# Useful Sensors

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/useful-sensors

- Industry: Hardware
- Headquarters: Mountain View, US
- Website: www.usefulsensors.com
- Total disclosed funding: $5.2M
- Latest round: Seed (Feb 4, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2022, Useful Sensors Inc. operates as a hardware company. The company was founded by its CEO Pete Warden and CTO Manjunath Kudlur. In November 2022, Useful Sensors Inc. raised USD 5 million in seed funding from AME Cloud Ventures, Amplify Partners, Bloomberg Beta, and Fika Ventures.

Useful Sensors develops artificial intelligence-enabled hardware sensor modules. The company’s product line includes a person sensor, which is a hardware module that uses gesture recognition, and its components include a 20 x 20-mm board, a camera module that detects nearby faces and returns information over an I2C interface, and a microcontroller.

The company generates revenue by charging INR 10 for its product.

The company intends to invest the money raised in November 2022 in further sensors and AI applications, such as speech recognition.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Feb 4, 2022, $5.2M — Amplify Partners, Homebrew, AME Cloud Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, Fika Ventures, AIX Ventures

## Investors

- Amplify Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/amplify-partners) — Seed
- Homebrew (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/homebrew) — Seed
- AME Cloud Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ame-cloud-ventures) — Seed
- Bloomberg Beta (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bloomberg-beta) — Seed
- Fika Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fika-ventures) — Seed
- AIX Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/aix-ventures) — Seed