- HiveMQ, a Landshut, Germany-based provider of solutions to allow companies to connect devices to the Internet, raised €9.3m in seed funding
- The round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital and Senovo Capital Management with participation from business angels Ali Kutay, Mirko Novakovic, Daniel Schellhoss and Charles Songhurst
- The company also intends to use the funds to expand sales and marketing efforts, increase R&D investment in their cloud-managed MQTT service and introduce new products into the market
- HiveMQ provides companies with a platform to move data from device to cloud in a secure and scalable manner
- Over 130 customers, including many Fortune 500 companies, use HiveMQ in production for mission-critical use cases like connected cars, transportation, logistics, Industry 4.0 and connected IoT products
- Its customers include global brands such as BMW, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom, Liberty Global, Moen, Siemens, ZF and many more
