Tendril Raises $25M for Utility-Home Energy Software
Jeff St. John: May 7, 2012
The Boulder, Colo.-based startup says some big utility customers are finally moving from pilot projects to larger deployments.
The Boulder, Colo.-based startup says some big utility customers are finally moving from pilot projects to larger deployments.
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The IPO candidate launches a 1,000-home pilot in Sao Paulo. There’s a lot of competition for Brazil’s future 65-million smart meter market.
Interoperability tests show that “smart objects” like smart meters and grid gear can talk IP to one another.
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The big smart meter maker is now networking LED streetlights in Chattanooga, and wants to expand to other cities and utilities.
VC investment into smart grid continues its multi-year slide as stimulus boost fades, while M&A surges to half a billion dollars.
One-third of all utilities have “too many barriers to change.”
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