Axonize, an Israeli start-up now headquartered in Bonn, Germany, is one of several start-ups addressing the fast-expanding field of IoT software development platforms – designed to ease and accelerate application development. Founded in 2016 with $7.8mn funding raised so far, it has been faster off the blocks than some of its competitors partly because it arrived at the right time, when demand for IoT development services was ramping up, while rivals had struggled earlier to gain traction. The firm’s ability to get smaller projects that demonstrate ROI up and running quickly has helped amass an impressive range of big-name customers in a short time, with Singaporean telco SingTel and Australia’s Optus latest to sign up in November 2018. They join…