[EN] Sensorly secures 1M€ in Series A funding with Elaia Partners

Sensorly SAS, a leading player in community-based wireless coverage maps, announced today the closing of a 1M€ financing round led by Elaia Partners.

Sensorly brings transparency to the wireless telecommunication market by enabling users to view accurate mobile data coverage maps, compare carriers and test the speed of their data connection, all free-of-charge.

With over 400 000 downloads of its application and 200 live 3G, 4G and WiFi coverage maps across 40 countries, Sensorly has developed a unique perspective on mobile data quality of service, based on real-life users’ perspective.

“Smartphone and tablet users are ever more dependent on mobile data connectivity for their daily activities. Sensorly enables its users to find the best network for them, across all wireless technologies, from Wifi to 4G/LTE” commented Boris Lacroix, Sensorly founder and CEO.

« This financing round will enable us to grow our community of users worldwide and to further develop our services for consumers, enterprises and wireless carriers. We look forward to working closely with Elaia’s experienced team on this journey » Xavier Lazarus, partner at Elaia Partners, added “As wireless carriers increasingly need to focus on quality of service and quality of experience, Sensorly’s crowd-sourced solutions can give carriers a unique opportunity to get actionable intelligence about their network quality directly from end-users devices and benchmark key indicators with their competitors. We’re very pleased to work with Sensorly’s team to help them grow their very promising business”.

Originally published on December 17, 2012.