Sentons Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2011

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 33

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Later Stage VC

  • Investors
  • 4

Sentons General Information

Description

Developer of an ultrasonic sensing technology designed to maximize usability for mobile, wearable devices, PC, and automotive devices. The company's technology uses ultrasonic sensors and waves to extend the user interface and increase interactivity on any device for better user experiences to a dozen phone models through both virtualized buttons and edge-gesture capture, enabling clients to integrate multi-touch into a wide range of consumer and industrial electronics.

Contact Information

Website
www.sentons.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 440 North Wolfe Road
  • Sunnyvale, CA 94085
  • United States
+1 (408)
Primary Industry
Electronic Equipment and Instruments
Other Industries
Business/Productivity Software
Application Specific Semiconductors
Vertical(s)
Legal Tech, Industrials, Internet of Things
Corporate Office
  • 440 North Wolfe Road
  • Sunnyvale, CA 94085
  • United States
+1 (408)

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Sentons Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
7. Later Stage VC 05-Jun-2026 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC 23-Jul-2024 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Jun-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC 18-Mar-2014 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Early Stage VC 09-Jan-2013 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC 16-Feb-2012 $4.13M $4.13M Completed Generating Revenue
1. Early Stage VC 01-Jan-2011 Completed Startup
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Sentons Comparisons

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HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of an ultrasonic sensing technology designed to maximize usability for mobile, wearable devices, PC, and autom
Electronic Equipment and Instruments
Sunnyvale, CA
33 As of 2022

San Jose, CA
 

Malmo, Sweden
 
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Sentons Competitors (17)

One of Sentons’s 17 competitors is UltraSense Systems, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in San Jose, CA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
UltraSense Systems Venture Capital-Backed San Jose, CA
Acconeer Formerly PE-Backed Malmo, Sweden
Ambarella Formerly VC-backed Santa Clara, CA
Sorex Sensors Venture Capital-Backed Cambridge, United Kingdom
NextInput Formerly VC-backed San Jose, CA
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Sentons Patents

  • 166

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 105

    Granted

  • Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Sentons Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-12543957-B1 Encoded photoacoustic tomography Active 23-Jul-2021
US-20220147169-A1 Piezoelectric transducer array Inactive 09-Nov-2020
WO-2022099035-A1 Piezoelectric transducer array Inactive 09-Nov-2020
US-20220090905-A1 Coordination of multiple strain sensors Inactive 23-Sep-2020
US-20220057908-A1 Touch input activation Inactive 23-Aug-2020 G06F3/0416
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Sentons Investors (4)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Allegis Capital Venture Capital Minority
Atlantic Blue Ventures Venture Capital Minority
SGInnovate Corporate Venture Capital Minority
Wavemaker Partners Venture Capital Minority
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Sentons FAQs

  • When was Sentons founded?

    Sentons was founded in 2011.

  • Where is Sentons headquartered?

    Sentons is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

  • What is the size of Sentons?

    Sentons has 33 total employees.

  • What industry is Sentons in?

    Sentons’s primary industry is Electronic Equipment and Instruments.

  • Is Sentons a private or public company?

    Sentons is a Private company.

  • What is Sentons’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Sentons is .

  • How much funding has Sentons raised over time?

    Sentons has raised $37.6M.

  • Who are Sentons’s investors?

    Allegis Capital, Atlantic Blue Ventures, SGInnovate, and Wavemaker Partners have invested in Sentons.

  • Who are Sentons’s competitors?

    UltraSense Systems, Acconeer, Ambarella, Sorex Sensors, and NextInput are some of the 17 competitors of Sentons.

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