Smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks announced on Wednesday that it plans to acquire startup Detectent, which has developed data analytics…
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Copenhagen to get smart street lighting via Silver Spring, Citelum
The awesome city that is Copenhagen is getting some next-gen smart street lighting tech. According to an announcement, smart grid company Silver…
Read More5 things Google Ventures guy Rich Miner looks for in startups
Rich Miner is famous for co-creating Android, the mobile OS powerhouse, and now helps head up Google Ventures portfolio. What does he look for in a cool startup?…
Read MoreSilver Spring Networks closes its first quarter as a public company
Smart grid company Silver Spring Networks held its first earnings call as a public company on Wednesday, and delivered a flat quarter. It's a hard knock life in the hardware biz.…
Read MoreMascoma finally realizes going public is not a good idea
A startup hoping to make cellulosic ethanol finally pulls its IPO plans after a year and a half. The real question is why did it ever file to go public?…
Read MoreSilver Spring targets Asia’s smart grids with Singapore deal
Silver Spring Networks has scored a deal with a Singapore utility as its first win in Asia. The company hopes other utilities in Asia will follow, given the region is supposed to have significant growth coming.…
Read More5 reasons why a successful Silver Spring IPO is important
Smart grid company Silver Spring Networks held a relatively successful IPO on Wednesday. Here's 5 reasons why I think that was important for the smart grid, and for cleantech.…
Read MoreSilver Spring Networks’ stock jumps up close to 30% in debut
Smart grid company Silver Spring Networks saw its shares soar almost 30 percent in morning trading on its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock is settling around $21 per share, up from a pricing of $17 per share.…
Read MoreSilver Spring Networks prices boosted IPO, raises $81M
Silver Spring Networks prices its IPO at the midpoint of its planned range, but ends up selling a million more shares, leading the company to raise $81 million. The smart grid company debuts on the New York Stock Exchange today under the symbol SSNI.…
Read MoreSilver Spring Networks IPO expected on Wednesday
Silver Spring Network's IPO could be as early as Wednesday (yep tomorrow). It's been a year and a half since Silver Spring first filed to go public.…
Read MoreSilver Spring finally sets terms for its long awaited IPO, raising $63M
Smart grid company Silver Spring Networks has finally set the terms for its IPO a year a half after it originally filed. But the company could raise $63 million, which is less than half of what it originally planned.…
Read MoreIt’s still on: Silver Spring Networks could finally go public within a month
In contrast to an analyst report this week, I've heard that Silver Spring Network's IPO plans are still on and that the company could go public within the next four weeks.…
Read MoreHow to keep innovation alive in the smart grid
Keeping the innovation ecosystem alive in the smart grid will depend on the big players like Silver Spring taking an active role working with startups.…
Read MoreIntroducing a big data prediction engine for the power grid
AutoGrid, a startup that's developed a big data analytics engine for energy, officially launched on Monday and unveiled its first product, and its first two customers. Picture if you took Netflix or Amazon's recommendation engines and used them for utilities' energy data.…
Read MoreWhy Tendril may (finally) be positioned for growth
Despite layoffs and business model changes, Smart Grid News' Jesse Berst thinks home energy startup Tendril is in a good position for growth.…
Read MoreTo Kleiner Perkins’ web woes, add greentech
Is it the end of an era for the former rock star venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and did greentech play a large part in that fall from grace?…
Read MoreSilver Spring embraces cloud, software-as-a-service for smart grid
Silver Spring Networks is beefing up its energy data software services for utilities by focusing on real time access via software-as-a-service and the cloud.…
Read MoreSmart grid VC funding has been “extremely weak”
Investments by venture capitalists into smart grid companies -- or firms that are adding digital intelligence to the power grid -- has remained "extremely weak" over at least the last three quarters, according to research firm the Mercom Capital Group.…
Read MoreSilver Spring Networks still chugging along
Despite that smart grid network company Silver Spring Networks has yet to go public, the company is chugging along and had a pretty good quarter, according to the latest amendment to its S-1.…
Read MoreThe next hot smart grid market: Brazil
With its booming economy, growing middle class and investments in city infrastructure, Brazil is looking to be the next hot market for smart grid development.…
Read MoreUtilities embrace Green Button energy data project
Nine more utilities, and three large energy vendors, announced support on Thursday for the Green Button project, which enables utility customers to download their energy consumption data with a click of a button and also use that data for energy-saving apps.…
Read MoreSilver Spring raises $30M from Hitachi
While smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks announced last week that it had partnered with Japanese giant Hitachi, more details of the financial deal are now public. According to a filing, Silver Spring has raised $30 million in an option and debt from Hitachi.…
Read MoreSilver Spring triples revenues, while waiting for IPO
While smart grid networking firm Silver Spring Networks has been waiting over half a year for an IPO, the company managed to more than triple its revenues in 2011, according to its latest amended S-1 filing.…
Read MoreHitachi & Silver Spring link up over smart grid
Japanese giant Hitachi and Valley smart grid network provider Silver Spring Networks are teaming up over product development as well as a potential investment.…
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