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Our Story
2000
Great oaks from little acorns grow…
It was during a trip to Rodrigues Island that DSI’s founder (Frédéric Villain) realised the precious nature of water. Accustomed to the hustle and bustle of Boston, where he lived, he discovered a place where time stands still, and where only the essentials truly matter. Faced with a lack of drinking water in the middle of the Indian Ocean, it was a meeting with some women catching octopuses, happily doing their job in the heat, but without being able to drink whenever they wanted, that the climate emergency became very clear to him. Their lives were intrinsically linked to water, whilst in Boston, concerns were focused on the future of technology. This contrast marked out the path of Demand Side Instruments: Protecting the resource forever. Offering technology which saves time and opens our eyes to the most critical issues: making the earth a fair place to live for everyone.
2013
Demand Side Instruments founded
In the early days, it was a research unit with 2 people in a 45m2 office. We quickly received Innovative Young Company (Jeune Entreprise Innovante) status..
2014
The first award
Demand Side Instruments received the BPI National Contest Grand Prize for its first smart valve, an award-winning achievement! An office was created on Réunion in the same year, a place where anything is possible.
2015
Testing
The first business angel supported us and contributed seed funding. Research was key this year, we tested and approved Demand Side solutions.
2016
La reconnaissance
We won the Initiative Green Tech contest run by the French Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, which aims to support technology companies with a positive impact on the environment.
Our solutions were also deployed for the first time on Réunion in sugar cane plantations.
2017
Structuring
We created the AstérIoT and AmarIoT subsidiaries, which aim to develop and market our innovations in Housing and Industry, to be able to return our focus to our research area, Farming. Each entity was brought together within a single structure : FFV innovations.
2019
1st Investment Round
Gedia – our historic partner – invested in Demand Side Instruments to support our growth and innovation.
2021
Our applications launch
AliaTerra, our Farming Weather application, was created to make farmers’ lives even easier.
We appeared in the map created by France Digitale and Bpifrance Le Hub as an impactful start-up in the Environment, Biodiversity & Climate, Resource management category.
Notre Histoire
2000
Great oaks from little acorns grow…
It was during a trip to Rodrigues Island that DSI’s founder (Frédéric Villain) realised the precious nature of water. Accustomed to the hustle and bustle of Boston, where he lived, he discovered a place where time stands still, and where only the essentials truly matter. Faced with a lack of drinking water in the middle of the Indian Ocean, it was a meeting with some women catching octopuses, happily doing their job in the heat, but without being able to drink whenever they wanted, that the climate emergency became very clear to him. Their lives were intrinsically linked to water, whilst in Boston, concerns were focused on the future of technology. This contrast marked out the path of Demand Side Instruments: Protecting the resource forever. Offering technology which saves time and opens our eyes to the most critical issues: making the earth a fair place to live for everyone.
2013
Demand Side Instruments founded
In the early days, it was a research unit with 2 people in a 45m2 office. We quickly received Innovative Young Company (Jeune Entreprise Innovante) status.
2014
The first award
Demand Side Instruments received the BPI National Contest Grand Prize for its first smart valve, an award-winning achievement! An office was created on Réunion in the same year, a place where anything is possible.
2015
Testing
The first business angel supported us and contributed seed funding. Research was key this year, we tested and approved Demand Side solutions.
2016
Recognition
We won the Initiative Green Tech contest run by the French Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, which aims to support technology companies with a positive impact on the environment.
Our solutions were also deployed for the first time on Réunion in sugar cane plantations.
2017
Structuring
We created the AstérIoT and AmarIoT subsidiaries, which aim to develop and market our innovations in Housing and Industry, to be able to return our focus to our research area, Farming. Each entity was brought together within a single structure : FFV innovations.
2019
1st Investment Round
Gedia – our historic partner – invested in Demand Side Instruments to support our growth and innovation.
2021
Our applications launch
AliaTerra, our Farming Weather application, was created to make farmers’ lives even easier.
We appeared in the map created by France Digitale and Bpifrance Le Hub as an impactful start-up in the Environment, Biodiversity & Climate, Resource management category.
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About us
CEO, CTO, engineers, embedded system developers, cloud developers, web and mobile developers, product managers, technicians, communications officers, graphic designers, HR, accountant, CFO, buyer, sociologists, trainees and interns… Together we will be the change we want to see in the world. At our level, we strive to protect natural resources – and we’re proud of it !
We are keen to meet you and eager to learn what motivates you. Whether you’re an engineer, technician, communications officer, salesperson or artist, there might be a place for you at Demand Side Instruments.
We also regularly host trainees and interns. Try your luck with our teams 😉
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