Powerhouse Dynamics Raises $6M in Series B Funding

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Funds will enable company to ramp sales of its market leading SiteSage™ Enterprise Energy & Asset Management System

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 20, 2014–

Powerhouse Dynamics announced that it has raised $6 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Point Judith Capital and Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV). Existing investors, including SOSVentures and Vision Ridge Capital, also participated. The funding will be used to help ramp sales and accelerate the execution of the company’s comprehensive product roadmap.

Powerhouse Dynamics is the developer of the award-winning SiteSage™ enterprise energy and asset management system, designed for multi-site operators of small commercial facilities, such as restaurant, convenience store, and specialty retail chains. SiteSage customers include 6 of the 20 largest global quick service restaurant chains.

Zaid Ashai, partner at Point Judith Capital, said: “We have been very impressed with Powerhouse Dynamics’s approach to leveraging the “Internet of Things” to deliver energy management systems to a market that has historically been underserved and hard to reach with a cost-effective solution.”

Michael Smith, Constellation vice president and head of Constellation Technology Ventures, added: “Multi-site facilities face unique challenges when it comes to managing their energy use. Powerhouse Dynamics offers users an enterprise-level solution without incurring a large, upfront capital expense. We’re pleased with the initial response from customers and see significant potential for continued market growth.”

Constellation Technology Ventures is the venture capital arm of Exelon Corporation. CTV actively invests in early stage companies across the energy technology space with an eye toward commercializing new technologies across the Exelon platform.

SiteSage, formerly known as the eMonitor, is an enterprise-level energy and asset management system that allows customers to centrally control HVAC and other electrical loads with a highly intuitive web interface and mobile apps. It remotely monitors equipment and leverages patented analytics to diagnose performance issues and identify savings opportunities. SiteSage makes it simple to benchmark energy usage and equipment performance across facilities, allowing multi-location companies to identify and share best practices. The system was designed specifically for smaller facilities so, despite its sophistication, it features low cost, easy installation, simple operation, and minimum imposition on staff time.

“Adding investors of the caliber of Point Judith Capital and Constellation Technology Ventures is a great testament to what we have been able to accomplish in the market, and further evidence of the growing awareness of the importance of managing energy at smaller facilities,” said Martin Flusberg, Powerhouse Dynamics CEO. “Both of these companies will play integral roles in helping us drive the company forward. The funding will enable us to leverage the terrific momentum we have been experiencing, allowing us to scale much more quickly.”

About Powerhouse Dynamics
Powerhouse Dynamics is a privately held technology firm focused on using cloud-based controls and analytics to deliver energy and operational efficiencies to its customers. Thousands of locations, including restaurants, convenience stores, retailers, and others, use the SiteSage platform (formerly known as the eMonitor) to save money by centralizing control, analysis, and management of energy-consuming equipment. Engineered specifically for smaller facilities, SiteSage features powerful analytics delivered via simple online and mobile interfaces. The system continuously improves efficiency by controlling major loads, monitoring power consumption and performance of individual pieces of equipment, and tracking gas and water usage. Advanced analytics deliver actionable intelligence via diagnostics and alerts, and SiteSage’s enterprise-wide benchmarking helps identify stars and underperforming assets. To learn more about how Powerhouse Dynamics’ customers maximize energy and equipment maintenance savings with minimal staff effort, visit www.powerhousedynamics.com.

About Point Judith Capital
Point Judith Capital is a leading early stage venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm focuses on investments in software and technology-enabled service companies. They have constructed the firm and their team around the strategy of building market leading companies with innovative founders and serial entrepreneurs. By taking an active approach to investing, the firm strives to build collaborative relationships with portfolio company management. The firm and its partners have backed market leading companies such as Nest (acquired by Google), Fidelis Security Systems (acquired by General Dynamics), Nexamp, and GetWellNetwork (acquired by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe).

About Constellation
The Constellation family of retail electricity and natural gas suppliers (www.constellation.com) are subsidiaries of Exelon Corp. and are leading competitive retail suppliers of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses across the continental United States. Constellation’s retail businesses serve more than 100,000 business and public sector customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100, and nearly one million residential customers.

Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9 billion. Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon has operations and business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the largest competitive U.S. power generators, with approximately 35,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to more than 6.6 million customers in central Maryland (BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).

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