CTHINGS.CO has raised PLN 20 million for international development. Orlen VC, PKO VC, Freya Capital and Level2 Ventures participated in the round

CTHINGS.CO specializes in building 5G, IoT, and edge computing solutions for Industry 4.0 and organizations managing distributed data acquisition infrastructure. They cooperate with global mobile operators and cloud infrastructure providers. The company has been actively acquiring customers and executing contracts in Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Spain and Poland.

- For the past few years, we've noticed a rapid growth in the global market for IoT Gateway device applications, something that we, at Freya Capital, are very excited about. It is estimated that the market will grow at a rate of nearly 60% per year between 2023 and 2030, and is expected to reach around $250 billion in 2026 alone. The integration of connectivity across an increasing number of devices is one of the main drivers of the rapid adoption of IoT solutions in the global economy, and we see CTHINGS.CO as a potential leader in this market. We are very impressed with the company's management team and believe that with the support and funding they have received, they will be able to achieve numerous successes. - Zbigniew Barwicz, Freya Capital, comments.

- Our investment in CTHINGS.CO is an example of generating value across ORLEN Group's innovation ecosystem. Together, we are already implementing a pilot project related to a system for monitoring water effluent at the Plock refinery, as well as a proof-of-concept project for testing an ecosystem of 5G network technologies and services, launched through our ORLEN Skylight innovation accelerator. Our capital commitment to CTHINGS.CO is not only the result of our good cooperation to date. We are supporting this start-up because we are seeing a growing interest in smart solutions for industry in Poland and Europe, and the Polish company is effectively responding to these needs and has good prospects for further growth - explains Marek Garniewski, Orlen VC.

- As a fund of PKO Bank Polski, we have long been looking at companies whose technology increases manufacturing efficiency. Observing global trends toward industrial automation, we see huge growth potential in the industrial IoT sector, which will be further stimulated by the entry into force of private 5G networks. Compared to the analyzed startups in this sector, CTHINGS.CO stands out with its mature product, extensive foreign customer base and long-term partnerships with renowned brands. Most importantly, however, the team has a great understanding that technology is not everything. The greatest art is to show by concrete examples that the implementation of a specific solution translates into very tangible savings for the customer. CTHINGS.CO does this brilliantly! We see great potential between the products offered by the company and the needs of our industrial customers investing in improving their productivity. An additional field of cooperation with our ecosystem could be offering the company's cloud applications in partnership with the National Cloud Operator, which was established by PKO Bank Polski and the Polish Development Fund - comments Krzysztof Mazur, PKO VC.

- The investment comes at a crucial time for us. We are seeing increased interest in our products and services from the European and US markets. Industrial 5G networks are becoming a reality, and our solutions are a perfect fit to address the needs that exist there. The investment consortium is a group of the largest investors from the CEE region, and we are very positive about further cooperation on several levels - technological, business and financial. We are planning further technological development, business expansion and the establishment of international partnerships. Our priority is to take a key place in the 5G technology ecosystem of the industrial sector. - Arnold Wierzejski, CEO of CTHINGS.CO, adds. 

- CTHINGS.CO is one of the fastest-growing companies in Level2's portfolio, operating in the global market since its inception. CTHINGS.CO's clients range from large corporations to smaller companies looking to take advantage of cutting-edge technology. Such rapid and extensive growth requires capital and partners who have the competence to truly support the company. We believe that the current round has provided the best possible investor set that will enable CTHINGS.CO to become Poland's showcase in the world of IoT/5G solutions - Piotr Pawlowski, managing partner of Level2 Ventures, concludes.

The company's portfolio includes the 5G Suite system for real-time collection of data from distributed IoT sensor networks and efficient remote management through the Orchestra Platform; hardware such as the 5G IoT Gateway for the collection and simultaneous local processing of large portions of data; and CLASP - a sensor system for monitoring the safety and position of moving objects. The system also allows for analysis, visualization and reporting of collected data.