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Saturday, 16.11.2024, 18:43
Connected Baltics and Buildit Hardware Accelerator announce a strategic partnership
Together Connected Baltics and Buildit
Accelerator will facilitate the communication and teaching around
SIGFOX technologies to Buildit startups, work with hardware
companies that are ready for SIGFOX integration and certification. In addition
companies will have the chance to attend Sigfox Makers Tour event organized by Connected Baltics this year.
“We are very pleased to form a strategic partnership with Buildit
Accelerator. By providing Connected Baltics’s IoT network and expertise, Buildit
Accelerator’s startups can receive the necessary support to start building
new innovative products that could emerge from Estonia and be used in both
domestic and international IoT market.” said Kushtrim
Xhakli, Founder and CEO of Connected Baltics.
Commenting on the partnership, Anthony Charbonnier,
Head of startup relations & programs at Sigfox said: “Working
with Buildit is an amazing opportunity for us to address the
huge startup ecosystem in Estonia trough real experts in hardware. It is also a
big step for us to facilitate the development of new devices with Sigfox
technology in the Baltic countries!”
“Ever since I first heard about Sigfox at 2014 Connected
Conference in Paris I’ve been waiting Sigfox to enter Estonian market with
growing potential and interest among IoT startups - I’m really excited that
this happens in co-operation with Buildit Hardware Accelerator.”
said Aleksander Tonnisson, Co-Founder and CEO of Buildit
Accelerator.
The partnership builds upon Connected Baltics commitment
to supporting the development of true IoT ecosystem in Estonia and its mission
to bring Estonian IoT products to the global Sigfox network.