DCU start-up senses change in the air with €1m in new funding

Stephen McNulty, chief executive, AmbisenseMaura Hickey

Internet of Things start-up Ambisense will create eight jobs this year in Ireland and Britain, having secured €1.1 million in fresh funding from investors including Atlantic Bridge, Suir Valley Ventures and state agency Enterprise Ireland.

The DCU spin-off makes next generation sensor technologies for the environmental monitoring sector, including smart solar-powered gas monitoring instruments and networks. It released Gasflux, its first product, in 2016 and closed a €1 million funding round the following ...