2017年4月13日

Argus Labs將自己重新命名為Sentiance，因為該公司走出了概念開發階段，向全球客戶和合作夥伴推出了自己的平台。Sentiance已經完成了200萬美元的融資，由Qbic領投，Volta Ventures參與，天使投資人Michel Akkermans (Clear2Pay)和Will Margiloff (IgnitionOne)參與。“我們Qbic對Sentiance的願景感到興奮，該願景通過使用傳感器數據獲取上下文來釋放智能手機的真正潛力，從而實現真正的個性化服務。你想要什麼就什麼:這是一個非常強大的價值主張。Qbic Venture Partners投資合夥人Guy Huylebroeck表示:“我們的基金擁有專業知識和網絡，可以幫助Sentiance強大的管理團隊將這種顛覆性技術發展成為全球市場的成功。”“Volta Ventures一直在尋找有能力顛覆全球市場的強大團隊和有前途的初創公司。Sentiance基於傳感器和物聯網分析的智能情境化令人印象深刻。它獨特的環境分析方法是建立角色和檔案的關鍵，這是Facebook或穀歌錯過的，”Volta Ventures管理合夥人Frank Maene說。Sentiance還大幅擴大了管理團隊，由Toon Vanparys擔任首席執行官，Frank Verbist擔任首席技術官，兩人均於去年10月加入。Toon和Frank以早期種子投資者的身份加入了該公司，此前他們將自己的公司Netmining(現為IgnitionOne)出售給了電通公司。 They bring an extensive background in the profiling, customer engagement and personalization industry, and years of leading technical experience, including the development of high-transaction platforms in the advertising and targeting industry. As we transition out of the ‘labs’ phase into a market-ready product, we decided to change the name to better reflect our mission statement from mobile data to smart life. We enable our clients to build intelligent and context aware mobile experiences, by bringing sentient capabilities to smart-phones and connected devices worldwide“, says Toon Vanparys, CEO of Sentiance. “Based on what we see in the market, the opportunities for mobile personalization and engagement in the era of smart-phones, wearables and IOT are simply huge, and we’re only at the beginning of this revolution.”, says Toon, as Sentiance already signed up their first clients in the mobility, insurance, healthcare and media industry. “We are excited to work with our new investors, their domain know-how and international experience will definitely help us expand internationally.” About Sentiance Sentiance unlocks contextual mobile experiences by mining sensor data on smartphones, wearables and connected devices. Sentiance enables companies worldwide to tap into a new level of mobile personalization and engagement. From mobile data to smart life. http://www.sentiance.com About Qbic Qbic Arkiv Fund is an interuniversity risk capital fund investing in spin offs of the universities UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen, their associated Colleges and university hospitals, and VITO. Qbic has € 36,7 million under management. Qbic invests in starting companies and provides hands-on support in their journey toward commercial success. Qbic Arkiv Fund is a joint initiative with ARKimedes-Fund II (ARKimedes is an initiative of ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen NV and the Flemish Region). http://www.qbic.be About Volta Ventures Volta Ventures Arkiv invests in young and ambitious internet and software companies in the Benelux. The fund’s team, with active support from some 30 business angels, expects to make a substantial impact on every company it invests in by working with the founders and management to identify new markets and customers, hire senior talent, provide ongoing guidance and arrange further financing rounds. Volta Ventures Arkiv is supported by ARKimedes-Fund II (an initiative of ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen NV and the Flemish Region) and the European Investment Fund.