OUR OBJECTIVE
To build the planet's Water Operating System
The critical infrastructure of the coming years: it is Water.
Pumps, valves, pivots, weather stations, sensors: thousands of devices monitor irrigation networks every day.
But their data remains scattered, with no real visibility.
As a result: massive water losses, inefficient irrigation, and billions of euros in lost value each year.
Telaqua was created to solve this problem.
OUR HISTORY
2018
The beginning: connecting water
Telaqua was founded in 2018 in Aix-en-Provence by Sébastien Demech, Nicolas Cavalier, and Nicolas Carvallo with a simple idea: to connect irrigation networks to better understand water usage.
The first solution combines IoT sensors and software platform, allowing farmers to monitor pressure, flow, and irrigation remotely via the IrrigEasy app.
From the outset, the founders know that the opportunity is much greater. They are not just building a tool; they are building the future digital infrastructure for agricultural water.
2019–2021
From farms to networks
The first deployments connect farms in Europe, South America, and Africa.
Each installation generates something the industry has never had before: operational data on actual irrigation networks.
Pressure dynamics
Hydraulic anomalies
Water and energy consumption
Irrigation behaviors.
The more networks connect, the more the platform begins to understand how water works in the real world.
This database quickly becomes Telaqua's strategic asset.
2022
The fundraising that accelerates the vision
In 2022, Telaqua raised €4 million to accelerate its development and strengthen its R&D.
The funding round included:
Demeter Investment Managers
Banque des Territoires
CMA CGM, a global leader in maritime logistics.
This funding allows for the acceleration of the platform's internationalization and the launch of advanced work on hydraulic modeling and artificial intelligence.
It is during this period that Telaqua's key technology is born:
the Water Twin. A digital twin capable of modeling the actual operation of an irrigation network.
2023
International deployment
Telaqua continues its international expansion, particularly in West Africa, where water management becomes a major issue for food security.
Each new connected network enriches the model.
The platform no longer just observes irrigation; it begins to understand the overall functioning of hydraulic systems.
2024
The strategic pivot: becoming the universal platform
In 2024, Telaqua makes a structural decision:
to abandon sensor manufacturing to focus on its greatest added value: becoming a universal software platform.
Instead of imposing proprietary hardware, Telaqua becomes agnostic and compatible with all market equipment.
This pivot transforms the startup into an open digital infrastructure for global irrigation. Now, the platform can connect any hardware (sensor, pump, valve, ...) from any manufacturer.
A neutral software layer finally emerges in the industry.
2025
The era of water data
With deployments in over 10 countries and thousands of connected devices, Telaqua begins to build one of the richest databases in the world on agricultural hydraulic networks.
Irrigation networks become observable as living systems with over 400,000 hours of scheduled irrigation per month.
2026
The launch of the Water Operating System
Telaqua officially launches the Water Operating System (Water OS).
More than just software, the Water OS is the digital brain of irrigation networks. Thanks to the Water OS, the system can:
rebuild hydraulic networks in real-time
automatically detect anomalies
predict failures
dynamically optimize irrigation.
For operators and industries, this means an immediate reduction in operational costs of 15 to 20% from the first season, thanks to the optimization of water, energy, and maintenance.
But the impact goes further: the Water OS also enables complete traceability of water usage, meeting the growing demands of large corporations and states regarding ESG reporting, water sovereignty, and food security.
Irrigation thus transitions from a manual system to a data-driven predictive infrastructure.
A resource that must no longer be
managed blindly
Telaqua is not just looking to become an AgTech company.
The ambition is to build the global infrastructure for private water data.
By 2030, Telaqua aims to:
+50
Countries
operated
10M
Hectares supervised
+40
Partner manufacturers
500K
Connected devices
500M
m3 of water saved/year
The Water Operating System will become the intelligence layer that allows water networks to operate on a planetary scale. Just as operating systems have structured computing, Telaqua is building the operating system for water. And the global data infrastructure that will enable it to be managed intelligently.
Let's build your future smart hydraulic infrastructures together.
Stop wasting your water.
