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AlertMe Raises £8M for Home Energy Management

The Cambridge, U.K.-based startup is seeking to bring its energy management devices into homes as an add-on to its home security systems – a strategy shared by others in the field.

Smart Grid

  • GridPoint Gets $120M, Buys V2Green

    The "smart grid" technology company closes its largest funding yet and acquires another company in the race to ready the power grid for plug-in vehicles.

    Grid

    Jeff St. John September 23, 2008
  • Funding Roundup: Investors Bet on Geothermal, Smart Grid and 'Green' Home Design

    Several greentech investment firms, including one started by a former World Bank boss, are raising funds.

    Grid

    Ucilia Wang August 25, 2008
  • Smart Grid Sales on the Rise

    Analysts say the future looks bright for smart-grid companies after RuggedCom and EnerNOC beat earnings expectations this week.

    Grid

    Jennifer Kho August 8, 2008
  • Earnings Roundup: Making a Profit Proves Tough

    A series of companies – including an ethanol producer, an electric-grid-technology developer and a materials provider – release quarterly results showing losses rather than profits.

    Grid

    Ucilia Wang August 5, 2008
  • A123 Batteries to Help Stabilize Electric Grid

    The Massachusettes-based battery startup says utilities have signed up to use its lithium-ion batteries to reduce fluctuations on the grid.

    Grid

    Jennifer Kho June 25, 2008
  • Giving the Grid a Brain

    Optimal Technologies launches a smart-grid system to help utilities boost energy capacity and find the best places for new power sources. The company, which raised $25 million in October, might seek up to $100 million next year.

    Grid

    Rachel Barron May 20, 2008
  • Energy-Management Buying Spree Continues

    Smart-grid company BPL, which bought Serveron earlier this month, has announced plans to acquire Connected Energy.

    Grid

    Rachel Barron January 24, 2008
  • Good News Expected for Energy Management

    Analysts are betting energy-management companies will pull in healthy quarterly earnings. Thursday, they will start of proving whether they are right.

    Grid

    Rachel Barron November 1, 2007
  • GridPoint Raises $32M, With More to Come

    Two energy-management companies score cash, showing interest in the once-slow sector is still going strong. Are more fundings waiting in the wings?

    Grid

    Rachel Barron September 13, 2007
  • Making Electric Vehicles More Grid-Friendly

    Tesla Motors and PG&E announce a partnership that could reduce electricity prices for electric-car owners and spur more renewable energy.

    Smart Grid

    Jennifer Kho September 12, 2007
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