VP Business Development candidates, following retained searches by Momenta Partners.

C3 IoT

C3 IoT continues its global expansion as Momenta Partners places a Territory VP Sales South US.

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