About

Kudzu Technologies aims to make IoT technology accessible to everyone. Our services take away all the communication complexities out of the IoT ecosystem, enabling our clients to focus on their value proposition and not on the implementation details. Whether an IoT Device Manufacturer, a Large Scale Application Deployer, or a Full-Blown IoT Network Infrastructure Owner, Kudzu provides the tools to help you quickly get into the market with a reliable, robust and future-proof solution.

Solution & Product

Kudzu is providing a set of products that helps members of IoT ecosystem focus only on their value proposition and guard themselves against the ever-changing world of IoT connectivity. (1) Kudzu Analytics is our infrastructure planning and predictive maintenance platform for IoT network deployments. (2) Kudzu Sprout is our hardware platform for rapid product development. It lets manufacturers develop only their sensor elements, while all the aspects of power management and communication are taken care of by us. (3) Kudzu Kernel is the firmware of Sprout that can be used to bring Kudzu Network Intelligence to existing products. (4) Kudzu Bridge is a subscription service that aggregates traffic from many different communication channels into just one, making application development easier.

Innovation & Scalability

Many competitors fail to realize that the problem of connectivity is only solved when hardware, application, and infrastructure work together in a unison. There are many solutions for each aspect of this problem, but nobody is providing a unified solution. We are the only ones providing a systemic solution to IoT connectivity as a whole. And using our analytics platform, which collects real-time information from our customer deployments, we can not always stay ahead of the competition. Finally, we have a plethora of closed-source algorithms that are IP property of Kudzu and are scheduled to be patented.

Traction & achievements

- Manufactured and sold more than 80 Sprout devices (the entire initial batch) which are currently all live in the field - We have more than 1,000+ users on our analytics platform - We helped plan more than 6,400 gateways to establish a well-functioning IoT infrastructure - Semi-finalist in the MITEF Greece Startup Competition 2022 - Partnership with RAK Wireless (https://www.rakwireless.com/en-us/company/about/partnership-portal/kudzu) - Partnership with Helium - Partnership with The Things Network - Partnership with Kineis for Satelite Communications (https://www.kineis.com/en/) - Partnership with Semtech for the upcoming innovations in the LoRaWAN technologies - Partnership with local, large-scale network deployment operators in Greece and Cyprus - Participated in "HERMON - Heritage Monitoring Wireless Sensor Network" Research Project in Ermoupolis, Syros. - Participated in the "Design and deploy innovative digital technologies for monitoring agricultural processes" Research Project - Participated in "Actions towards the advancement of apiculture in the region of Evrytania" Research Project - Participated in the "Infrastructure for designing interactive services, systems, and applications for the Agricultural domain" Research Project in the Southern Aegean Perfecture. - Participated in "TRACKPLAST - Development of innovative tracking system for monitoring Plastic Packaging Waste to Mitigate Marine Littering" Research Project

Team & Why Us

(1) Dimitris Mamalis (Founder & CEO) Our Embedded Systems Engineer Experience with Industrial Sensor Development in Agriculture follows LoRa technology since its infancy. Currently focused on business development and customer outreach. Engineering Degree (UoT) (2) Ioannis Charalampidis (CTO) Our Software Engineer & Embedded Hardware Designer. An overall technology guru. Can create a product from scratch in a weekend. Has been an engineering lead in previous start-ups (one unicorn) Engineering Degree (AUTH), Software Engineer Master (HOU)

Funding Needs

We are looking for seed funding of 1.5M€ - This would be invested to the patent submissions, certification processes, and engineering, sales, and outreach efforts. The goal is to expand the reach of our services internationally and reach the first milestone of 1K subscriptions by 2024.