W・Sense is a deep-tech company specializing in underwater monitoring and communication systems. They have pioneered the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) and provide end-to-end components for secure wireless communications and networking among submerged and surface sensing and robotic platforms. Their technologies enable real-time monitoring over large areas and extensive surveillance of underwater environments, waterways, and marine seabeds.

W・Sense

WSENSE is a spin-off of Sapienza University of Rome, with a strong and experienced R&D team specialized in monitoring and communication systems with pioneering patented solutions in the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT).

WSENSE has been founded in 2012 by Prof. Chiara Petrioli, leading Sapienza PhD Program in Computer Science, Sapienza SENSES Lab and Sapienza Cyber Physical System Lab.

WSENSE offers complete  solutions, building on the customer’s needs and WSENSE innovative monitoring and communication technologies to provide affordable value to assets our customers have already invested in, adding functionality to current systems, increasing profitability and competitiveness. 
WSENSE breakthrough Internet of Underwater Things  solutions guarantee a complete cableless networking interoperability among various vendors of underwater sensors and autonomous vehicles (UAV, ASV, AUV), ensuring real-time monitoring and an extensive surveillance of underwater environments, waterways and marine seabeds.
WSENSE solutions support Blue Growth’s long term strategy in the marine and maritime sectors as a whole and sustain companies to be more “eco-innovative” with a marked reduction in cost and a significant increase in value, in terms of market share and brand reputation.

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🌿 Big News from Italian’s Climate Tech Scene! 🎉

€56.7M raised by Italian startups this month, showing the growth of the Italian Climate tech ecosystem! 

This remarkable achievement is a testament to the growing commitment towards the topic here in Italy.

Here's a closer look at these funding rounds:


•	Planet Farms - 📍 Brianza, Lombardy
  - Amount: €40M
  - Focus: Operating fully automated vertical farms.
  - Investors: Undisclosed

• 		WSENSE - 📍 Rome, Lazio
  - Amount: €9M
  - Focus: Deep-tech company for secure underwater wireless communications and networking.
  - Investors: SWEN’s Blue Ocean, CDP Venture Capital SGR, RunwayFBU, Axon Capital Partners, Katapult Ocean, COREangels Climate, Moonstone Venture Capital.

• 		Dreamfarm foods - 📍 Parma, Emilia-Romagna
  - Amount: €5M
  - Focus: Specializing in plant-based spreads and mozzarella alternatives.
  - Investors: Mutti, Cagnin

• 		CarpeCarbon - 📍 Turin, Piedmont
  - Amount: €1.7M
  - Focus: Providing direct air capture (DAC) technology to reduce atmospheric CO2.
  -  Investors: Tech4Planet CdP, 360 Capital

•  		ReLearn - 📍 Turin, Piedmont
  - Amount: €1M
  - Focus: Developing waste monitoring systems to minimize environmental footprint.
  - Investors: CDP Venture Capital SGR, LA4G – Luiss Alumni 4 Growth, Club degli Investitori, LVenture Group, Feel Venture, Sensible Capital.

A huge congratulations to all the teams involved! Here's to more innovative projects helping our Planet. 🌍

#ClimateAction #Sustainability #Innovation #Startups #Funding

Lo IoT si fa subacqueo come "Internet of Underwater Things" grazie alle idee della ricercatrice italiana Chiara Petrioli e della scale-up romana 👇 https://lnkd.in/dqShFPbm WSENSE Sapienza Università di Roma National Oceanography Centre Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Terna SpA Eni Barbara Davidde Ministero della Cultura Ente Parco Regionale dei Campi Flegrei Christian Lim SWEN Capital Partners #wirelesscommunication #marine #oceans #innovation #iot #underwaterlife #iout #ambiente #sustainability #ocean #tecnologia #scienza #storia Itio Alemanni Alemanni sub Alemanni sub di Alemanni itio & c. sas #Alemanni Alessandra Caraffa 

#innovazione #innovation #innovandonews #innovandoswiss 
Andreas Voigt Gabriele Testi Giorgia Frazzi Roberta Ruko Innovando GmbH

Cutting edge solutions are being developed. This is cool.

Congrats to WSENSE!

🎭 Tonight it's off to the theater!
For the 20th anniversary of the Milan Polytechnic Foundation, 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗱𝗶 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 brings the web format by PoliHub - Innovation Park & Startup Accelerator to Teatro Franco Parenti: an immersive setting in which one will discover the future together with those who are creating it.
 
🎤 On stage, distinguished guests - including #WSense CEO Chiara Petrioli - will hurl the audience into a unique narrative that answers one question: what impact do #technology and #science have on each of our lives?
 
🔭 With Ruggero Rollini, Bibop Gresta, Nicoletta Iacobacci, Phd, Stefano Quintarelli
under the patronage of Politecnico di Milano as part of the MUSA scarl project. Media partner: MIT Technology Review Italia.
 
