GridPoint = My Next Adventure
I am excited to tell you about GridPoint, the company I will join in January as VP of Engineering. GridPoint was founded in 2003 to help the electric industry manage renewable energy sources and increase energy efficiency in homes and businesses. Today, they are focused on products that help electric utilities build and manage the “smart grid”. The smart grid is the next-gen electric grid that can be managed as a network of intelligent devices. GridPoint’s products will help electric utilities and consumers cut energy costs and reduce the environmental impact of producing energy. They have an honorable mission that I will be proud to embrace.
It is no secret that clean tech companies are hot with investors now. GridPoint is no exception. They have raised over $80MM in investments. $48MM of it was raised in October. They have won a number of awards as well. Here are links to some of them:
World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers 2008
AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies for 2007
GridPoint has been nominated for a TechCrunch award for best clean tech startup of 2007. Public voting started yesterday. Vote here http://vote.crunchies.techcrunch.com/
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