Washington, Aug 25, 2015: The Annapolis, United States-based creator of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies Link Labs announced today that it had closed a US $5.7 million funding round led by TCP Venture Capital, which included investment from the Maryland Venture Fund, Blu Venture investors, Inflection Point Partners, and individual and existing investors.
Link Labs’ primary markets are industrial sensing and control, building management, smart agriculture, government and municipal applications, asset tracking, and the growing connectivity requirements of the IoT.
Making the funding announcement in a press release, the company said Link Labs’ Symphony Link hardware and software platforms were designed for these new networks. Symphony Link allowed wireless communication over longer range than traditional wireless and enables batteries to last 10+ years in many applications.
The line featured a low and high power module, repeaters, an 8-channel gateway (indoor and outdoor versions) as well as 24 and 64-channel base stations. The breadth of this product line allowed developers to quickly bring long-range communications to their devices and network operators to cost effectively cover cities and regions with a range of base stations and repeater technologies. These devices are FCC-certified for operation in the 915 MHz ISM band and ETSI compliant for use in the 868 MHz band in Europe, and were capable of licensed or unlicensed deployment from 137 MHz1020 MHz.
Brian Ray, Chief Executive Officer of Link Labs said in a statement, “This round marks an important milestone for us as we shift from system development, to accelerated deployment with our early customers. This gives us the capital to expand our distribution channel and open up additional international markets and new applications.”
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