Dryad Networks
Dryad Networks offers ultra-early wildfire detection and forest health monitoring using solar-powered IoT gas sensors, helping prevent wildfires, reduce CO₂ emissions, and protect biodiversity on a large scale.
About Dryad Networks
Founded in 2020, Dryad is an environmental IoT startup based in the Berlin-Brandenburg region with a mission to protect the world’s largest and most remote forests through technology. Dryad is developing a large-scale IoT network that enables public and private forest owners to monitor, analyze, and protect forest ecosystems, with an initial focus on the ultra-early detection of wildfires. Using solar-powered gas sensors deployed across a scalable IoT sensor network, Dryad also provides forest health and growth monitoring. By preventing uncontrolled wildfires which account for up to 20% of global CO₂ emissions Dryad aims to significantly reduce environmental damage and protect biodiversity.



