{{Short description|French consumer electronics company}} {{More footnotes needed|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = Invoxia | logo = Invoxia logo 2022.png | type = Private | foundation = {{start date and age|2010}} | founder = Eric Carreel {{!}} Serge Renouard | location = Issy les Moulineaux, France. | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Éric Carreel (Président)| Amélie Caudron (CEO)}} | industry = Consumer electronics | products = Speakers, Phones, audio equipment, Professional audio, Wearable technology, Pet accessories, | num_employees = 50 | num_employees_year = 2021 | homepage = {{url|http://invoxia.com}} }}
'''Invoxia''' is a French consumer electronics company known for the design and development of innovative smart devices that use artificial intelligence, such as the first GPS tracker on the market to use LoRa<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Invoxia unveils Roadie, the next-generation GPS tracker that works on low-power networks |url=https://kaemu-data.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/press%2Fpr%2F20170831_Invoxia-unveils-roadie_en.pdf |location=Berlin, Germany |publisher=Invoxia |date=2017-08-31 |access-date=2021-01-20}}</ref> technology (introduced in 2017), the first connected speaker outside the Amazon ecosystem to use the Alexa<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amazon Announces the Next Alexa Fund Recipient: Invoxia : Alexa Blogs|url=https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/post/Tx2BKOPLCDGUETS/Amazon-Announces-the-Next-Alexa-Fund-Recipient-Invoxia|access-date=2021-01-20|website=developer.amazon.com}}</ref> voice system and a line of GPS trackers for preventing bike theft<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-06|title=The 1st Connected Reflective Light that Secures the Bike - Invoxia Bike Tracker Review|url=https://www.chipin.com/invoxia-bike-tracker-review/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=ChipIn|language=en-US}}</ref> and monitoring pet activity.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Margolis|first=Jonathan|date=2020-08-08|title=How to keep track of Tiddles – wherever he may toddle|url=https://www.ft.com/content/a979e469-bec7-4b42-8163-de5560df6763|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> For the B2B market, it provides fleet tracking and asset management services.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monitoring and optimising vehicle fleets or professional equipment {{!}} Invoxia|url=https://tracking.invoxia.com/uk|access-date=2021-01-20|website=tracking.invoxia.com}}</ref> It also provides industrial IoT services<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Invoxia Industrial IoT: production line optimisation|url=https://www.invoxia.com/us/iiot|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Invoxia|language=en}}</ref> including hardware design and development and the training and integration of neural networks.
Invoxia was founded in 2010 by the French serial entrepreneur Éric Careel (also Withings, Sculpteo and [https://www.zoov.eu/ Zoov]) and Serge Renouard.
Invoxia is backed by Newfund since 2012. In 2013, Invoxia took control of the ancestral telephone manufacturer Swissvoice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2013/12/03/smart-telecommunications-courtesy-of-invoxia/#1210adbe6712|title = Smart Telecommunications Courtesy of Invoxia|website = Forbes}}</ref>
In October 2015, Amazon<ref>[http://www.techtimes.com/articles/97350/20151021/amazon-invests-in-invoxia-voice-activated-assistant-alexa-coming-to-the-199-triby.htm Amazon Invests In Invoxia: Voice-Activated Assistant Alexa Coming To The $199 Triby]. ''techtimes.com.'' Retrieved 2024-07-24</ref> announces Invoxia as a recipient of the Alexa Fund<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developer.amazon.com/public/community/post/Tx2BKOPLCDGUETS/Amazon-Announces-the-Next-Alexa-Fund-Recipient-Invoxia|title = Amazon Announces the Next Alexa Fund Recipient: Invoxia : Alexa Blogs}}</ref> to integrate Alexa voice services<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/alexa-fund-backs-frances-invoxia-to-expand-use-of-amazons-voice-technology/|title = Alexa Fund backs France's Invoxia to expand use of Amazon's voice technology|date = 19 October 2015|access-date = 1 September 2017|archive-date = 21 May 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220521214459/https://venturebeat.com/2015/10/19/alexa-fund-backs-frances-invoxia-to-expand-use-of-amazons-voice-technology/|url-status = dead}}</ref> into Triby.
