Industrya's first investment: VOCSens raises €2.5 million to deploy its environmental camera that reveals invisible gas molecules — News — Industrya
Summary
The Walloon start-up "VOCSens" raises 2.5 million to deploy its network of disruptive gas microsensors "new concept of environmental camera Industrya, Innovation Fund, VIVES IUF, W.IN.G (SRIW) and Invest.BW invest in VOCSens to accelerate the development of the disruptive technology of this Walloon start-up, a UCLouvain spin-off. The potential is enormous: (petro)chemistry, water purification and recycling, industrial safety, smart cities and buildings, disease monitoring, detection of rotten food in our fridges, etc.VOCSens raises 2.5 million in seed funding in order to industrialise its gas microsensors. They fully support VOCSens mission to contribute to better environmental monitoring and safer and more efficient industrial processes.The company has developed multi-pixel sensors, such as those found in mobile phones, which convert signals related to the presence of gases into electrical signals, which are then converted into concentration values by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. The process is patented.The ecosystem offered by the consortium of investors provides the company with important initial growth opportunities in its target markets, both in Belgium and in Europe, and enables it to strengthen its partnerships with Industry 4.0 companies.Unveiling the invisible through its innovative technology is, according to VOCSens, the first step to undertake responsible environmental actions, and to participate in the major ecological and economic challenges of our societies and future generations.The result of more than 15 years of research in the university laboratories of UCLouvain and multiple collaborations (ELEN department, ICTEAM), the VOCSens spin-off is developing a new concept of environmental camera, EnviCam\xae, allowing to see the invisible, these chemical and biochemical molecules that surround us. The company has developed a manufacturing process, CMOSEnvi, fully compatible with the CMOS technology found in the electronic chips of our daily lives.Founded in February 2019, it is based in Louvain-la-Neuve at the European Business and Innovation Centre (CEI Louvain).