eMeter
San Mateo, Calif.
As smart meters pop up in millions of homes and businesses, utilities have to be ready to handle a flood of digital data. To help, eMeter offers a sort of rosetta stone: software that links some 20 million next-gen meters, helping them talk with utilities' often decades-old billing, operating, and maintenance systems.
Key investors: Foundation Capital, DBL Investors. Siemens
