Redwood Systems gets $4M for commercial building LEDs

Redwood Systems, a Danville, Calif.-based firm that wants to help businesses conserve energy by converting to LED lighting, has raised $4 million in first round funding, according to PEHub.

While compact fluorescent lightbulbs (or CFLs, as they’re more commonly known) are a major improvement over incandescents,… Continue Reading

Luminus Devices raises $72M for LED manufacturing

In a sign of the maturation of the LED market, Luminus Devices has taken a meaty $72 million round to manufacture lights for a number of new consumer and commercial markets.

Luminus has made LEDs –which some say will be soon dominate lighting — for the… Continue Reading