Microsoft and American Family Insurance backing HA startups

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1. Chai Energy: Delivers real-time energy understanding—from the whole house to individual appliances.

 

2. Heatwork: The first fully electronic, connected, water heater that conserves water and energy in any application.

 

 

3. Neura: A platform that provides intelligent experiences between users and their connected environments with devices that gain contextual awareness and adaptive learning.

 

4. Novi Security: Portable smart-security system to seamlessly track activities across the home.

 

5. Reemo: A wrist-worn, gesture control wearable, interoperable interface for both conventional appliances and more recent connected homes.

 

6. Plum: WiFi enabled light-pads, smart plugs and outlets that let the users control lights and electronics from a wall switch or from anywhere in the world using a smartphone.

 

7. Red Balloon Security: Host-based defense for embedded devices.

 

8. Scanalytics: A platform for understanding consumer behavior in the offline world.

 

9. Sentri: An HD camera with built-in sensors that track a home's vital stats and trends, allowing users to track temperature, humidity, air quality, weather and more.

 

10. Wallflowr: Connected home technology that helps consumers prevent and significantly reduce risks related to accidental fires caused by ranges, stoves and ovens. -

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