33 min
RYSE: Investing in Innovative SmartHome Technology with Trung Pham, CEO & Founder From Funding to Fame
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Our guest today is Trung Pham, CEO & Founder of RYSE, an IOT company that creates smart home devices that motorizes your window shades, controllable by smartphone, where schedules can be set, or integrated via smart home platforms or voice speakers like Google Home or Amazon Alexa.
Since launching in 2015, they are filling the “missing piece in the smart home” having proven product-market fit with $7 million in lifetime revenues and over 40,000 units sold, with their technology featured by TechCrunch, CNET, Fox News, CBS. They've been awarded a $4 million Cleantech Environmental Grant to automate shades in commercial buildings, and were awarded the Mark of Excellence for the 2017 Motorized Product of the Year by the Consumer Technology Associations.
In this episode, we chat with Trung as he discusses the need for technology in a home, the future of green homes, and the realities of founding a startup.
Interested in learning more about RYSE? Check out their campaign page at www.frontfundr.com/ryse.
About FrontFundr
FrontFundr is democratizing the private sector investment model. We empower all Canadians to invest in private companies they believe in while giving entrepreneurs access to the funding they need to grow.
To date, we've built up a community of over 34,000 users, run 100+ successful funding campaigns, and helped businesses raise more than $120 million. For more information, visit www.frontfundr.com.
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Our guest today is Trung Pham, CEO & Founder of RYSE, an IOT company that creates smart home devices that motorizes your window shades, controllable by smartphone, where schedules can be set, or integrated via smart home platforms or voice speakers like Google Home or Amazon Alexa.
Since launching in 2015, they are filling the “missing piece in the smart home” having proven product-market fit with $7 million in lifetime revenues and over 40,000 units sold, with their technology featured by TechCrunch, CNET, Fox News, CBS. They've been awarded a $4 million Cleantech Environmental Grant to automate shades in commercial buildings, and were awarded the Mark of Excellence for the 2017 Motorized Product of the Year by the Consumer Technology Associations.
In this episode, we chat with Trung as he discusses the need for technology in a home, the future of green homes, and the realities of founding a startup.
Interested in learning more about RYSE? Check out their campaign page at www.frontfundr.com/ryse.
About FrontFundr
FrontFundr is democratizing the private sector investment model. We empower all Canadians to invest in private companies they believe in while giving entrepreneurs access to the funding they need to grow.
To date, we've built up a community of over 34,000 users, run 100+ successful funding campaigns, and helped businesses raise more than $120 million. For more information, visit www.frontfundr.com.
Want to stay up to date with everything FrontFundr? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter you'll get a heads-up on upcoming events and information on our campaigns. Click here: http://eepurl.com/ghqqeP.
33 min