📖 Two old friends, passionate about science and #innovation, meet inside the villa they have just inherited. As they wonder how to transform it into a place for scientific research, experimentation and study, they begin to plan to bring their passions into a theatrical performance. The result is a dialogue about the challenges and the impact technology has on our lives. Amid doubts and questions, distinguished guests enter the stage and participate in the discussion in a whirlwind of mysterious happenings, allowing the audience to peek at the fine line between the present and the future, which may already be here.
Info: https://lnkd.in/dYMiXJuR 
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🎭 Stasera si va a teatro!
Per i vent’anni della Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗱𝗶 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 porta il format creato sul web da #PoliHub al Teatro Parenti: una cornice immersiva in cui scoprire il futuro insieme a chi lo sta creando.
 
🎤 Sul palco, ospiti illustri – tra cui la CEO WSense #ChiaraPetrioli – catapulteranno il pubblico in una narrazione unica che risponde a una domanda: che impatto hanno #tecnologia e #scienza sulla vita di ciascuno di noi?
 
📖 Due vecchi amici, appassionati di scienza e di #innovazione, si incontrano all’interno della villa che hanno appena ereditato. Mentre si chiedono come trasformarla in un luogo di #ricerca scientifica, sperimentazione e studio, iniziano a progettare di portare le loro passioni in uno spettacolo teatrale e a parlare di temi sempre più profondi. Ne nasce un dialogo sulle sfide e sull’impatto che la tecnologia ha sulla vita di ciascuno di noi. Tra dubbi e domande, ospiti illustri entrano in scena e partecipano alla discussione in un vortice di misteriosi avvenimenti, permettendo al pubblico di sbirciare il sottile confine tra il presente e il futuro, che forse è già qui.
 
#WirelessCommunication #marine #oceans #innovation #iot #underwaterlife #iout #ambiente #sustainability #ocean 
Claudio La Torre Paola Girdinio Cosimo Palmisano Enrico Deluchi Alessandro Asaro

WSENSE raises €9 million for underwater WiFi networks 🌊 Among the investors are Aker owned RunwayFBU.

Their platform changes the way one monitors the ocean space to support the collection, visualisation and analysis of data from the water - a resource that covers 70% of the planet and of which more than 80% is unknown and unmapped.

Chiara Petrioli, WSense co-founder and CEO says:

“This new round and especially the trust of the new international investors allow us to further strengthen our technology leadership in an increasingly competitive market. 

Thanks to our ability in enabling technologies that were previously impossible in the marine environment, along with our ability to develop cutting edge solutions, I believe WSense is well positioned to make a positive impact to our planet. 

We are in fact developing partnerships that consolidate us in emerging areas such as marine renewable energy, submarine autonomous robotics, and infrastructure security and surveillance."

Read on: https://lnkd.in/dFaasbEr  

#clustermember #autonomousrobots #monitoring #oceandata

💧 Water as an engine of #growth: 
"𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" is the title of the 4th and final meeting of the RCS Academy's 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧&𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 to be held 
🗓 tomorrow, November 7th
from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m
in presence and #Live on Corriere.it 
 
🤖 Goal of the Meeting: analyze the most innovative scenarios and promote sustainable #investments and industrial projects for a more sustainable and fair use of #water and #oceans. 

🌊 And we’ll be there: our CEO Chiara Petrioli will speak in the 11:25 a.m. session, by the title:
"Protecting the Marine and Ocean Environment for the #BlueEconomy: from Prevention to Monitoring."
 
For the event’s agenda and to register, please click here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dA3SsZnc
 
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💧 L’acqua come motore di #crescita: 
“𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹’𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲” è il titolo del 4° e ultimo appuntamento dei 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧&𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 della RCS Academy che si terrà 
🗓 domani 7 novembre, dalle 9.30 alle 13.30
in presenza e in diretta #Live su Corriere.it 
 
🤖 Obiettivo dell’incontro: analizzare gli scenari più innovativi e promuovere #investimenti e progetti industriali sostenibili per un uso dell’acqua e degli oceani più equo e sostenibile. 

🌊 E noi ci siamo: la nostra CEO #ChiaraPetrioli interverrà nella sessione delle 11.25, dal titolo:
“La protezione dell’ambiente marino e oceanico per la #Blue #Economy: dalla prevenzione al monitoraggio”
 
Per l’agenda dell'evento e per iscriversi 👉 https://lnkd.in/dA3SsZnc
 
#WirelessCommunication #innovation #iot #underwaterlife #iout #ambiente #sustainability 
Claudio La Torre Paola Girdinio Cosimo Palmisano Kristian Kasin Nordlie Steve Greenland

When I first spoke with Chiara and Claudio from WSENSE earlier this year, I felt both enthusiastic and privileged to become an integral part of their venture through our investment at RunwayFBU.

