Sense is Chosen as a 2019 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner

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May 20, 2019, 14:59 ET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sense, the innovator in home energy, has been named a winner of Red Herring's Top 100 North America 2019 event, recognizing the continent's most exciting and innovative private technology companies. The full list of winning companies can be found on the Red Herring website.

The winners, who celebrated at a special awards ceremony at the Westin Pasadena hotel, were chosen from thousands of entrants. The companies were judged by industry experts, insiders and journalists on a wide variety of criteria including financial performance, innovation, business strategy, and market penetration. Winners were drawn from a wide range of verticals, from FinTech and Marketing to Security, IoT, and many more industries.

Red Herring's editors have been evaluating the world's startups and tech companies for over two decades. Brands such as Alibaba, Google, Kakao, Skype, Spotify, Twitter and YouTube have all been singled out in Red Herring's storied history.

"2019's crop of Top 100 winners has been among our most intriguing yet," said Vieux. "North America has led the way in tech for so many years, and to see such unique, pioneering entrepreneurs and companies here in California, which is in many ways the heartland of the industry, has been a thrilling experience.

"What has excited me most is to see so many people forging niches in high-tech and cutting edge sectors," added Vieux. "Some of the technical wizardry and first-rate business models showcased here at the conference have been fantastic to learn about. We believe Sense embodies the drive, skill and passion on which tech thrives. Sense should be proud of its achievement - the competition was incredibly strong."

Red Herring's press release is available online at https://www.redherring.com/red-herring-2019-top-100-north-america-winners-press-release/

About Sense

Named to the 2019 CB Insights AI 100 List of the most innovative AI startups, Sense is the first company to give consumers engaging, real-time analytics on energy consumption in their homes right on their mobile devices. Its mission is to make all homes intelligent through its "fitness tracker for the home," helping consumers save money and live safer with more energy-efficient households. Founded in 2013 by pioneers in speech recognition, Sense uses machine learning technology to provide real-time insights on device behavior, even for those devices that are not "smart." Customers rely on Sense for a wide range of uses including monitoring their home appliances, determining whether they left appliances running and identifying major energy drains in their home so they can substantially reduce their energy costs. Sense is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. To make sense of your energy, visit: https://sense.com.

SOURCE Sense