Funding strengthens Subeca’s position as a leading provider of affordable smart water infrastructure and accelerates utility adoption across North America

CARY, N.C., Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Subeca today announced approximately $3M in additional funding to further deliver hardware and software solutions for utility metering and net-zero sustainability metering. The Series A-2 was led by Burnt Island Ventures, the most active venture investor in the global water industry, with participation from Cycle H2O, a leading water technology venture fund, and SUEZ, a global water technology company, and several additional investors.

“Plenty of companies talk about disrupting the water industry. We’re actually doing it, and we’re doing it for the utilities and operators where legacy solutions have proven too complex and too costly. This funding fuels our rapid growth and our commitment to bringing real-time meter data to small and medium-sized utilities and hyperscalers, because every water provider deserves the tools to serve its customers and meet its sustainability goals,” said Anne Mushow, Chief Executive Officer of Subeca.

“We see the billion dollar opportunity around an unmet need for affordable smart meter infrastructure and AI-native software. Subeca is now live across 23 communities offering its bundled smart meter plus software package. We are so impressed with Anne and her team as they continue to impress as they deliver on their vision of smart water meters for all,” said Christine Boyle, General Partner at Burnt Island Ventures.

Subeca’s differentiated offering provides simple, easy-to-deploy options for the more than 51,000 utilities and businesses in the US that have been locked out of the benefits of advanced metering technology due to the cost and complexity of legacy technology solutions. Produced in Cary, North Carolina, Subeca’s communication module utilizes Amazon’s Sidewalk network, a free communications network that covers more than 90% of the US population as well as parts of Canada and Mexico, to help customers proactively manage water infrastructure and detect and resolve water leaks early.

The investment further strengthens Subeca’s existing ecosystem of strategic water industry partners. Since its Series A financing, the company has built relationships with leading organizations across water technology, digital infrastructure, and utility operations, creating a strong foundation for future growth.

In addition to providing growth capital, new investor Cycle H2O brings a uniquely strategic combination of investment expertise, industry relationships, and commercial networks focused exclusively on the water sector. Through its close partnership with H2O Innovation, one of North America’s leading water solutions providers, Cycle H2O offers Subeca access to a broad network of municipal and industrial water customers, technical expertise, and market development opportunities.

“We are proud to support Subeca, whose platform addresses one of the most important challenges facing the water sector: making digital water management solutions accessible and affordable for utilities of all sizes. Through Cycle H2O, under Simon Olivier’s leadership, we are pleased to join as a new investor in Subeca’s practical, scalable innovation. Their technology, which helps utilities detect leaks, conserve water and cut operating costs, aligns perfectly with our thesis of backing technologies that accelerate the sustainable transformation of essential industries,” said Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder and Managing Partner of Cycle Capital.

Subeca’s 2024 Series A raised $6M led by SUEZ, with additional investment by Burnt Island Ventures and Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon’s sustainability-focused corporate venture fund.

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Enterprise consent and preference management helps marketing teams know exactly what customer data they can use, and for what purpose

ATLANTA, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Syrenis, the enterprise consent and preference management company, today announced it has been named a Niche Player in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privacy UX. This is the first Magic Quadrant Gartner has published for the Privacy UX market.

Gartner defines the privacy user experience (UX) as “the components of an organization’s privacy program that directly touch an individual.” For enterprise marketing teams, customer consent determines how much of their data they can put to work. That information is usually scattered across CRM, marketing automation, web and data platforms. As a result, campaigns stall in review, audiences shrink to whatever feels safe, and every new channel raises the same question about what the team is allowed to use.

The Syrenis Platform answers that question. It records every consent and preference by purpose, channel and brand, and keeps that record in sync across the systems where campaigns are built. Global enterprises in automotive, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and more use Syrenis to run multi-brand, multi-jurisdiction preference programs from a single source of truth.

“Most marketing leaders can’t say with confidence which customer data they’re cleared to use, and that uncertainty costs them growth,” said Adam Binks, CEO of Syrenis. “We’ve built the Syrenis Platform around solving that one problem, so every choice a customer makes is captured accurately, honored in every system and ready for the marketing team to act on. We believe being named a Niche Player reflects that focus, and it’s where we’ll keep investing.”

Syrenis expanded into North America in 2026 with a dedicated U.S. go-to-market team in Atlanta, serving enterprises managing consent across multiple brands and jurisdictions.

