tado° Raises Funds to Fuel Global Expansion

Need another signal that companies involved in developing the Internet of Everything are hot? The Munich based smart thermostat company tado° has closed a new round of financing, raising $13.6 million  from current backers Target Partners, Shortcut Ventures and other investors.

tado° is the European market leader in intelligent climate control for consumers. The tado° products enable households to save significantly on energy costs while also reaching a higher level of comfort. Heating or AC systems with tado° automatically adjust to users’ needs with a geo-aware app for presence detection. The tado° smartphone app automatically recognizes when residents are leaving or approaching home and sets the temperature accordingly. Additionally, weather forecasts, housing characteristics and smart algorithms complete tado°’s control strategy, which can achieve up to 31% in energy savings.
 
“With this new investment we plan to expand sales of our products to all major European countries and to continue building a global brand. We are very proud of having a great group of investors on board and we appreciate their trust in our company. Target Partners and Shortcut Ventures have made very valuable contributions to help build our company over the last few years,” says Christian Deilmann, founder and CEO of tado°.

“Building a fully scalable Internet of Things technology platform and at the same time developing control interfaces for over 5,000 different types of heating systems has been a challenge over the last three years. We are proud of what we have achieved with our team and we are fully committed to creating great products and cutting-edge technology. The new investment will further strengthen our position and allow us to maintain the huge technological head start we have gained in covering Europe’s varying heating landscape.” says Johannes Schwarz, founder and CTO of tado°. The company employs 40 people, two thirds of whom are software developers.

The first product, tado° Heating, was launched in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in November 2012. One year later the company entered the UK market and this was followed by a worldwide launch of the new tado° Cooling product for air conditioning. Currently tado° products are available through retail partners, utility companies and on tado.com.