What
Gas measurement instruments that can be used across the globe to track fossil fuel emissions. Information age data provider to public and private sector players at the center of energy, climate policy and fracking debate.
Disrupting
Energy and climate markets; coal, oil and gas, renewable energy and utilities.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, Calif.
CEO: Michael Woelk
Year founded: 1998
Number of employees: 90
Funding: $56 million
Key investors: Benchmark Partners, Greylock Partners, DAG Ventures, Focus Ventures, Mingxin China Growth Fund, Nippon Telephone & Telegraph Finance, Stanford University/Stanford Management
"We define disruption as the extreme simplification of highly complex scientific measurement technology. Now anyone that can read a map and drive a car can detect and measure natural gas leaks."
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