KTH Innovation Venture · Stockholm
The Future of IoT Without Batteries
HEPO captures existing Wi-Fi and radio signals to power IoT sensors without batteries, reducing maintenance costs and electronic waste.
KTH Innovation
Batch 23 Selected Venture
KTH VFT Grant
Phase 0 & Phase 1 Winner
EPFL SIC 2026
Global Top-8 Finalist
TRL 4
Lab Validated
Falling Walls Lab Sweden 2025 Winner
The Problem
The Battery Burden Builds Fast
30B
IoT devices projected by 2030
23M
Battery replacements happening every day
$500
Up to cost per maintenance event
The Solution
Ambient RF Energy Harvesting & Battery-Free Backscatter
HEPO’s proprietary hardware module captures ambient Wi‑Fi and wireless RF emissions, converts them into regulated power, and transmits sensor data via backscatter up to 600 meters with no dedicated transmitter or gateway required.
• No dedicated transmitter needed
• Powers sensors indefinitely
• Backscatter uplink up to 600 m
• True maintenance-free operation
HOW IT WORKS
From Ambient Signal to Actionable Data
1. Capture
Harvest ambient Wi‑Fi and wireless RF already present in the environment.
2. Convert
Turn that energy into regulated, usable power for low-energy sensing.
3. Communicate
Send sensor data by backscatter without a dedicated transmitter or gateway.
Applications, made specific
Explore the environments where HEPO’s battery-free sensing platform creates the clearest operational advantage.
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