Enlighted Secures $25M in Series D


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What does Enlighted do?

Enlighted, is the leading provider of Internet of Things solutions for the commercial buildings. The company is bringing commercial real estate into the IoT. It is designed provide more control over the buildings that you manage, improve the efficiency and make you smarter about virtually everything in the commercial spaces. The company converts the abstract IoT into something tangible. The company’s aim is helping its customers in reaching long range sustainability goals while saving money and improving efficiency.

How much Enlighted was funded?

Enlighted raised $25M in Series D on February 29, 2016 from Draper Nexus Ventures, RockPort Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Tao Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Previous funding

  • $225k on July 31, 2009
  • Undisclosed on $1.4M from October 15, 2010
  • $14M in undisclosed round on October 4, 2011 from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Intel Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • $20M in Series C on April 18, 2013 from Intel Capital, RockPort Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Draper Nexus Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
  • $20M in Series D on August 20, 2014 from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Intel Capital, Draper Nexus Ventures, RockPort Capita and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

What is next for Enlighted?

The company plans to use the funding for accelerating its IoT app development and expanding international distribution to Germany, France and the United Kingdom. The company is laying emphasis on the engineering of IoT apps.

More about 

The company was founded in 2009 by Tanuj Mohan and Premal Ashar. It has its headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.  The company uses its first class sensor and analytics platform and provides smart energy solutions for commercial buildings. Their technology lowers the costs and improves the workspace comfort and efficiency of the people who work in them. The company’s solutions go beyond theory. Consumers can save millions in energy costs up to 70% in some cases; while making smarter business decisions based on the actionable data they provide. To date their sensors have been installed in more than 70K square feet and are deployed in Fortune 1000 companies such as Oracle and AT&T.