Project Canary Funding, Investors & Competitors

BOE Technology Group Co Ltd is an investment holding company. Along with its subsidiaries, the company operates in the following business segments: Display business, Internet of Things (IoT) innovation business, Sensor business, MLED business, Smart medicine and engineering business, and Others. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Display business segment, which integrates design and manufacturing of display devices and offers TFT-LCD, AMOLED, Microdisplay, and other intelligent interface devices. This business focuses on providing high-quality smartphones, tablet PCs, laptops, monitors, TVs, vehicles, VR/AR, and other display devices for customers. Geographically, the group generates maximum revenue from Mainland China, followed by other regions.

Samsara Inc provides an end-to-end solution for operations. The company's Connected Operations Platform consolidates data from its IoT devices and a growing ecosystem of connected assets and third-party systems, and makes it easy for organizations to access, analyze, and act on data insights using its cloud dashboard, custom alerts and reports, mobile apps, and workflows.. The company derives almost all of its revenue from subscription services. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States. The company's customers ranges from small and medium-sized businesses to state and local governments.

Lite-On Technology Corp is a computer storage device company that manufactures consumer electronics. The main businesses include Research and development design, manufacturing and sales of key modules and system solutions for optoelectronics, cloud computing power management systems, EV chargers, energy management, LED packaging for lighting applications, IoT and networking applications, information technology, and consumer electronics.

Sharetronic Data Technology Co Ltd is engaged in production and sales of products such as Internet of Things intelligent terminals and data storage devices in the field of consumer electronics. The company provides wireless network and smart terminal. Its production lines mainly focus on Internet of Things, Smart Home, and Car Networking. Its products consist of virtual reality, laptops, wifi IP camera, and NAS storage.

Advantech is the world’s largest supplier of industrial personal computers and a leading provider of embedded boards. The company serves a wide spectrum of downstream sectors, including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, transportation, and energy and environment. Headquartered in Taiwan, Advantech operates manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, mainland China, and Japan.

PTC is a US-based global company that offers high-end computer-assisted design, product lifecycle management, and augmented reality solutions that industrial manufacturers commonly use on factory floors. Founded in 1985, PTC is a major player in parametric design and serves some of the world’s most well-known equipment manufacturers, such as Caterpillar, Garmin, and Thermo Fisher.

CIG Shanghai Co Ltd is an original development manufacturer of the carrier and enterprise-grade customer premise equipment. Its product offerings include wireless network equipment, smart home gateway products, telecom broadband terminals, and other products.

UNISOC fabricates mobile communications and IoT chipsets including 2G/3G/4G platforms, RF, wireless connectivity, security, TV, and image sensors. Shanghai-headquartered fabless semiconductor firm operates 14 R&D centers and seven customer support centers globally, holding top-three position in mobile baseband market share and leading pan-chip supply in China at unisoc.com.

Acuity is a leading industrial technology company that offers lighting, lighting controls, and intelligent building solutions. It designs, manufactures, and brings to market products and services relating to these and other offerings. Acuity has two reportable segments: Acuity Brands Lighting and Acuity Intelligent Spaces. ABL sells commercial, architectural, and specialty lighting, including components and control systems. AIS offers building management and audio/visual solutions to help make buildings intelligent.

Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co Ltd is operating in the communication industry. The company is primarily focusing on the research and development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of the mobile terminal antennas and related modules, acoustic modules and connectors with high electromagnetic compatibility. Its products offering include mobile antenna, precision metal parts, MIM metal parts, acoustics and new materials products. Its products mainly apply to consumer electronic fields like smartphone/tablet PC, smart wearable devices, smart home/IoT and smart automobiles, and primarily expand the supporting capability towards industry, automobile, and military fields.

Verkada is a San Mateo-headquartered developer of cloud-managed physical security systems. The platform unifies video cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, and intercoms in a single dashboard. Verkada serves enterprises in retail, education, and healthcare with AI features for object detection and analytics. Founded in 2016, it powers over 20,000 organizations worldwide including universities and Fortune 500 companies.

Impinj Inc operates a platform that enables wireless connectivity to everyday items by delivering each item's identity, location, and authenticity to business and consumer applications. Its platform includes endpoint integrated circuits (ICs) product, a miniature radios-on-a-chip, which attach to and identify their host items; and connectivity layer that comprises readers, gateways, and reader ICs to wirelessly identify, locate, authenticate, and engage endpoints via RAIN, as well as provide power to and communicate bidirectionally with endpoint ICs. Geographically, the company has a business presence in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, of which key revenue is derived from the operations in the Asia Pacific region.

EquipmentShare.com Inc is a construction technology solutions and equipment rental company. It operates business through reportable segments: Equipment Rental and Services Operations, comprises of recurring activity performed at full-service branch locations, such as equipment rentals and related services (including allocated telematics revenue related to rental customer access to the T3 platform), and sales of parts, supplies and maintenance services to construction contractors and others; and Equipment Sales, comprises of sales of new or used equipment made at any of branch locations and dealership sites, equipment sales to participants in the OWN Program. Its activities also include telematics subscriptions, software applications, building materials and hardware supplies, and others.

Megvii, also known by its Face++ brand, is a Beijing-based artificial intelligence company, founded in 2011 by Tsinghua University graduates, that develops computer vision technology for facial recognition, object detection, and related applications. Its systems are used in public security, mobile payments, and consumer devices by clients including Alibaba, Ant Financial, Lenovo, Foxconn, and Xiaomi, and its technology has supported thousands of arrests by China's Ministry of Public Security. The company has pursued a public listing in Hong Kong as it expands internationally.

Nordic Semiconductor designs Bluetooth Low Energy chips for the wireless industry, making 90% of its revenue from this technology. Nordic’s chips are used in all types of battery-powered devices such as wearables, smarthome applications, asset trackers, and industrial and healthcare markets. In recent years Nordic has also expanded into adjacent technologies such as Wi-Fi, Thread protocol and long-range connectivity.

Thunder Software Technology Co Ltd is a China-based smart device operating system and platform technology provider. It provides smart device operating system solutions to consumers as well as enterprises. The company offers solutions for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, camera solutions, mobile device management systems, application development platforms, and mobile security solutions. In addition, it also offers services such as carrier certification, Android OS upgrade, application development and maintenance, OS customization, and others.

Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co Ltd is a China-based company mainly engaged in the research and development of chips. The company develops capacitive touch controllers and fingerprint recognition chips, serving applications in smart devices, IoT, and automotive electronics. It is also engaged in software development. The company's products and solutions are used by various mobile brands Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, Amazon, Samsung, Dell, Nokia, LG, ASUS, and others.

Terminus Group is a Beijing-headquartered AIoT provider building smart city infrastructure worldwide. The company deploys AloT platforms integrating surveillance cameras, edge computing, and robotics for urban management in projects across China, Middle East, and Latin America. Listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 2022, Terminus delivers solutions for safe cities, sustainable development, and intelligent transportation systems used by governments in Dubai and Shenzhen.