This award-winning technology is a game-changer in enabling real-time, and secure underwater communication - think of it as WiFi, but for the depths of the ocean. The ocean represents a monumental global resource, and WSENSE’s technology unlocks the potential to digitalize its depths. This is not just transformative; it's pivotal for fostering sustainable, efficient, and resilient use of our marine resources.

As early-stage investors within the Aker ASA group, our unique ecosystem amplifies the speed and scope at which WSENSE can deploy and refine its innovations. 

Watch the video by UpLink - World Economic Forum on WSENSE here: https://bit.ly/WSense_WEF

Thanks to the many that supported and participated in this investment, but especially to Thomas Klem Andersen and Mats Hagland for sharing the opportunity via the DeepTech Alliance program, and to Edmary Altamiranda for her excellent evaluations.

Tor Bækkelund Hanna Selvaag Wangsmo Peder Hjermann Mari Wachelke Anders W. Botten Christian Lim Laetitia Gombaud-Saintonge Jonas Skattum Svegaarden UpLink - World Economic Forum Thomasine Jean Chadaré Ekaterina Yurchenko Steve Greenland Paola Girdinio Mario Scuderi Cosimo Palmisano Luis César Castañeda Lola FORNARI Rebecca d'Aloja Claudia Pingue Valentina Parenti Marie-Caroline Haméon Diva Tommei Federico Menna EIT Digital Monica Cassano Alessandra Acutis

Apologies for missing out some names, there are too many to list! 😊

💫 𝗪𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗔 €𝟵 𝗠𝗟𝗡 '𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔' 𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 thanks to a pool of international impact investors, focused on #deeptech companies across the sustainable Blue Economy, bringing the Company to a total funding of more than €13 mln considering the previous €4 mln seed round!
 
We are grateful for the trust received: “#Wsense's award-winning, transformative #technology is a game-changer in enabling real-time, secure underwater communication, revolutionizing sectors from #energy to sustainable #aquaculture – said one of our Investors – This strategic collaboration is more than an investment; it's a partnership aimed at harnessing 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹”.

🌊 The #BlueEconomy is estimated to be worth more than $1.5 trillion per year globally and that figure is expected to double to $3 trillion by 2030. 

🗣️ “This new round allows us to further strengthen our technology leadership in an increasingly competitive market where even large players are beginning to enter. – said our CEO Chiara Petrioli– Thanks to our ability in enabling technologies that were previously impossible in the marine environment, along with our ability to develop cutting edge solutions, I believe WSense is well positioned to make a positive #impact to our #planet."
 
🗞️📰 Here some of the articles being published by the #Press about our accomplishment! 

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💫 WSENSE COMPLETA UN ROUND DI SERIE A DA 9 MLN DI EURO grazie a un pool di investitori d'impatto internazionali, focalizzati su aziende deeptech nell'ambito della Blue Economy sostenibile, portando l'azienda a un finanziamento totale di oltre 13 mln di euro, considerando il precedente seed round da 4 mln!
 
Siamo grati per la fiducia ricevuta: "La pluripremiata tecnologia trasformativa di Wsense cambia le carte in tavola consentendo comunicazioni sottomarine sicure e in tempo reale, rivoluzionando settori che vanno dall'energia all'acquacoltura sostenibile - ha dichiarato uno dei nostri investitori - Questa collaborazione strategica è più di un investimento; è una partnership volta a sfruttare il potenziale inesplorato dell'oceano".
 

#WirelessCommunication #marine #oceans #innovation #iot #underwaterlife #iout #ambiente #sustainability #ocean 

Claudio La Torre Steve Greenland Paola Girdinio Cosimo Palmisano
SWEN Capital Partners Christian Lim Axon Partners Group Luis César Castañeda RunwayFBU Sagar Chandna Mario Scuderi CDP Venture Capital SGR Mari Wachelke Lola FORNARI Rebecca d'Aloja Alessandra Acutis Monica Cassano Claudia Pingue UpLink - World Economic Forum  Katapult Ocean COREangels Climate EIT Digital Federico Menna Diva Tommei Marie-Caroline Haméon

It works at up to 3000 metres deep, beaming up data on the ocean. Learn more about the innovators protecting our ocean on UpLink: https://bit.ly/3Qo3UTH WSENSE UpLink - World Economic Forum  Friends of Ocean Action #SDG14

Thrilled to lead this game-changing technology and deeply grateful to World Economic Forum for highlighting our work. 

#Wsense is super proud Member of the #UpLink Ocean Community!


#WirelessCommunication #marine #oceans #innovation #iot #underwaterlife #iout #ambiente #sustainability #ocean 
Chiara Petrioli Claudio La Torre Steve Greenland Paola Girdinio Cosimo Palmisano
SWEN Capital Partners Christian Lim Axon Partners Group Luis César Castañeda Runway Sagar Chandna Mario Scuderi CDP Venture Capital SGR Mari Wachelke Lola FORNARI Rebecca d'Aloja Alessandra Acutis Monica Cassano Claudia Pingue UpLink - World Economic Forum

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