OUR OBJECTIVE
To build the planet's Water Operating System
The critical infrastructure of the coming years: it is Water.
Pumps, valves, pivots, weather stations, sensors: thousands of devices monitor irrigation networks every day.
But their data remains scattered, with no real visibility.
As a result: massive water losses, inefficient irrigation, and billions of euros in lost value each year.
Telaqua was created to solve this problem.
OUR HISTORY
2018
The beginning: connecting water
Telaqua was founded in 2018 in Aix-en-Provence by Sébastien Demech, Nicolas Cavalier, and Nicolas Carvallo with a simple idea: to connect irrigation networks to better understand water usage.
The first solution combines IoT sensors and software platform, allowing farmers to monitor pressure, flow, and irrigation remotely via the IrrigEasy app.
From the outset, the founders know that the opportunity is much greater. They are not just building a tool; they are building the future digital infrastructure for agricultural water.
2019–2021
From farms to networks
The first deployments connect farms in Europe, South America, and Africa.
Each installation generates something the industry has never had before: operational data on actual irrigation networks.
Pressure dynamics
Hydraulic anomalies
Water and energy consumption
Irrigation behaviors.
The more networks connect, the more the platform begins to understand how water works in the real world.
This database quickly becomes Telaqua's strategic asset.
2022
The fundraising that accelerates the vision
In 2022, Telaqua raised €4 million to accelerate its development and strengthen its R&D.
The funding round included:
Demeter Investment Managers
Banque des Territoires
CMA CGM, a global leader in maritime logistics.
This funding allows for the acceleration of the platform's internationalization and the launch of advanced work on hydraulic modeling and artificial intelligence.
It is during this period that Telaqua's key technology is born:
the Water Twin. A digital twin capable of modeling the actual operation of an irrigation network.
2023
International deployment
Telaqua continues its international expansion, particularly in West Africa, where water management becomes a major issue for food security.
Each new connected network enriches the model.
The platform no longer just observes irrigation; it begins to understand the overall functioning of hydraulic systems.
2024
The strategic pivot: becoming the universal platform
In 2024, Telaqua makes a structural decision:
to abandon sensor manufacturing to focus on its greatest added value: becoming a universal software platform.
Instead of imposing proprietary hardware, Telaqua becomes agnostic and compatible with all market equipment.
This pivot transforms the startup into an open digital infrastructure for global irrigation. Now, the platform can connect any hardware (sensor, pump, valve, ...) from any manufacturer.
A neutral software layer finally emerges in the industry.
2025
The era of water data
With deployments in over 10 countries and thousands of connected devices, Telaqua begins to build one of the richest databases in the world on agricultural hydraulic networks.
Irrigation networks become observable as living systems with over 400,000 hours of scheduled irrigation per month.
2026
The launch of the Water Operating System
Telaqua officially launches the Water Operating System (Water OS).
More than just software, the Water OS is the digital brain of irrigation networks. Thanks to the Water OS, the system can:
rebuild hydraulic networks in real-time
automatically detect anomalies
predict failures
dynamically optimize irrigation.
For operators and industries, this means an immediate reduction in operational costs of 15 to 20% from the first season, thanks to the optimization of water, energy, and maintenance.
But the impact goes further: the Water OS also enables complete traceability of water usage, meeting the growing demands of large corporations and states regarding ESG reporting, water sovereignty, and food security.
Irrigation thus transitions from a manual system to a data-driven predictive infrastructure.
A resource that must no longer be
managed blindly
Telaqua is not just looking to become an AgTech company.
The ambition is to build the global infrastructure for private water data.
By 2030, Telaqua aims to:
+50
Countries
operated
10M
Hectares supervised
+40
Partner manufacturers
500K
Connected devices
500M
m3 of water saved/year
The Water Operating System will become the intelligence layer that allows water networks to operate on a planetary scale. Just as operating systems have structured computing, Telaqua is building the operating system for water. And the global data infrastructure that will enable it to be managed intelligently.
Let's build your future smart hydraulic infrastructures together.
