Sometimes, people still introduce us like this:
“Oh, Favoriot? That IoT startup from Malaysia, right?”
And I pause for a second.
Yes, we were.
But are we still?
Let me rewind a bit.
Back in 2017, when we launched Favoriot, it was exactly that — a startup.
A handful of us.
One platform.
A dream to make IoT more accessible, especially for Southeast Asia.
Everything was lean, experimental, unpredictable.
Sometimes the server was more fragile than our optimism.
We pitched, we demoed, we chased leads — and celebrated every small win like it was a moon landing.
But today?
We’re in a different phase.
What Changed?
We’ve got paying customers.
Real ones.
Not just POCs or demos — but full deployments across smart cities, smart agriculture, education, and industry.
We’ve entered partnerships in Indonesia, the Philippines, Canada, India — and we’re not stopping there.
Our platform?
It’s no longer a prototype we hope works when someone opens their laptop.
It’s stable, scalable, and trusted by universities, enterprises, and city councils.
We even built Favoriot Academy — an education arm training hundreds (soon, thousands) of IoT-ready talents.
So, here’s the honest question I asked myself:
“Are we still a startup if we’re already delivering impact at scale?”
What We’ve Outgrown
The “startup” label carries a certain image.
You’re small. You’re scrappy. You’re still figuring things out.
But some things at Favoriot are no longer up for debate:
We know what we do best. We know who we serve. We know what pain points we solve.
We’re not constantly pivoting.
We’re focused on scaling what already works.
What We Still Keep
That said — we haven’t gone corporate.
We’re still fast.
We’re still experimenting.
We still believe in bold ideas and building things that matter.
We don’t have a long chain of decision-making.
You’ll still find me answering messages at odd hours, jumping into customer calls, and reviewing platform feedback with the team.
And we still have that fire — the same one we had when we first started.
So maybe we’re not a startup anymore…
But we’re not slowing down either.
So What Are We Now?
Some call this stage a scale-up.
Some say we’re an emerging tech company.
Others might call us a maturing platform player.
Me?
I say we’re still building.
Still growing.
Still proving that a Malaysian-born IoT platform can stand tall — and go global.
If you’re looking to partner with a company that’s lean enough to care but strong enough to deliver — we might be the right fit.
Not a startup.
Not a giant.
Just real people building real tech — one IoT solution at a time.
Let’s build the future together.
Dr. Mazlan Abbas 