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Invoxia is a French consumer electronics company known for the design and development of innovative smart devices and integrated artificial intelligence. such as the first GPS tracker on the market to use LoRa technology (introduced in 2017), the first connected speaker outside the Amazon ecosystem to use the Alexa voice system and a line of GPS trackers for preventing bike theft and monitoring pet activity. For the B2B market, it provides fleet tracking and asset management services. It also provides industrial IoT services 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 Zoov), Serge Renouard and Jacques Lewiner.

In October 2015, Amazon announces Invoxia as a recipient of the Alexa Fund to integrate Alexa voice services into Triby.

Early History
Invoxia was founded in 2010 by Éric Careel, Serge Renouard (former General Manager of Connected Devices R&D at Philips) and Jacques Lewiner. Prior to this, Éric Careel and Jacques Lewiner had founded Inventel (2002), later acquired by Thomson.

In January 2013, Invoxia closed its first funding round, raising 1.5€ million led by Newfund.

Later in 2013, Invoxia announced the acquisition of the Swiss telecommunications technology provider Swissvoice. Both brandnames would be maintained separate.

In October 2015, the company closed its second funding round of an undisclosed amount from several investors including Amazon.

2017 - Present; GPS trackers and Innovation Lab
Withings was founded in 2008 by three executives from the technology and telecom industries: Éric Carreel (CEO), who was co-founder of Inventel; Cédric Hutchings; and Fred Potter (CTO until 2011).[6] The company's first product was the connected body scale, which launched in June 2009.[7]

Conference phones and dock

 * NVX 610: a smart desktop and conference IP phone
 * NVX 620 a smart desktop and conference IP phone
 * NVX 220 a smart desktop IP phone
 * AudiOffice a smart desktop and conference dock
 * VoiceBridge: a device to merge landline and mobile
 * VoiceBridge: a device to merge landline and mobile

Smart speakers: Triby
VivoAcoustic® technology,
 * Triby
 * Triby IO
 * Triby IO

Awards

 * Invoxia was awarded the CES Best Innovation Award 2012 for its Smart Office Phone.
 * Invoxia won the 2012 Red Dot Design Award for the NVX 610 VoIP Phone.
 * Invoxia was awarded two CES Innovation Awards in 2016 in the categories "Portable Media Players and Accessories" and Wireless Handsets."
 * Invoxia was awarded the CES Innovation Award in 2019 in the "Wearable" category for its Pet Tracker.
 * Invoxia was awarded the CES 2020 Innovation Award for its Bike Tracker