Emporia
emporiaenergy.com ↗Home energy management platform combining circuit-level energy monitoring, Level 2 EV chargers, smart plugs, and home batteries; integrates with utility demand response and VPP programs to let homes participate in grid services automatically
The interesting angle
Founded 2018 by Shawn McLaughlin, a 25-year energy trading veteran; strategic investors include Honda Motor (June 2024) and Siemens (August 2025); $23.5M revenue by Sept 2025; long-range goal is building the nation's largest VPP by connecting millions of home batteries to balance the grid from the demand side — RMI estimates this approach could cut U.S. grid carbon intensity 70%; already integrated with EnergyHub and Xcel demand response programs
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Snapshot
- Funding
- $16M
- Stage
- Growth
- HQ
- Littleton, CO
- Founded
- 2018
- Target customer
- Homeowner
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