Sentea

Country
Belgium
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Status
Active
Finindus lead
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Sentea

Sentea develops and markets interrogators for fibre optic sensors (a.o. fibre bragg grating sensors). By integrating the optical parts directly on a chip and using existing fabs, the interrogator can be made more robust and more reliable, and be offered at a substantially lower cost compared to traditional interrogators. By reducing the size and the cost of these interrogators, Sentea enables asset condition monitoring to become a standard practice over a large range of industries.

“‘You can only improve what you measure’. Sensors and connectivity are at the heart of digitalizing the industry and the monitoring and life-time extension of large assets. We are convinced Sentea is a game changing technology as it lowers the barrier for implementing fibre optic measurement technology.”

What do our companies say ?

  • Der Aufbau eines Spin-Off Unternehmens und das Upscaling aufgebauter Technologien ist nicht völlig risikofrei. Hier hat sich Finindus nicht nur als Investor sonder auch als verlässlicher Partner herausgestellt, mit dem auch mal Engpässe überwunden werden können. Kann das eingeschlagene Konzept bestätigt werden, so ist die langfristige Investionsausrichtung van Finindus eine verlässige Wachtstumsgrundlage.

    Dr. Dirk Bohmann, founder of Borit GmbH

  • When Expanite was looking for new investors in 2014, a clear objective was to find international partners who could bring more to the company than simply financial support. After having Finindus on board for two years, we can confirm that we found exactly what we were looking for. The combination of skills, international outlook and experience - as well as insight into our industry - brings true value to our company.

    Thomas Abel Sandholdt, CEO of Expanite, DK

  • From the start, we were impressed by Finindus's knowledge of the industry and the opportunity for collaboration. Within a few months of closing the investment, we are already pursuing several potential projects together with ArcelorMittal and OCAS. The Finindus team has been great to work with, and the deep knowledge of and connections within the steel industry have been extremely valuable in accelerating our company's development. 

    Eric Smith, CEO Keystone Tower Systems

  • Finindus has been an ideal shareholder for us, investing with a long-term horizon and showing commitment in everything they do. Over the past 10 years, and by participating actively in our board, the hav contributed with very valuable strategic as well as more industry-specific knowledge and have shown a tremendous engagement in he development of the company. 

    Per Wassen, President ad CEO of PowerCell Sweden AB