Silver Spring Networks

https://www.silverspringnetworks.com/

Last activity: 05.02.2026

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Categories: DataEnergyTechHardwareInternetInternet of ThingsNetworksPlatformServiceSmartUtilities

Silver Spring Networks enables the Internet of Important Things™ by reliably and securely connecting things that matter. Cities, utilities, and companies on five continents use the company’s cost-effective, high-performance IoT network and data platform to operate more efficiently, get greener, and enable innovative services that can improve the lives of millions of people. With more than 27.3 million devices delivered, Silver Spring provides a proven standards-based platform safeguarded with military grade security. Silver Spring Networks’ customers include Baltimore Gas & Electric, CitiPower & Powercor, ComEd, Consolidated Edison, CPS Energy, Florida Power & Light, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pepco Holdings, and Singapore Power. Silver Spring has also deployed networks in Smart Cities including Copenhagen, Glasgow, Paris, Providence, and Stockholm. To learn more, visit www.ssni.com.

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Total raised

$49.5M

Founded date

2002

Investors 1

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Funding Rounds 2

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Apr 30, 2007	Funding round	$10.5M

Mentions in press and media 34

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Jun 20, 2010	Andreessen Horowitz Celebrates First Year With New General Partner John O'Farrell	Andreessen Horowitz celebrates its first birthday with a number of new hires, including its third general partner – John O’Farrell – who joins founding general partners Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. O’Farrell was most recently a vice pr...
May 3, 2010	Google Ventures Pulls Back the Veil: Deals in San Diego, Boston, Dallas, and Silicon Valley	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Just over two years ago, Google decided to get into the venture capital game, setting up a fund to invest in promising startups in much the same way that Silicon Valley VC fir...
Feb 26, 2010	As predicted, Silver Spring preps for IPO	At the start of the year, when everyone was throwing out predictions for the rapidly growing cleantech sector, Tesla Motors and Smart Grid networking provider Silver Spring Networks were pegged as the companies most likely to go public in 2...
Feb 26, 2010	As predicted, Silver Spring preps for IPO	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! At the start of the year, when everyone was throw...
Nov 16, 2009	GreenBeat 2009: Hot opportunities for startups, investors	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! GreenBeat 2009 may be the first conference we’ve ...
Nov 16, 2009	GreenBeat 2009: Hot opportunities for startups, investors	GreenBeat 2009 may be the first conference we’ve hosted in the environmental space, but it wouldn’t be a VentureBeat event without emphasis on investors and innovators. Our Innovation Competition will spotlight some of the most promising te...
Nov 12, 2009	GreenBeat 2009: Meet the Super Grid bankers	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Investment bankers are another key group helping ...
Nov 12, 2009	GreenBeat 2009: Meet the Super Grid bankers	Investment bankers are another key group helping to give birth to the Super Grid, or the more efficient electrical grid the nation desperately needs in order to lower carbon emissions. The ibankers are the ones who facilitate the massive fi...
Nov 11, 2009	Wi-Fi wants its piece of the Smart Grid	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! The Wi-Fi Alliance has created a task force to wo...
Nov 11, 2009	A123Systems reports Q3 loss, but stays upbeat after IPO	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Lithium-ion battery maker A123Systems had a big t...
Nov 11, 2009	A123Systems reports Q3 loss, but stays upbeat after IPO	Lithium-ion battery maker A123Systems had a big third quarter. Its $380 million initial public offering exceeded expectations and got investors talking about cleantech exits again. Then it compounded that victory by winning a $249 million g...
Nov 11, 2009	Wi-Fi wants its piece of the Smart Grid	The Wi-Fi Alliance has created a task force to work on setting standards so that Wi-Fi can play a large role in future development of the cleaner, more efficient Smart Grid. Today, this new group released a white paper exploring all of the ...
Nov 4, 2009	Steve Westly joins GreenBeat’s top-tier roster	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! We are thrilled to announce investor and former C...
Nov 4, 2009	Steve Westly joins GreenBeat’s top-tier roster	We are thrilled to announce investor and former California state controller Steve Westly as the newest speaker for GreenBeat 2009, the seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid taking place Nov. 18 and 19 in San Mateo. Bringing combine...
Oct 29, 2009	Silver Spring finds home on the range with OG&E	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Silver Spring Networks, increasingly the provider...
Oct 29, 2009	Silver Spring finds home on the range with OG&E	Silver Spring Networks, increasingly the provider of IP-based smart metering systems to watch, has gotten another big break, expanding its partnership with both Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) and General Electric Energy to help depl...
Oct 14, 2009	Siemens closer to wind dominance with $900M in turbine contracts	Engineering giant Siemens has made its presence felt in the wind business, winning six contracts to build 565-megawatts worth of wind turbines, valued at more than $900 million. About 250 of the turbines will be installed in Ontario Canada,...
