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VertexOne
The company most people have never heard of is quietly running the app, the bill and the payment page behind millions of power and water accounts. VertexOne sells utilities the one thing they rarely build well themselves: a modern customer experience.
Pylon
Pylon is a Cairo-based smart infrastructure platform that sells electricity and water utilities a subscription-based Smart Metering as a Service (SMaaS). Its software layers on top of any meter - old or new - to cut losses, improve revenue collection and give operators real-time visibility, all at zero upfront cost. Founded in 2017 and backed by Y Combinator (S21), Pylon runs across more than a million metering endpoints in Egypt and the Philippines.
Hangzhou Laison Technology Co., Ltd.
Hangzhou Laison Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese high-tech manufacturer of smart water and gas metering solutions, founded in 2012 and based in Hangzhou's Zhejiang University National Science Park. Laison designs and produces STS prepaid, ultrasonic, and IoT-connected (NB-IoT, LoRaWAN, GPRS) meters along with the software systems that run behind them, helping water authorities improve bill collection, cut non-revenue water, and modernize operations. The company serves utilities in more than 30 countries, with particular strength across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and produces over a million smart water meters a year.