SynapSense Receives $7 Million in New Investments to Expand Leadership in Wireless Data Center
Energy Initiatives ; Strategic Investor Bosch Venture Capital Joins Existing Syndicate
FOLSOM, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - SynapSense Corporation, a leading provider of wireless energy efficiency
solutions for the data center, today announced that the company has received $7 million in additional
investments.
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH joins SynapSense’s current investors participating in this financing, which
include Emerald Technology Ventures, Sequoia Capital, American River Ventures, Nth Power and DFJ Frontier.
SynapSense will use the proceeds from this investment to further technology development and expand market
leadership of the company’s Wireless Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management solutions. The financing
will also enable SynapSense to extend its wireless instrumentation solutions into new market segments
beyond the data center.
“SynapSense is enabling the energy efficient operation of data centers ranging from the world’s leading stock
exchange and America’s largest mobile phone operator to a premier web portal and the world’s busiest social
networking site,” said SynapSense Chief Executive Officer Peter Van Deventer. “For the first time, operators
have the tools required for continuous optimization of the data center.”
“We are honored to welcome Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH to our investment group, as we work to
provide enterprises with the tools and metrics necessary to increase data center visibility and improve energy
efficiency,” Van Deventer added.
“We are pleased to invest in SynapSense and are impressed with the company’s robust platform and its ability
to scale in the data center and across the enterprise,” said Dr. Claus Schmidt, Executive Vice President
Technology of Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, the venture capital arm of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of
Europe’s largest diversified corporations.
The SynapSense Wireless Data Center Monitoring and Energy Management solution features LiveImaging™,
the first energy and operational efficiency solution that provides real-time thermal, pressure and humidity
mapping constructed from wireless sensor data. Upon deployment of the SynapSense wireless network,
LiveImaging instantly enables data center operators to see current operating conditions, identify optimization
opportunities and quantify the impact of the improvements they make to save energy. SynapSense is also
working with many of the world’s leading data center operators to implement real time PUE and DCiE
measurement and comprehensive energy monitoring. Real-time data center monitoring with measurable and
continuous optimization is quickly becoming the next data center “best practice.”
SynapSense Corporation is a leading provider of wireless energy efficiency solutions for the data center. Based
in Folsom, Calif., SynapSense is a recipient of the United States Department of Energy 2008 Energy Innovator
Award. For more information about SynapSense, visit www.SynapSense.com [http://www.SynapSense.com].
SynapSense and LiveImaging are trademarks of SynapSense Corporation. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
SynapSense Corporation Patricia Nealon, 916-549-8574 pnealon@synapsense.com or Francisco Group for
SynapSense Daniel Francisco, 916-812-8814 dan@franciscogrp.com
