# Nic Halverson

> Nic Halverson is the co-founder and CEO of Occuspace, an occupancy intelligence company that reads Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals to tell buildings how busy they are without cameras. He started the company in 2017 with roommate Linus Grasel after failing to find a seat at UC San Diego's Geisel Library, and has since deployed the sensors across dozens of universities, Fortune 500 offices, and, most recently, 180 million square feet of federal real estate for the GSA.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Occuspace
- **Organizations:** Occuspace, Waitz (original name of Occuspace)
- **From:** Florida, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of California, San Diego
- **Known for:** Grew Occuspace from a UCSD library hack to a national occupancy intelligence platform, Raised $14M cumulative funding across seed and Series A, Deployed sensors on 100+ university campuses and multiple Fortune 500 offices

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Enrolled at UC San Diego to study electrical engineering
- **2017** — Co-founded Occuspace (originally Waitz) with Linus Grasel after struggling to find a seat at Geisel Library
- **2018** — Won pitch contest at UCSD; free student app launched, hitting 10,000 downloads in first week
- **2020** — Occuspace pivots to broader occupancy monitoring for social distancing during COVID; libraries at Baylor and others deploy sensors
- **2023** — Closed $3.6M seed round; expanded across US higher-ed campuses
- **2024** — Added 85+ new university installations
- **2025-03** — Raised $6M Series A led by Lewis & Clark Ventures; total funding $14M
- **2025-08** — Selected by GSA and The Building People to instrument 180M+ sq ft of federal real estate
- **2026-07** — Launched Octi, a conversational AI for building intelligence

## Achievements

- Grew Occuspace from a UCSD library hack to a national occupancy intelligence platform
- Raised $14M cumulative funding across seed and Series A
- Deployed sensors on 100+ university campuses and multiple Fortune 500 offices
- Selected by the U.S. General Services Administration to optimize 180M+ sq ft of federal real estate
- Featured in The New York Times, ABC, NBC and CBS as a spokesperson on space and occupancy

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Occuspace launched Octi, a conversational AI product for building intelligence
- **2026-02** — Occuspace published research finding significant underutilization of US college campuses
- **2025-08** — Partnership with The Building People announced to deploy sensors across 180M+ sq ft of federal facilities
- **2025-03** — $6M Series A closed, led by Lewis & Clark Ventures

## Links

- Website: https://occuspace.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nic-halverson-88963086

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Last updated: 2026-07-09