Ube Lands $380,000 in Pre-Orders – Control Lighting with Your Phone
Ube allows people to control and monitor their electricity with their smartphone from anywhere in the world. Their line of Wi-Fi enabled Smart Dimmers, Smart Plugs and Smart Outlets makes lighting and appliance control easy and affordable.
Since launching in March, they’ve brought in $380,000 in pre-orders, selling over 5,000 smart power units to savvy homeowners and businesses across the country.
Ube has been hailed as a million-dollar idea by Connected World, and called "brilliant" by outlets such as TechCrunch, VentureBeat and GigaOm. The revolutionary light system also received the 2012 Demo Startup People’s Choice Award.