==Products==
* NVX 610:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/639115/invoxia-nvx-610-desktop-voip-phone-review|title = Invoxia NVX 610 desktop VoIP phone review| date=23 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trustedreviews.com/invoxia-nvx-610-review|title=Invoxia NVX 610|date=7 January 2013|access-date=24 March 2016|archive-date=7 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407220905/http://www.trustedreviews.com/invoxia-nvx-610-review|url-status=dead}}</ref> a smart desktop and conference IP phone * NVX 620<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/product/pg/1365015999/detail |title=Invoxia NVX 620 NVX 620 VoIP Desktop and Conferenc... | PCWorld |access-date=2016-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023455/http://www.pcworld.com/product/pg/1365015999/detail |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a smart desktop and conference IP phone * NVX 220<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/invoxia-nvx-220-desktop-phone/|title=Invoxia's stylish desktop phone puts your mobile device to work|date=6 January 2014}}</ref> a smart desktop IP phone * AudiOffice<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/video/invoxias-audioffice-the-business-dock-for-music-and-voice/517632300/|title = Invoxia's AudiOffice, the Business Dock for Music and Voice}}</ref> a smart desktop and conference dock * VoiceBridge:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gizmag.com/voice-bridge-landline-mobile-details/39068/|title = Landlines (Remember those?) can now go mobile with Voice Bridge|date = 24 August 2015}}</ref> a device to merge landline and mobile * Triby<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/05/triby-home-speaker-reviewed-alexa-outside-echo-is-promising-but-not-complete/|title=Triby review: A speaker, message-board device is an obvious home for Amazon's Alexa|date=5 May 2016}}</ref> * Triby IO<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wareable.com/smart-home/triby-io-alexa-smart-home-details-features-3741 |title=Triby IO wants to control your smart home |website=www.wareable.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107161335/http://www.wareable.com/smart-home/triby-io-alexa-smart-home-details-features-3741 |archive-date=2017-01-07}}</ref> * GPS Tracker <ref>{{Cite web|last=Ricker|first=Thomas|date=2018-10-31|title=Invoxia GPS Tracker review: longevity and range from a new kind of network|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/31/18047022/invoxia-roadie-sigfox-gps-tracker-review|access-date=2022-01-27|website=The Verge|language=en}}</ref> a multipurpose GPS tracking unit operating on SIGFOX and LoRaWAN networks * Bike Tracker <ref>{{Cite web|last=Lovejoy|first=Ben|date=2019-09-25|title=Review: The Invoxia GPS bike tracker provides peace of mind... in some places|url=https://9to5mac.com/2019/09/25/gps-bike-tracker/|access-date=2022-01-27|website=9to5Mac|language=en-US}}</ref> a GPS tracking unit designed for locating bicycles * LongFi GPS Tracker <ref>{{Cite magazine|title=This Tracker Uses Helium Hot Spots to Locate Your Valuables|url=https://www.wired.com/review/invoxia-longfi-gps-tracker/|access-date=2022-01-27|magazine=Wired|language=en-US}}</ref> that operates on the decentralized Helium Network * Smart Dog Collar <ref>{{Cite web|last=updated|first=Rhys Wood last|date=2022-01-04|title=This smart dog collar is one of the coolest things we've seen yet from CES 2022|url=https://www.techradar.com/news/this-smart-dog-collar-is-one-of-the-coolest-things-weve-seen-yet-from-ces-2022|access-date=2022-01-27|website=TechRadar|language=en}}</ref> a biometric monitoring collar for dogs, with heart and respiratory rate measurement capability
==Awards== *Invoxia was awarded the CES Best Innovation Award 2012 for its Smart Office Phone at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/02/27/invoxia-unveils-the-audioffice-a-299-speaker-dock-for-idevices/|title=Invoxia unveils the AudiOffice, a $299 speaker dock for iDevices (Video)|date=18 July 2019 }}</ref> *Invoxia won the 2012 Red Dot Design Award for the NVX 610 VoIP Phone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Red Dot Design Award: invoxia NVX 610|url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/invoxia-nvx-610-35400/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.red-dot.org}}</ref> *Invoxia was awarded two CES Innovation Awards in 2016 in the categories "Portable Media Players and Accessories" and "Wireless Handsets."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2015/01/04/triby-is-a-home-wifi-phone-and-wireless-speaker-for-your-fridg/|title=Triby is a home WiFi phone (And wireless speaker) for your fridge|date=18 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=CES 2016 : les annonces de la French Tech à Las Vegas|url=https://www.journaldunet.com/web-tech/start-up/1170480-ces-de-las-vegas-les-annonces-de-la-french-tech/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.journaldunet.com|date=6 January 2016 |language=fr}}</ref> *Invoxia was awarded the CES Innovation Award in 2019 in the "Wearable" category for its Pet Tracker.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CES 2019 : Invoxia présente le Pet Tracker|url=http://www.mtom-mag.com/article7523.html|access-date=2021-01-20|website=mtom-mag.com|language=fr}}</ref> *Invoxia was awarded the CES 2020 Innovation Award for its Bike Tracker.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2020 Innovation Award Product Invoxia Bike Tracker|url=https://www.ces.tech/Innovation-Awards/Honorees/2020/Honorees/I/Invoxia-Bike-Tracker.aspx|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=CES}}</ref> *Invoxia was awarded two CES Innovation Awards in 2022 in the categories "Wearable Technologies" and "Health and Wellness" for its Smart Dog Collar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Innovation Award Honorees - CES 2022|url=https://ces.tech/Innovation-Awards/Honorees/2022/Honorees/S/Smart-Dog-Collar.aspx|access-date=2022-01-27|website=ces.tech|archive-date=2022-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127151502/https://ces.tech/Innovation-Awards/Honorees/2022/Honorees/S/Smart-Dog-Collar.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Further reading== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093041/http://www.newfund.fr/en/news/newfund-invests-in-invoxia Newfund.fr] * [http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/ces-francais-qui-brillent-au-ces.N166123 Usinenouvelle.com] * [http://www.lesechos.fr/03/12/2013/LesEchos/21576-106-ECH_l-entrepreneur-eric-carreel-accelere-ses-investissements-dans-la-telephonie.htm Lesechos.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006152921/http://www.lesechos.fr/03/12/2013/LesEchos/21576-106-ECH_l-entrepreneur-eric-carreel-accelere-ses-investissements-dans-la-telephonie.htm |date=2014-10-06 }}
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