Oct 14, 2009	Siemens closer to wind dominance with $900M in turbine contracts	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Engineering giant Siemens has made its presence f...
Sep 23, 2009	A123Systems is ready for its close up — preps for tomorrow’s IPO	A123Systems is the name on everyone’s lips today as the most gabbed-about IPO of the week — maybe even of the last few months — preps to go live on the Nasdaq tomorrow morning as AONE. The Watertown, Mass., company made news yesterday, hiki...
Sep 23, 2009	Siemens, Silver Spring announce Smart Grid interoperability	Interoperability is the elephant in the room that is the Smart Grid industry. As large companies, startups and utilities alike strive to create a cleaner, more efficient electrical grid — deploying new technologies wherever they can — it is...
Sep 22, 2009	Silver Spring Networks gobbles up Greenbox to become Smart Grid powerhouse	Silver Spring Networks, a startup that provides IP-based networks and advanced wireless meters to utilities and their customers, just announced that it is acquiring Greenbox Technology, a maker of monitor displays that show homeowners how m...
Aug 5, 2009	More utilities look to the DOE for smart grid financing	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Both Connecticut’s United Illuminating and Illino...
Aug 5, 2009	More utilities look to the DOE for smart grid financing	Both Connecticut’s United Illuminating and Illinois’ Commonwealth Edison have filed applications to receive stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate their smart grid plans. Applying for $37.5 million and $175 million,...
Jul 2, 2009	German utility Yello Strom steals the smart grid spotlight — at least for today	The net is abuzz today with talk of Yello Strom, the German utility that reportedly takes smart grid technology and web integration to the max with its new Sparzahler meter — rivaling U.S. utilities that are just beginning to adopt green in...
Jun 23, 2009	Silver Spring signs deal to make Sacramento meters smart	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Silver Spring Networks, one of the major players ...
Jun 23, 2009	Silver Spring signs deal to make Sacramento meters smart	Silver Spring Networks, one of the major players in the smart meter space, announced today that it signed a deal with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District to deploy a wireless network connecting smart meters for 600,000 homes and busin...
Apr 15, 2009	Silver Spring takes smart grid networks down under	To meet their government’s mandated transition to the smart grid, Australian utilities Jemena Electricity Networks Limited and United Energy Distribution (UED) have chosen Redwood City, Calif.-based Silver Spring Networks to implement IP-ba...
Apr 4, 2009	The Google Ventures Cheat Sheet	Earlier this week, Google finally announced the formation of a new venture arm called Google Ventures. It is where all smaller-scale venture investments from Google will now originate. The day of the announcement, I chatted on the phone wit...
Oct 14, 2008	Cisco attempts to prove that big companies can still innovate	Networking giant Cisco is wrapping up a competition this morning, with the announcement of a fledgling venture in the smart grid space. Cisco will foster the new group in an internalized, big company version of the startup and venture fundi...
Oct 7, 2008	Roundup: Feds offering short-term loans, presidential debates live online, Silver Spring gets a big raise, and more	Feds now providing short-term debt — The Federal Reserve will provide money for companies to finance their day-to-day activities, in the government’s latest effort to staunch bleeding in the credit markets. Live presidential debates hit the...
Jun 12, 2007	Silver Spring Networks, smart-grid power company, raises $39M	Silver Spring Networks, the San Mateo, Calif. company that offers wireless utility metering technology, has raised $39.9 million in a third round of funding, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing cited by VentureWire (sub...
Apr 30, 2007	Silver Spring, wireless metering co. for utilities, raises $10.5M	Silver Spring Networks, a San Mateo, Calif. company that allows utilities to use wireless technologies to meter power and other usage, has raised $10.5 million in debt and warrants, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Com...
Jun 6, 2005	Joining the cleantech bandwagon: Vinod Khosla	Update: Here’s our column about this in Tuesday’s Mercury News. The cat is out of the bag concerning Vinod Khosla’s new status at Kleiner Perkins, with this interesting post by Dealflow. To summarize, Khosla has opted to go solo, investing ...

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FAQ about Silver Spring Networks

When was Silver Spring Networks founded?

Silver Spring Networks was founded in 2002.

How much funding has Silver Spring Networks raised?

Silver Spring Networks has raised $49.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has Silver Spring Networks raised?

Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Silver Spring Networks, among them a funding round of $10.5M on Apr 30, 2007.

What has the press written about Silver Spring Networks?

Parsers VC has collected 34 articles mentioning Silver Spring Networks, among them “Andreessen Horowitz Celebrates First Year With New General Partner John O'Farrell” (Jun 20, 2010) and “Google Ventures Pulls Back the Veil: Deals in San Diego, Boston, Dallas, and Silicon Valley” (May 3, 2010).

Is Silver Spring Networks still active?

Silver Spring Networks is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 5, 2026.