Uptech Sensing

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Uptech Sensing is a Spanish deeptech manufacturer of distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) systems — DTS, DTSS and DAS units plus turnkey engineering — used for real-time monitoring of temperature, strain, vibration and leaks in power cables, pipelines, LNG plants, railways, wind turbine blades, dams and other critical infrastructure. Founded in 2016 as a spin-off of UPNA's Institute of Smart Cities and based in Mutilva (Aranguren, Navarra) with a software/AI office in Donostia-San Sebastián, it has ~15-25 employees and operates in more than fifteen countries. In March 2026 Basque listed group Arteche acquired 35% of the company for €3.85M on an €11M valuation, an exit for earlier backers Navarra Tech Transfer (Clave) and Sodena at a 2.4x multiple.

Founded

2016

Founders

Total funds raised

€760K

SectorsDeeptech & Hardware, Photonics & Fiber Optic Sensing, Industrial IoT & Monitoring, Energy & Climate, Infrastructure & Construction Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Industrial IoT, sensing & inspection

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Founders

Alayn Loayssa Lara

Co-founder

Javier Urricelqui Polvorinos

CEO & Co-founder

Mikel Sagüés García

Co-founder

Global models 4

Prisma Photonics

Israel · www.prismaphotonics.com ↗

Sells fibre-optic sensing systems with AI analytics to power-grid, pipeline and security operators to monitor critical infrastructure over existing fibre, the same model as Uptech's DFOS units plus engineering.

$80MComparable

FiberSense

Australia · www.fibersense.com ↗

Uses distributed acoustic sensing on fibre networks to monitor infrastructure and utilities and sells the results to asset owners, which overlaps with Uptech's DAS monitoring for cables, pipelines and railways.

$26MComparable

Silixa

United Kingdom · silixa.com ↗

Made and sold DAS, DTS and DSS interrogator units and monitoring projects to energy and infrastructure clients (bought by Luna in 2023), the closest match to Uptech's hardware-plus-engineering DFOS model.

$18MComparable

FEBUS Optics

France · www.febus-optics.com ↗

A European maker of DAS, DTS and DSS interrogators for monitoring power cables, pipelines, wells and railways, selling the same fibre-sensing hardware and services to infrastructure operators.

$4MComparable

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Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación

Navarra Tech Transfer

navarratechtransfer.clavemayor.com ↗

Led Seed 2021 Spain

Arteche

www.arteche.com ↗

Investor Spain

Funding rounds 1

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2021-05-18	Seed (estimated)	€760K	Navarra Tech Transfer (Clave) +1 more

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Published	Article
2026-04-30	La navarra Uptech Sensing ya opera en más de quince países y prevé aterrizar en Filipinas junto a Grupo Arteche ↗ Navarra Capital 2026-04-30
2026-04-15	The Government of Navarre Awards Funding to UPTECH SENSING for the Recruitment of Research and Technology Personnel ↗ Uptech Sensing (press release) 2026-04-15
2026-03-20	Arteche consolidates position as leading company in use of fibre-optic cables as sensors with acquisition of minority stake in Uptech ↗ The Corner 2026-03-20
2025-02-26	Congratulations to the whole consortium! (ECOFOSS floating offshore wind project at IHCantabria) ↗ Uptech Sensing (press release) 2025-02-26
2025-02-24	Successful Completion of Our Submarine Power Cable Monitoring Project ↗ Uptech Sensing (press release) 2025-02-24