INLAN Technologies, a deep-tech company based in Montreal, has announced a successful Series A funding round, securing US$5 million to accelerate the large-scale deployment of its next-generation battery-less IoT tags and data infrastructure for global supply chains and industrial markets. This funding milestone marks a significant step for the company as it moves from prototype to widespread commercial use, enabling businesses to unlock real-time, item-level data that has been out of reach with traditional sensing technologies.
The Series A round was led by strategic investor SaaS Fee Limited, with strong participation from California-based venture capital firm Shea Ventures, Montreal-based TandemLaunch, and several individual strategic investors. This diverse group of backers reflects confidence in INLAN’s technology and its potential to transform how data is captured and used within supply chain and industrial environments.
At the heart of INLAN’s solution is a new class of battery-less tag that merges the cost-effectiveness traditionally associated with RFID technology and the performance capabilities of active IoT devices. According to company co-founders Ali Shajii and Mohammad Hajikhani, these tags have been developed over the past two years to offer scalable, reliable sensing at a fraction of the cost and complexity of existing solutions. The funding will help transition this hardware into large-scale deployment while also expanding the software and data backbone needed to support massive IoT adoption.
In practical terms, the combination of passive tag design with sophisticated data infrastructure means that every item in a supply chain could potentially report on its location, condition and other operational metrics in real time. This enhanced visibility is intended to help businesses improve operational efficiency, support automation and provide more reliable data for AI-driven decision-making.
INLAN’s technology was incubated at TandemLaunch, a Montreal-based deep-tech start-up foundry and seed fund. Emilie Boutros, Managing Partner at TandemLaunch, said the international investor support demonstrates growing confidence in the company’s approach to large-scale data collection in industrial IoT and supply chain management.
By reducing the trade-off between cost and performance inherent in traditional sensor technologies, INLAN aims to make continuous, reliable, item-level intelligence accessible to enterprises everywhere. The successful Series A round positions the company to play a leading role in the next generation of intelligent supply chain operations.
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