Stop wasting your water.
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OUR OBJECTIVE
To build the planet's Water Operating System
The critical infrastructure of the coming years: it is Water.
Pumps, valves, pivots, weather stations, sensors: thousands of devices monitor irrigation networks every day.
But their data remains scattered, with no real visibility.
As a result: massive water losses, inefficient irrigation, and billions of euros in lost value each year.
Telaqua was created to solve this problem.
OUR HISTORY
2018
The beginning: connecting water
Telaqua was founded in 2018 in Aix-en-Provence by Sébastien Demech, Nicolas Cavalier, and Nicolas Carvallo with a simple idea: to connect irrigation networks to better understand water usage.
The first solution combines IoT sensors and software platform, allowing farmers to monitor pressure, flow, and irrigation remotely via the IrrigEasy app.
From the outset, the founders know that the opportunity is much greater. They are not just building a tool; they are building the future digital infrastructure for agricultural water.
2019–2021
From farms to networks
The first deployments connect farms in Europe, South America, and Africa.
Each installation generates something the industry has never had before: operational data on actual irrigation networks.
Pressure dynamics
Hydraulic anomalies
Water and energy consumption
Irrigation behaviors.
The more networks connect, the more the platform begins to understand how water works in the real world.
This database quickly becomes Telaqua's strategic asset.
2022
The fundraising that accelerates the vision
In 2022, Telaqua raised €4 million to accelerate its development and strengthen its R&D.
The funding round included:
Demeter Investment Managers
Banque des Territoires
CMA CGM, a global leader in maritime logistics.
This funding allows for the acceleration of the platform's internationalization and the launch of advanced work on hydraulic modeling and artificial intelligence.
It is during this period that Telaqua's key technology is born:
the Water Twin. A digital twin capable of modeling the actual operation of an irrigation network.
2023
International deployment
Telaqua continues its international expansion, particularly in West Africa, where water management becomes a major issue for food security.
Each new connected network enriches the model.
The platform no longer just observes irrigation; it begins to understand the overall functioning of hydraulic systems.
2024
The strategic pivot: becoming the universal platform
In 2024, Telaqua makes a structural decision:
to abandon sensor manufacturing to focus on its greatest added value: becoming a universal software platform.
Instead of imposing proprietary hardware, Telaqua becomes agnostic and compatible with all market equipment.
This pivot transforms the startup into an open digital infrastructure for global irrigation. Now, the platform can connect any hardware (sensor, pump, valve, ...) from any manufacturer.
A neutral software layer finally emerges in the industry.
2025
The era of water data
With deployments in over 10 countries and thousands of connected devices, Telaqua begins to build one of the richest databases in the world on agricultural hydraulic networks.
Irrigation networks become observable as living systems with over 400,000 hours of scheduled irrigation per month.
2026
The launch of the Water Operating System
Telaqua officially launches the Water Operating System (Water OS).
More than just software, the Water OS is the digital brain of irrigation networks. Thanks to the Water OS, the system can:
rebuild hydraulic networks in real-time
automatically detect anomalies
predict failures
dynamically optimize irrigation.
For operators and industries, this means an immediate reduction in operational costs of 15 to 20% from the first season, thanks to the optimization of water, energy, and maintenance.
But the impact goes further: the Water OS also enables complete traceability of water usage, meeting the growing demands of large corporations and states regarding ESG reporting, water sovereignty, and food security.
Irrigation thus transitions from a manual system to a data-driven predictive infrastructure.
The ambition 2030
Telaqua is not just looking to become an AgTech company.
The ambition is to build the global infrastructure for private water data.
By 2030, Telaqua aims to:
+50
Countries
operated
10M
Hectares supervised
+40
Partner manufacturers
500K
Connected devices
500M
m3 of water saved/year
The Water Operating System will become the intelligence layer that allows water networks to operate on a planetary scale. Just as operating systems have structured computing, Telaqua is building the operating system for water. And the global data infrastructure that will enable it to be managed intelligently.
Let's build your future smart hydraulic infrastructures together.
Stop wasting your water.