Smart grid investments come hot and heavy — SmartSynch gets another $20M for talkative electrical meters

Smart grid investments come hot and heavy — SmartSynch gets another $20M for talkative electrical meters

Two days ago it was Optimal Technologies with $25 million toward software for electrical grids; today, it’s SmartSynch with $20 million for wirelessly communicating meters. I haven’t gone back and done an official count, but with well over half a dozen large fundings in the past few months, the efficiency-focused smart grid space looks to have emerged as the hot cleantech venture space du jour.

“Smart grid” is a catch-all term for a number of technologies… Continue Reading