CimpleO Ventures

CimpleO Ventures: our ideas and hypotheses about hardware-software markets.

Each venture here is a hypothesis we test in a 60-day sprint. With B2B pre-orders or signed LOIs by day 60, we build it out. Without them, we shelve it. Shelved ideas stay on this page, and we re-test them when hardware, prices or demand change.

Portfolio by maturity 13 ventures

Concept 1
Prototype 6
Pilot 3
Live 3
On hold 1

VoidFort

Lead wanted 2026

VoidFort

A managed web application firewall dedicated to each customer.

For: Online stores.
Built: A live service with a free audit and a PDF report.
Next: Seed investment and go-to-market partners.

Plumadex

Lead wanted 2026

Plumadex

Bird identification by sound, on the device, with a collectible Dex.

For: Birdwatchers and nature fans.
Built: The core Listen flow is live: on-device BirdNET, 6,521 species, 7 languages.
Next: Accounts, profiles and the collection layer.

Travel.CimpleO

Lead wanted 2020

Travel.CimpleO

One search across 850+ airlines, with live fares and a flight-delay compensation referral.

For: Travelers who compare flights.
Built: A live site on one Cloudflare Worker; 87 commits since 2019.

WaterPad

Lead wanted 2022

WaterPad

A kitchen panel that routes water from up to three filters and tracks filter life.

For: Homes and offices with multi-stage water filtration.
Built: A prototype in daily use in our office for two years; board and firmware are stable.
Next: Industrial design, tooling and a small production run.

MachineSignals

Lead wanted 2021

MachineSignals

Industrial machine monitoring with live OEE, built on a mesh sensor network.

For: Industrial integrators and B2B SaaS clients.
Built: The platform runs live; 3,000+ commits in the cloud repository.
Next: Integrator and client deployments.

hscLink

Lead wanted 2021

hscLink

Wireless LoRa meter reading for water, gas, heat and electricity, with multi-tenant billing.

For: Property managers and utility providers.
Built: Pulse-counter node, GSM gateway and a billing platform; 1,000+ engineering hours.
Next: Pilot deployments in multi-unit buildings.

FieldForce OS

Lead wanted 2026

FieldForce OS

Field-service OS for HVAC crews: offline technician app, dispatch console, live backend.

For: HVAC and field-service companies with their own crews.
Built: App, dispatch board and backend run on live data.
Next: A first pilot with a service company, then SLA alerts and utilization reports.

ZeroFarm

Lead wanted 2024

ZeroFarm

A marketplace linking city farms, restaurants and agronomists in Southeast Asia.

For: City farms, restaurants and agronomists in Thailand and the region.
Built: A backend with 630 commits and 20 tables; the web app is moving to our own API.
Next: Agri-tech investors and regional distributors.

Mining Tire Tracker

Lead wanted 2022

Mining Tire Tracker

UHF RFID scanner for mining-truck tires.

Prototype On hold

For: Mining fleets and quarry operators.
Built: Working STM32 reader firmware and PCB designs; the app shows only a demo screen.
Next: A hardware partner or mining operation to fund the next build.

Pomodorix

Lead wanted 2021

Pomodorix

A one-desk Pomodoro timer with a two-LED light and months of coin-cell life.

For: People in open-plan offices who need protected focus time.
Built: Two-LED firmware and power tests are done; the 12-LED ring firmware runs on the bench.
Next: A 12-LED ring board and an enclosure; early testers for the bare board.

PortableISP

Lead wanted 2019

PortableISP

A pocket in-system programmer: flash and back up ESP32, AVR and STM32 without a PC.

For: Firmware engineers on factory floors and at client sites.
Built: A working prototype and a 16-channel multi-flash adapter built in 2024.
Next: A distribution or OEM partner for a production run.

Cargo Tracker

Lead wanted 2019

Cargo Tracker

A reusable black box for sensitive cargo, plus one dashboard for carrier status.

For: Logistics companies shipping medical equipment, vaccines, wine or instruments.
Built: Device prototype (TRL 4), phone app, first PCB (2021), carrier-adapter backend.
Next: A paid pilot with a logistics company.

iQar

Lead wanted 2026

iQar

Oil-change forecasts from OBD-II data, RFID-locked pumps and a cloud ledger for every liter.

For: Fleets from one depot to 200+ vehicles.
Built: Product site and planning documents; no pump firmware or ledger code yet.
Next: A six-month beta pilot with a fleet operator.

For venture leads

Run a venture

You take one hypothesis from idea to the first B2B pre-orders in a 60-day sprint and spend all your time with customers. We bring the engineering team, the legal setup and the budget.

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For investors

Back a venture

You fund a 60-day sprint on one hypothesis. By day 60 it has B2B pre-orders or signed LOIs, or we shelve it. The studio deck shows the budget and the return terms.

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