Wheere is a French company based in Castelnau-le-Lez that develops an indoor positioning system.[1] It was founded in 2021 by Antoine Carrabin and Pierre-Arnaud Coquelin.[2][3]
Activity
Wheere is a company specialized in indoor geolocation, providing a technology capable of locating with an accuracy of less than 1 meter indoors, even through 50 meters of concrete. Its solution relies on low-frequency wave emission and an algorithm, enabling coverage in complex environments such as industrial sites, hospitals or tunnels. It needs only four antennas to cover one square kilometer, and its independent from GNSS systems.[4][5]
History
Wheere was founded in 2021 by Pierre-Arnaud Coquelin and Antoine Carrabin, after identifying a gap in the indoor geolocation market.[6] This venture emerged from an earlier experiment with McLloyd,[7] founded by Coquelin in 2013, which focused on GPS tracking in sports.[8] After several years of research and testing, the company launched the first version of its system in Montpellier.[9]
In July 2023, Wheere raised 11 million euros[10][11] from Blast.Club, Sofilaro, Bpifrance and business angels including Arnaud Frey (founder and CEO of Extia), Adrien Montfort (co-founder and CTO of Sorare) and Arthur (producer and television host).[12][13]
In November 2023, Wheere announced the deployment of its indoor geolocation technology for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in partnership with the Paris Fire Brigade. [14]
In January 2025, Wheere was selected to participate in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES Las Vegas 2025).[15][16][17]
References
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- ^ "Pierre-Arnaud Coquelin veut géolocaliser le monde".
- ^ Taha, Mohamad Ali. "Wheere révolutionne la géolocalisation avec une technologie innovante". EcranMobile.fr : l'actualité du marketing mobile (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Montpellier : cette start-up a inventé le GPS qui traverse le béton". actu.fr (in French). 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Coutance, Pascal (2024-06-28). "Wheere, la start-up montpelliéraine qui veut révolutionner la géolocalisation indoor". VIPress.net (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Quentin Barenne (Wintics) et Pierre-Arnaud Coquelin (Wheere) : JO 2024, les startups dans les starting-blocks - 04/07 (in French). 2024-07-04. Retrieved 2025-02-27 – via www.bfmtv.com.
- ^ "Millau, au départ des GPS de sport". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Mauger, Charlotte (2024-12-16). "Wheere simplifie les géolocalisations indoor". IT for Business (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Moniteur, Le (2024-07-10). "Wheere géolocalise les personnes malgré les murs en béton" (in French).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Montpellier : la start-up Wheere invente le GPS qui va aussi à l'intérieur". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Wheere lève 11 M€ pour devenir la référence mondiale de géolocalisation indoor et outdoor". La Gazette du Midi (in French). 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "L'expert de la géolocalisation indoor Wheere lève 11 millions d'euros". www.lejournaldesentreprises.com (in French). 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Levée de fonds de 11 millions d'euros pour Wheere | Infonet". infonet.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Wheere déploiera sa technologie de géolocalisation indoor aux JO de Paris 2024". Les Echos (in French). 2023-11-02. Archived from the original on 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ Seilhan, Clément (2025-01-09). "CES 2025: 12 startups occitanes tentent leur chance à Las Vegas • Mid E-News". Mid E-News (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Wheere prévoit de lever 40 millions d'euros pour repousser les limites du GPS via une constellation de satellites - Hérault Tribune". www.herault-tribune.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Montpellier : Wheere, le GPS d'intérieur, en visite à Las Vegas au CES". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-27.