Firmwave is an innovative product and solution design company that specialises in designing ultra-low power hardware and firmware for IoT and wearable devices.
Based at GEC in Dublin, Firmwave is targeting the emerging IoT sensors market that is predicted to reach $34.75bn by 2023.
The Target market
Firmwave is targeting the emerging IoT sensors market that is predicted to reach $34.75bn by 2023.
They believe the world we live in will be enhanced by IoT and we are targeting a number of vertical markets such as energy monitoring, health monitoring and agriculture.
Firmwave are working with Asavie, Nimbus, Emutex, Davra Networks, Vodafone, Intel and IBM to rapidly create secure IoT solutions for our customers.
“These vertical markets have a major footprint in Ireland and give us visibility and entry into the global markets.”
The Brains Behind It
Fintan McGovern is a former Irish Army officer with 15 years of experience at home and overseas. Upon leaving the Defence Forces after completing the MBA from UCD Smurfit School, he took up a role leading the change management for Kenmare Resources in Mozambique.
After that, he moved to Digicel in the telco sector and was regional HR director for the Eastern Caribbean sector before moving onto mergers and new business acquisitions. He returned to Ireland in December 2014 and co-founded Firmwave the following April.
Adrian Burns, CTO and co-founder, brings 15 years of software development experience from Intel, Qualcomm, Teleca, Lake and IBM. Burns has a deep technical understanding and vision of the benefits that IoT will bring the world.
He has previously worked on some leading IoT hardware and software platforms that provide security, connectivity and manageability and was a software tech lead on Intel Quark/Galileo (designed in Intel Ireland) in 2013.
Ciaran Burns, CFO and co-founder, is a chartered tax advisor who owns and runs a successful tax consultancy business. He has an intricate knowledge of the tax and accounting systems both here in Ireland and globally.
The Product
Firmwave Edge is the first low-power, wireless sensor network platform powered by Intel Quark MCU technology.
“The Firmwave Edge modular hardware and firmware stack allows organisations to quickly and securely deploy edge devices across diverse network types.”
McGovern explained that currently, enabling IoT solutions is expensive and requires highly bespoke solutions, particularly at the enterprise level.
“Enterprises benefit from having a seamless end-to-end connectivity experience, enabling them to capture and securely manage the vast amounts of data transacted between their IoT devices. Organisations can for the first time, access a secure and scalable data delivery channel from edge IoT sensors and IoT gateways across multiple networks including ZigBee, Thread, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa, Sigfox, and cellular and Narrowband IoT.
“Our ultimate goal is to become global leaders in low-power edge connectivity utilising our platform in millions of connected devices as the first layer of secure connectivity.
“We are an Enterprise Ireland (EI) High Potential Start-Up, and we hope to enter new markets globally through the assistance from EI. We hope to become a key deliverer of managed services to clients and customers who choose Firmwave Edge as their connectivity platform in the form of firmware/software and security updates because, in the world of connected machines, if you can’t update it, then you can’t secure it.”
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