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Industrial IoT Company Samsara Raises $40M in Series C Growth Financing

By Ken Briodagh June 21, 2017

Samsara, an Internet-connected Industrial IoT (IIoT) sensor systems developer, has announced the recent closing of $40 million in Series C financing led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investor Andreessen Horowitz and Samsara's founders. The round valued Samsara at over $530 million as the company's revenues grow in excess of 250 percent each year.

Capital raised on growth in commercial fleet market

The financing comes as Samsara, which makes Internet-connected sensor systems for industrial and transportation applications, has emerged as a mover in the $8 billion vehicle telematics market. It has established customer bases in transportation, food and beverage, energy, and field services, and is rapidly gaining share with faster-than-market sales growth.

Samsara's complete hardware-software platform combines data from sensors, GPS, cameras, and mobile apps in an integrated, cloud-based solution. Samsara's technology drives operational gains ranging from safety and regulatory compliance to lower operating cost and increase customer satisfaction. Samsara's growing list of enterprise-scale deployments include long haul trucking companies, Fortune 500 food producers, passenger transit operators, local governments, and public utilities.

Funding to accelerate growth, fuel long-term R&D investments

Samsara said that through reinvesting revenues from product sales, the company had over two thirds of its Series A and Series B financing remaining on hand upon raising this round. The new financing brings the company's total capital raised to $80 million, fueling Samsara's accelerating growth and enabling long-term investments in research and development. The 100-person company has plans to double its headcount to 200 by year's end, it said.

“Thanks to our faster-than-market sales growth, we didn't need additional outside funding for day to day operations,” said Sanjit Biswas, co-founder and CEO, Samara. “But we believe that Samsara's approach to IoT can have a broad impact across large markets. We've already seen the technology benefit customers ranging from vehicle fleet operators to water utilities to energy producers. This new financing lets us invest in long-term technology development to explore new applications for our platform.”

Building on a history of innovation
Samsara was founded by Biswas and CTO John Bicket, who together previously founded and led Meraki, a cloud networking technology company that was acquired by Cisco Systems for $1.2 billion. Samsara had raised $40 million in two earlier rounds led by Andreessen Horowitz.

“The traction and acceleration of growth that Samsara has seen are impressive but not at all surprising. The team is successfully replicating the playbook they developed at Meraki in an even bigger market,” said Hemant Taneja, Managing Director, General Catalyst. “Their ambitious vision of the 'industrial internet' is already delivering significant value to the industrial businesses that power our economy and they're just getting started. We're incredibly happy to be on board.”




Edited by Alicia Young
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