Smart water dispensers with functional flavors for office and workplace consumption
Aquablu manufactures IoT-enabled water dispensers (REFILL+) that deliver flavored, vitamin-enriched water without single-use plastic. The tech stack is hardware-centric—C/C++ firmware, STM32 microcontrollers, JTAG debugging, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity—paired with enterprise ERPs (NetSuite, SAP Business One, Odoo) and sales tools (HubSpot, Gong). Active hiring across engineering, ops, and manufacturing, combined with projects around electrical systems, PCB design, and QA automation, reflects a company scaling from prototype to production. Pain points cluster around quality systems, partner network buildout, and field non-conformities—typical friction for a hardware startup moving from pilot to enterprise deployments.
Aquablu, founded in 2018 and based in Amsterdam, builds smart water dispensers marketed toward offices and workplaces seeking plastic-free hydration. The REFILL+ dispenser dispenses still, sparkling, and chilled water with added vitamins and minerals via tablet or flavor cartridge refills. The company operates across hardware engineering, manufacturing, sales, and operations with 51–200 employees. Current scaling efforts focus on quality management systems, channel partnerships, and geographic expansion into France and the Netherlands.
Firmware in C/C++ running on STM32 microcontrollers, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity (I2C, UART for peripheral communication). Cloud and backend leverage HubSpot, NetSuite, and SAP Business One for operations and sales.
Primarily Netherlands and France. The company is based in Amsterdam and actively recruiting across both countries.
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