To read a complimentary copy of the report, visit syrenis.com/gartner-mq-privacy-ux.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Privacy UX, Shadrock Roberts, Stefan Dumitrescu, Bernard Woo, 6 October 2026.

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About Syrenis

Syrenis is an enterprise consent and preference management platform, built for depth. Rather than spreading across every corner of privacy, Syrenis focuses on the part individuals actually experience: their consent, their preferences and their privacy rights.

Designed for complex, regulated global environments, the Syrenis Platform orchestrates consent, preferences and privacy rights across brands, jurisdictions and tech stacks in real time. It gives privacy, marketing and IT teams an auditable, scalable and customizable foundation they can trust, and gives privacy leaders the control and visibility to turn compliance into a driver of growth.

Syrenis believes privacy can be an engine for growth: a foundation for better buying journeys, lasting customer trust and loyalty. Today Syrenis manages almost 2 billion data records worldwide and works with some of the most complex, highly regulated enterprises in the Fortune 500. The company is headquartered in Daresbury, U.K., with a US office in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information, visit www.syrenis.com.

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The Continuous Inkjet Printer and UV Laser Marking Machine Manufacturer Behind 70,000+ Global Installations Invites Food, Beverage, and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to See Both Systems Run at Production Speed at Booth LU-8931, Chicago, October 18–21

CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LEAD TECH is bringing a conveyor belt to Pack Expo International 2026. At Booth LU-8931, McCormick Place, Chicago, October 18–21, the company will run its Continuous Inkjet Printer and integrated UV Laser Marking Machine on a live packaging line built to match actual factory floor conditions.

Not a Booth. A Working Line.

The centerpiece is LEAD TECH’s integrated UV laser marking machine, mounted directly above a moving conveyor. Products travel along the belt while the laser marks each one in real time, at the same pace a production line runs. The integrated design puts the laser unit, controller, and power supply in one compact body, which makes it straightforward to add to an existing production line without extra wiring or external hardware.

For buyers evaluating coding equipment, watching a machine work under moving production conditions gives a much clearer picture of what to expect than a static display. The conveyor at LU-8931 is built to give buyers exactly that read on both systems before they make any purchasing decision.

What’s Running at Booth LU-8931

Both systems will be operating throughout the four days:

Integrated UV Laser Marking Machine mounted on a live conveyor, marking date codes, batch codes, and traceability information on packaging materials at production speed. Available in 5W and 10W configurations, it handles pharmaceutical packaging, food flexible film, PVC tubing, and electronic components with no consumables or ink required.

i9 Series Continuous Inkjet Printers in standard, micro-character, and ultra-high-speed configurations, covering date coding, batch coding, barcode and QR code printing across PET plastic, glass, metal cans, flexible film, cable, and more.

Application engineers are on the floor for the full four days for live substrate testing and line-speed consultations.

The Number That Matters

LEAD TECH has 70,000 coding machines running on production floors across five continents. That number comes from decisions made by close to 3,000 manufacturers over fifteen years, among them Nestlé, Huawei, Dole, and Kweichow Moutai Group.

One figure that tends to come up when the company talks to new buyers: in 2020, 86 LEAD TECH batch coding machines went into a major export facility in the Philippines. Five years later, not one has needed a service call. For a plant manager weighing a long-term equipment commitment, that record carries more weight than a product brochure.

The engineering team behind that installation is the same team that built the UV laser system running on the conveyor at LU-8931.

“We set up the conveyor because we want buyers to see the machine doing its job, not standing next to it,” said Mr. Cauf, General Manager of LEAD TECH. “If someone walks up and asks whether this works at their line speed, we want to show them, not tell them.”

See It in Person

Pack Expo International 2026 runs October 18 to 21 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. LEAD TECH is at Booth LU-8931 for all four days, open for live demonstrations, application discussions, and distributor inquiries. To arrange a booth visit or consultation in advance, contact the team directly at lt@leadtech.ltd.

About LEAD TECH (Zhuhai) Electronic Co., Ltd.

Founded in 2011 and based in Zhuhai, China, LEAD TECH is an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer of continuous inkjet printers (CIJ), laser marking machines, and piezo inkjet printers for industrial coding and marking. With 20+ patents including a U.S. patent, 80+ distributors globally, and 70,000+ printers installed across food and beverage, pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics, and cable industries, LEAD TECH is committed to making industrial coding simpler, friendlier, and smarter. Visit www.leadtech.ltd to learn more.

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