Samsara

CEO: Sanjit Biswas

Startup Samsara touts its internet-connected sensor solution, which includes wireless gateways that transmit data to software in the cloud for industrial customers. This software-centric solution takes data from sensors, encrypts and secures that data, and sends it to the cloud, where the company's cloud service aggregates and analyzes the data for business value.

The company has customized and deployed this offering to help improve safety, efficiency, compliance and end-user satisfaction for customers from an array of vertical markets, including transportation, industrial operations, utilities and warehouses.

The San Francisco.-based company, which is led by the founders of Cisco's Meraki business, said in June that it had secured $40 million in a Series C funding round.