Boulder-based Yonomi said Monday that it received $5 million from investors, showing there is more to smart homes than Amazon Echo and Google Home.
The Series A round, which largely comes from new investor Gentex, will help the 12-person company grow much faster, said Kent Dickson, Yonomi’s co-founder and CEO. Steve Downing, president and CEO of Gentex, also joins Yonomi’s board.
“The funding will allow us to accelerate expansion of our footprint worldwide, broaden our partnerships so that Yonomi connects even more smart home devices to each other, and market and scale Yonomi Platform commercial offerings,” Dickson said in an email.
Yonomi’s technology acts like a starting point for smart homes, controlling more than 70 devices from smart thermostats to smart door locks.
Investor Gentex isn’t a typical venture capital firm. The Michigan manufacturer, which makes auto-dimming rear-view mirrors and other camera-based systems to help drivers, has been working with the Boulder firm on the new Yonomi One and its own HomeLink, to integrate home automation into cars so users can trigger home routines from their vehicles.
