Feb 25, 2021

Feb 25, 2021

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Matt Duesterberg

Matt Duesterberg

Matt Duesterberg

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OhmConnect

OhmConnect

OhmConnect

OhmConnect

In December 2020, OhmConnect picked up a $100M investment from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, which will help the company build a 550 MW virtual power plant made up of hundreds of thousands of households across California.

In December 2020, OhmConnect picked up a $100M investment from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, which will help the company build a 550 MW virtual power plant made up of hundreds of thousands of households across California.

In December 2020, OhmConnect picked up a $100M investment from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, which will help the company build a 550 MW virtual power plant made up of hundreds of thousands of households across California.

In December 2020, OhmConnect picked up a $100M investment from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, which will help the company build a 550 MW virtual power plant made up of hundreds of thousands of households across California.

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In 2013, Matt joined a Powerhouse hackathon to start working on the idea. It’s come a long way since then. So, we invited him to a live conversation to hear about the sacrifices, close calls, and conflicts that he’s dealt with while building OhmConnect.

Matt Duesterberg is the CRO and Co-Founder of OhmConnect, the residential demand response company that pays users to save energy. In 2020, OhmConnect users reduced 1 GWh of electricity demand in California during the August heat wave. Prior to founding OhmConnect, Matt ran the data science division at DataRaker, a utility meter data analytics company acquired by Oracle in 2013. Previously, he traded futures for electricity transmission at DC Energy. Matt holds an MS from Stanford and a BS from UVA.

“There are a lot of small failures along the way. One of the keys is overcoming the small failures so you don’t have a big one.”


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