# Haltian

> Haltian is a Finnish IoT company from Oulu that turns physical spaces into smart, sustainable environments. Founded in 2012 by former Nokia product engineers, it pairs its Thingsee wireless sensor hardware with the Empathic Building digital twin software to help offices, hospitals, warehouses and logistics sites measure occupancy, air quality and asset location - and act on the data. Having earned early fame designing the Oura smart ring, Haltian now runs one of Europe's largest IoT deployments and serves roughly 400 customers across 36 countries.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Oulu, Finland
- **Founders:** Pasi Leipala (CEO & Co-founder), Jyrki Okkonen (CTO & Co-founder), Teemu Vaattovaara (Co-founder), Ville Yllasjarvi (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~140-145 employees
- **Products:** Empathic Building, Thingsee IoT device solution, Thingsee PRESENCE, Thingsee AIR, HITS (Haltian IoT Tracking Solution)
- **Notable:** Designed the original Oura smart ring during its product-development era., Grew revenue more than 71% in 2021 (from ~9M to ~15.5M euro)., Delivered one of the largest IoT solutions in Europe.

## Products & services

- **Empathic Building** — A digital twin end-to-end platform for smart offices, hospitals and facilities that visualizes real-time occupancy, environmental data, room and desk booking, wayfinding and workplace analytics to improve employee wellbeing and space efficiency. Acquired from TietoEVRY in 2020.
- **Thingsee IoT device solution** — A family of battery-powered wireless sensors (up to 10-year battery life) connected via mesh network, with cellular gateways and a cloud device-management platform, enabling fast mass-scale IoT deployments.
- **Thingsee PRESENCE** — Wireless sensor that detects people presence and occupancy for offices, hospitals and restaurants.
- **Thingsee AIR** — Battery-operated indoor air quality sensor monitoring CO2, TVOC, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and ambient light.
- **HITS (Haltian IoT Tracking Solution)** — Scalable, cost-effective asset tracking and real-time location system for warehouses, logistics and healthcare using energy-harvesting locators.
- **Product development & R&D services** — Contract hardware and product design, engineering and mass production - the company's original business, behind devices such as the Oura smart ring.

## Achievements

- Designed the original Oura smart ring during its product-development era.
- Grew revenue more than 71% in 2021 (from ~9M to ~15.5M euro).
- Delivered one of the largest IoT solutions in Europe.
- Reached roughly 400 customers across 36 countries.
- Raised ~22M euro in 2023 to fund expansion into Central Europe and North America.

## Latest updates

- **2023-04** — Raised ~22M euro (~$24.2M) led by Mandatum Asset Management Growth Equity to fund expansion in Central Europe and North America.
- **2023-01** — Launched HITS, its scalable asset-tracking and real-time location solution for warehouses, logistics and healthcare.
- **2020-01** — Acquired the Empathic Building digital twin service from TietoEVRY to complete its smart-building offering.

## Links

- Website: https://haltian.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/haltian-ltd
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/haltian
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@haltian
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Haltian

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Last updated: 2026-07-14