KUNAK TECHNOLOGIES SL

Their core work

Kunak Technologies is a Spanish hardware SME that designs and manufactures ultra-low-power wireless sensor systems for industrial and environmental monitoring. Their core product line — branded "Sensing Anywhere" — targets IIoT deployments where continuous power supply is unavailable, enabling autonomous, battery-operated monitoring at scale. Their second H2020 project confirms a shift toward smart environmental monitoring, suggesting their sensors are deployed for air quality, pollution, and environmental compliance use cases. They are a product company, not a research group: EU funding accelerated commercialization of a technology they built, not basic research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Between 2015 and 2018, Kunak's work was framed around general IIoT infrastructure — M2M communication, cloud connectivity, wireless power efficiency, and Industry 4.0 instrumentation. By 2018, the framing shifted to a specific vertical: smart environmental monitoring, pointing to a deliberate move from platform technology toward an end-market application. This progression is the classic SME Instrument arc: Phase 1 (€50K feasibility in 2015) validated the concept, Phase 2 (€1.6M in 2018) funded full product development and market entry in the environmental sector.

Kunak appears to have successfully commercialized their sensor technology in the environmental monitoring vertical — future collaborations are most relevant for smart city air quality, industrial emissions compliance, or precision agriculture sensing projects.

How they like to work

Kunak operates exclusively as a project coordinator and sole beneficiary — both of their H2020 grants came through the SME Instrument, which is designed for individual companies rather than consortia. They have zero recorded consortium partners, which means they are not experienced in multi-partner EU project management. If approached for a consortium role, expect them to contribute as a technology or hardware provider rather than as a project administration lead.

Kunak has no documented consortium partnerships within H2020 — their EU funding was obtained entirely through solo SME Instrument applications. Their collaboration network, if any, exists outside the H2020 consortium structure.

What sets them apart

Kunak sits at the intersection of industrial IoT hardware and environmental sensing — a relatively narrow but commercially valuable niche, especially as EU air quality and emissions regulations tighten. Their "Sensing Anywhere" positioning around ultra-low power consumption addresses a real gap: most IoT deployments fail in remote or infrastructure-poor locations where continuous power is unavailable. For a consortium needing validated, commercially-ready sensor hardware rather than a research prototype, Kunak offers a proven product rather than a lab concept.

Highlights from their portfolio

• K-Smart Environment
  With €1.6M in SME Phase 2 funding (2018–2021), this is Kunak's flagship project and represents a full commercial development push for wireless environmental monitoring — one of the larger SME Instrument Phase 2 grants in this domain.
• KUNAK
  Their 2015 SME Phase 1 feasibility study that established the IIoT sensing concept and directly enabled the larger Phase 2 follow-on, demonstrating a complete SME Instrument progression from idea to market.