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EnergyWindow

Energy management software too early for its moment

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Fatal mistake: EnergyWindow entered the enterprise energy management software market before buyers were ready to adopt web-based procurement tools, leaving it underfunded in a premature market.

Founded	2001
Closed	2005
Country	USA
Sector	Cleantech

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2001-01-01

FOUNDING

EnergyWindow founded to develop web-based energy procurement and management tools for enterprise clients.

2003-06-01

FUNDING

Raised $0.6M in what would be the company's final funding round as enterprise energy software adoption remained slow.

2004-03-01

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Expanded product offering to cover energy analytics but faced long enterprise sales cycles and limited market readiness.

2005-06-01

SHUTDOWN

EnergyWindow acquired after exhausting capital, with the energy management software market still years away from mainstream enterprise adoption.

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EnergyWindow failed due to a combination of premature market entry and insufficient capitalization. Launched in the early 2000s, the company attempted to pioneer online energy procurement and management softwar...

e tools before the enterprise energy software market had matured sufficiently to support SaaS-style platforms. With only $0.6M raised by 2003, the startup lacked the financial resources needed to sust

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EnergyWindow raised €0.6M before energywindow entered the enterprise energy management software market before buyers were ready to adopt web-based procurement tools, leaving it underfunded in a premature market. ended it. See the documented cause, verified lesson and all failure signals.

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