Founded in 2009, Tenrehte Technologies is a privately-held company that designs and delivers wireless products for the energy efficiency market. The company's patent pending PICOwatt product line enables energy consumers to take a more active role in the smart grid, eliminate wasted energy costs, and reduce their carbon footprint. The PICOwatt Smart Plug has received international recognition, winning the 2010 Best of CES Green Product Award, as well as being featured in the New York Times, Popular Science Magazine, Treehugger.com, and BusinessWeek.
Tenrehte's first product, the PICOwatt Smart Plug is in customers' hands and the company is booking orders for trial production, pilot production and production devices. Tenrehte's pipeline of initial customers, includes some of the largest consumer and electronics retailers in the U.S.
The company's three co-founders all have valuable prior startup experience including a fabless semiconductor company. Tenrehte is seeking $400,000 to fund initial production, product certification and sales validation with initial customers.