This funding round has closed
Real-time connected worker platform to improve industrial safety.
87% of minimum goal raised
Lead investor: Gabriele Dini |
Minimum Target £ 600,000 |
Minimum investment amount £ 10,000 |
Maximum Target £ 999,954 |
Maximum investment amount £ 600,000 |
Homes and cars are already connected. Over the next decade, the concept of the “connected worker” is expected to grow to become a multi-billion Euro industry. WTL is establishing itself as an early leader, with a number of global enterprises having purchased its early products, trialing its platform solution as it moves from paid pilot to roll-out. At the intersection of smart garments, electronics and "big data", WTL is an IP100 Award winner in both 2015 and 2016, with over 40 granted patents. They focus on safety.
Today most sensors for gas or noise alert the worker only – not the control room or nearby co-workers. WTL’s Internet of Things (IoT) platform connects workers to a control room or site office, thus allowing the real-time monitoring of workforce safety. They are working with some of the world’s leading sensor manufacturers to link their devices to it’s aggregated dashboard, allowing for both real-time alert data, such as gas alerts, and monitoring of longer term occupational health risks such as hearing loss. This allows enterprises to collect a holistic view of each worker exposure to harmful agents, enabling “big data” analysis and predictive analytics.
The rise of legislation led health and safety is inexorable. Falling costs of electronics and emergence of IoT allows cost-effective deployment of premium-margin intelligent clothing to enhance worker safety. WTL are at the convergence of the garment and electronics industries, the two sectors required to deliver integrated products and services. Their team is skilled in in mass garment manufacture, smart fabrics, software, hardware, data analysis - all needed to develop a connected worker platform. WTL are uniquely positioned to aggregate data to create a holistic view of the health and safety of each worker, utilising sensor devices from leading manufacturers already in use.
WTL have a SaaS model for the connected worker platform. Additional revenue streams include generating revenues from electronics licensing and supply of electronics sub-assemblies to incumbent garment manufacturers already serving target segments such as oil & gas. They already have long term licences signed with leading PPE manufacturers and have shipped 7,000 units in 2017. Ultimately they seek to be the default platform built into garments, charging third parties to plug and play their components (sensors etc) into that platform – akin to an app store.
Today most sensors for gas or noise alert the worker only – not the control room or nearby co-workers. WTL’s Internet of Things (IoT) platform connects workers to a control room or site office, thus allowing the real-time monitoring of workforce safety. They are working with some of the world’s leading sensor manufacturers to link their devices to it’s aggregated dashboard, allowing for both real-time alert data, such as gas alerts, and monitoring of longer term occupational health risks such as hearing loss. This allows enterprises to collect a holistic view of each worker exposure to harmful agents, enabling “big data” analysis and predictive analytics.
The rise of legislation led health and safety is inexorable. Falling costs of electronics and emergence of IoT allows cost-effective deployment of premium-margin intelligent clothing to enhance worker safety. WTL are at the convergence of the garment and electronics industries, the two sectors required to deliver integrated products and services. Their team is skilled in in mass garment manufacture, smart fabrics, software, hardware, data analysis - all needed to develop a connected worker platform. WTL are uniquely positioned to aggregate data to create a holistic view of the health and safety of each worker, utilising sensor devices from leading manufacturers already in use.
WTL have a SaaS model for the connected worker platform. Additional revenue streams include generating revenues from electronics licensing and supply of electronics sub-assemblies to incumbent garment manufacturers already serving target segments such as oil & gas. They already have long term licences signed with leading PPE manufacturers and have shipped 7,000 units in 2017. Ultimately they seek to be the default platform built into garments, charging third parties to plug and play their components (sensors etc) into that platform – akin to an app store.