Rombit

Overview

Rombit was founded in 2012 and has its headquarters at Meir 30 in Antwerp, Flanders. It builds IoT hardware and software for frontline worker safety and operational efficiency, combining the Rombit Platform with the Rombit Smart Badge wearable and Rombit Anchor units fitted to vehicles and infrastructure. Its solution lines cover lone worker support, evacuation management, permit-to-work, collision avoidance, a digital driver coach, equipment analytics and impact analysis, sold into internal transport and logistics, oil, gas and mining, field services, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, construction, manufacturing, utilities, rail and infrastructure, and defence. Customers named by the company include Carglass, GXO, Yara, Infrabel, Veolia, Estee Lauder, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Dow, Pepsico and Port of Antwerp Bruges. Van Moer Logistics committed EUR 2 million in 2022 to fit more than 300 forklifts across ten sites. Alongside Antwerp it lists offices in Northville, Michigan; Dubai; Buenos Aires; and Sao Jose dos Campos. The company raised EUR 10 million in 2019 and USD 25 million in a Series B in February 2022. Data News named it IoT Innovator of the Year in 2020.

Stated facts & numbers

• Founded: 2012
• Headquarters: Meir 30, 2000 Antwerp
• Founder: Jorik Rombouts
• Employees: 51-200
• Products: Rombit Platform, Rombit Smart Badge, Rombit Anchor
• Customers: Carglass, GXO, Yara, Infrabel, Veolia, Estee Lauder, Port of Antwerp
• Offices: Antwerp, Northville (US), Dubai, Buenos Aires, Sao Jose dos Campos
• Acquisitions: Sercotec (2017), Drivity (2020), Drixit (2024, now Rombit Latam)
• Award: Data News IoT Innovator of the Year 2020
• General Manager, Rombit Europe: Wim Anrijs (August 2026)

Funding history

• 2019 growth round: EUR 10 million from Vic Swerts, InvestLink and several Belgian industrial families, alongside the exit of shareholder Michel Akkermans
• 2022 Series B: USD 25 million from Tikehau Capital and the Belgian Recovery Fund