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Haltian nabs funds to equip office buildings with smart sensorsAdopting Internet of Things (IoT) tech for the office isn’t easy — especially at enterprise scale. Companies have IoT device administration to worry about, and also building out the infrastructure necessary to keep those devices connected and operational.
To make it easier, five former co-workers — Pasi Leipälä, Teemu Vaattovaara, Jyrki Okkonen, Ville Ylläsjarvi and Toni Leinonen — founded Haltian, a startup that provides a portfolio of sensors, cellular gateways, device management dashboards and software to help companies orchestrate IoT in the workplace.
Showing investors are keen on the idea, Haltian recently closed a €22 million (~$24 million) funding round led by Mandatum Asset Management Growth Equity with participation from Varma, Tesi, Ventic and Inventure. Bringing the company’s total funding to date to €40 million (~$43.7 million), Leipälä, Haltian’s CEO, says that it’ll be put toward supporting international expansion in Central Europe and North America, as well as Haltian’s recruiting efforts.
Kitty Laine, an investment manager at Mandatum Asset Management, said via email: “We were drawn to Haltian as they are able to digitize the built environment and create savings for their customers from data that was not available before. Their cloud-connected smart sensors and top-notch R&D has received excellent feedback from demanding U.S.-based customers, and we have been excited to see how Haltian’s products are gaining traction in international markets.”
The IoT market has proven resilient to the ups and downs of the broader technology space, with data from Crunchbase showing that the average amount of capital raised by IoT startups in 2022 reached the highest point in over a decade.
Unsurprisingly, Haltian isn’t the only startup vying for a slice of the substantial VC pie. Recently, a startup called Memfault raised $24 million for its platform designed to help companies manage their growing IoT device fleets. Elsewhere, Fleet has secured tens of millions of dollars for its device management software. There’s also Esper, which landed $30 million in May 2021 to grow its IoT DevOps platform.
What sets Haltian apart, Leipälä — the CEO — says, is the exhaustiveness of its product offering. Leipälä and Haltian’s other co-founders previously worked at Nokia in one of the firm’s smartphone divisions, where the seed of the idea for Haltian came from.
“Haltian was first concentrating on providing premium engineering services to other companies. Our own IoT products started to be developed after a couple of years, with income earned from engineering services,” Leipälä told TechCrunch in an email interview. “Haltian is one of the few companies able to provide a full stack IoT solution. We’re able to customize any . . . element according to customer requirements.”
Through a combination of sensors and AI algorithms, Haltian’s platform can count the number of people in an office or building or track things like CO2 and humidity levels. It can also monitor for light usage, leaks and dips in temperature as well as detect when paper, towel and soap dispensers are about to run low.
It’s a lot of sensitive data that Haltian is collecting. But Leipälä asserts that it’s anonymized and stored in a private cloud. (Absent a glance at the customer service agreement, we’ll have to take his word for it.)
“For Haltian, scalability is not only about how many devices can connect to a single gateway, but how thousands of implementation locations can be served logistically as well as how easy and fast the installation, onboarding and life cycle management can be done,” he added.
A factor working in Haltian’s favor is the growing interest in IoT among the enterprise. In a 2021 survey by Omdia, the London-based consultancy firm, 90% of organizations said that they saw IoT as core to their digital transformation plans or being deployed across multiple areas of their organization. A separate report by Gartner, published a year earlier, estimated that 47% of organizations plan to increase their investments in IoT, with the goal of reducing costs and bolstering their overall digital transformation efforts.
Interestingly, around 75% of Haltian’s revenue comes from sales of its IoT devices, Leipälä says.
“We’ve grown annually at a rate of nearly 50% over the last three years, reaching revenues of around €20 million (~$21.85 million) last year,” Leipälä said. “Since the pandemic, there has been increased focus on making office designs aligned with the company cultures, accompanied by supporting technologies — e.g., IoT solutions. At the same time, IoT sensor solutions have become more affordable, cost-effective and easier to implement.”
Riding the upward trend, Haltian recently expanded to the U.S. and Amsterdam, opening offices in California and Holland. So far, it’s raised a total of €40 million (~$43.71 million) and plans to grow its employee base from 145 people to around 170 by the end of the year.
Haltian nabs funds to equip office buildings with smart sensors by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The MLC Seeking Suggestions for Board of Directors and Advisory Committee Candidates The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) is accepting suggestions of Publisher candidates for its Board of Directors and Unclaimed Royalties Oversight, Dispute Resolution and Operations Advisory committees. 

Under the Music Modernization Act of 2018 (MMA), certain governance positions at The MLC are reserved for representatives of Publishers. The terms of several Publisher seats on the Board and the organization’s advisory committees are slated to end later this year.  

The MLC will submit all recommendations it receives to the Board’s Publisher Nominating Committee for consideration. Elections to determine who will fill the open Board seats will be held this summer. Board and committee members sit for three-year terms and may be re-elected. Seats are filled pursuant to The MLC’s Bylaws. 

There is an opening on the Board of Directors for one (1) Publisher representative. Under The MLC’s Bylaws, a  

“Publisher” means a music publisher to which songwriters have assigned exclusive rights of reproduction and distribution of musical works with respect to Covered Activities.  

“Covered Activities” means the making of digital phonorecord deliveries of musical works, including in the form of permanent downloads, limited downloads, or interactive streams, where such activity qualifies for a compulsory license under Section 115 of the U.S. Copyright Act. 

The openings on The MLC’s advisory committees are as follows: 

One (1) Publisher seat on the Unclaimed Royalties Oversight Committee, which recommends policies and procedures to The MLC’s Board related to the distribution of unclaimed accrued royalties; 

Two (2) Publisher seats on the Dispute Resolution Committee, which recommends policies and procedures to the Board for the processing of royalties related to works that are subject to disputes over ownership; and 

Two (2) Publisher seats on the Operations Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the Board concerning the operations of The MLC, including the efficient investment in and deployment of information technology and data resources. 

The MLC’s Board of Directors and committees meet regularly, and all meetings allow for virtual participation such that travel is not generally required. Members are expected to devote sufficient time to prepare for and participate fully in all meetings. More information on The MLC’s Board of Directors and advisory committees can be found here. 

Suggestions should be made no later than May 24, 2023. To suggest a candidate for a Publisher representative seat to The MLC’s Board or committees, please complete the suggestion form available here. 

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About The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)  

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) was designated by the U.S. Register of Copyrights in July 2019 pursuant to the Music Modernization Act of 2018. The MLC is responsible for administering the new blanket compulsory license for the use of musical works by digital music services. As of January 2021, mechanical royalties from streaming in the U.S. will be processed and paid out by The MLC at no cost to songwriters or music publishers.  

  The MLC is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of songwriters and representatives of music publishers. For more background on The MLC and its Board and Committee members, go to www.TheMLC.com. 

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Baby Audio’s New BA-1 Synthesizer Plugin Emulates The Yamaha CS01
Baby Audio has released BA-1 ($49), an analog-modeled synth plugin based on the Yamaha CS01 hardware synthesizer. BA-1 is Baby Audio’s first synth, so it’s a particularly special release for the developer behind plugins like Crystalline and TAIP. As an 80s synth fanatic and avid user of Baby Audio plugins, I was particularly excited by [...]
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