SeeControl

In the emerging world of the Internet of Things, a key challenge was making sense of the massive amounts of data from connected devices. SeeControl, founded by Parthesh Shastri and Bryan Kester, entered the scene to solve this. They developed a cloud-based platform that allowed companies to connect to, manage, and analyze data from their remote assets. The platform's major innovation was its 'no-code' approach; users could build complex monitoring and control applications with a drag-and-drop interface, significantly speeding up development time. SeeControl's service enabled manufacturers and systems integrators to create new revenue opportunities by monitoring how their products performed in the real world. This capability attracted partnerships with companies like B&B Electronics for industrial monitoring and helped create solutions for everything from utility meter reading to smart vehicle management. The platform was designed to handle the entire IoT stack, from the device and its connectivity to data analytics and reporting. The company's trajectory culminated in a significant event in August 2015, when it was acquired by Autodesk. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. For Autodesk, a leader in design and engineering software, SeeControl was a strategic entry point into the burgeoning IoT market. The plan was to integrate SeeControl's technology to allow data from real-world product performance to feed back into the initial design process, creating a new future for how things are made.