Comfy provides a smart building software app that delivers on-demand, personalized comfort and productivity in the workplace based on employee patterns and preferences. The app adjusts building systems to reduce energy wasted conditioning empty spaces. Major clients include Johnson Controls, Infosys and other large companies. Led by CEO Andrew Krioukov, the company is based in Oakland, CA. Comfy closed a $12M venture funding round and plans to use the proceeds to grow its team, add new features and offerings, and expand its international market presence. The company aims to scale its product capabilities and market reach with this capital. Building Robotics offers Comfy, a cloud-based software platform for commercial buildings that lets building managers and occupants adjust temperature in their personal office spaces via an app or web interface. Comfy is built on an open-source platform and uses machine-learning to find occupants’ thermal sweet spots and dynamically adjust conditions by incorporating usage patterns. The company is led by CEO Andrew Krioukov and is based in Oakland, CA. Early users include Google, Johnson Controls, and the U.S. General Services Administration. Financially, Building Robotics closed a $5.5M Series A financing reported in February 2014. Building Robotics builds Comfy, a software platform that gives office workers mobile and web controls over heating and cooling and is designed to be compatible with most existing HVAC and management systems. Comfy uses a machine-learning algorithm that analyzes usage patterns and user feedback to provide instant warm or cool air to individuals while reducing overall energy use. The product is based on an open-source platform developed by co-founders Andrew Krioukov and Stephen Dawson-Haggerty during their Ph.D. research at UC Berkeley's LoCal Group. The company says Comfy can lower electricity bills and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Building Robotics is seeking traction via pilot deployments at several large Bay Area tech companies and a federal building through the General Services Administration’s Green Proving Ground program. The company will use the newly raised funds to add expertise in building management, development, back-end operators and user experience design.

Total raised

$25M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jun 2016