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RYSE is the first retrofit solution to motorize & automate your installed window blinds & shades – controllable & scheduled via smartphone app, and integrates with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, or Apple HomeKit.
Questions? Email us at [email protected] or call us at 1-855-770-1787
Upgrade Your Shades
The only retrofit/after-market device designed to motorize window shades that are manually operated with a beaded chain. You can set up and automate your shades in less than 5 minutes!
Super Smart
Controllable by smartphone, voice, or set to a schedule, or integrate with leading smart-home platforms from Apple, Amazon & Google. Sensors & weather based automation to help save energy.
Affordable Luxury
Retail price of only $169, compared to alternative brands that can retail for more than $1,000 per window! We’re bringing smart shades to the masses with the most affordable solutions on the market.
Our vision is to OWN the “Smart Shade” space. We want RYSE to be synonymous with smart shade — just like what Nest is to the thermostat, Ring is to the doorbell, or Dyson is to the vacuum, we want consumers to think of RYSE when they think of smart shades! RYSE will be developing multiple products in the coming years to dominate the smart window covering category.
Expected Launch: Q4-2022
RYSE SmartDrapes will motorize any curtain or drape that runs on a rail or rod. Drapes are most popular in hotels and making a comeback in luxury multi-family apartments.
Expected Launch: 2023
RYSE SmartBlinds will tilt and lift Venetian blinds, horizontal blinds, or mini-blinds that have a wand or draw-strings. Blinds are the most common window covering in residential homes.
Expected Launch: 2023
Cordless blinds and shades was the most popular lift control in 2019 where users can lift or pull-down to open-and-close. This control system will experience large growth in off-the-shelf blinds,and the residential space, due to child safety.
Less than 8% of new window shade purchases are motorized due to high cost and lack of retrofits. RYSE has the potential to automate the other 92% of shades already installed in buildings and homes – that’s a lot of shades!
And the Smart Shades category is experiencing an explosive growth rate of over 55% annually. This market is still in its infancy, and is expected to grow to a whopping $1.47 billion by 2024, with over 80% of this growth being attributed to retrofits and replacements – our core strength.
With new laws and regulations – such as the Green New Deal – governments are requiring that all new buildings be net-zero in carbon emissions by 2030. RYSE SmartShades save energy in two ways:
☀️ Solar Heat Gain Management
Automatically lowering shades to block direct sunlight can reduce indoor cooling costs by up to 24%.
💡 Daylight Harvesting
Automatically opening shades during overcast or bright weather can reduce indoor lighting costs by up to 74%.
The Smart Home industry is expected to grow at an impressive compound annual growth rate of 7.5%, growing from $158 billion in 2018, all the way to $262 billion by 2025. The industry has seen some spectacular exits, with big tech giants acquiring many start-ups resulting in large payouts for investors:
Google acquired Nest, the makers of the Smart Thermostat, for $3.2 billion, earning investors a 22X return on invested capital – read more here.
Remember Ring? They got rejected on Shark Tank, and ended up selling to Amazon for $1.2 billion. Ring’s founder then became a guest Shark on the show, with the last laugh!
Assa Abloy is a $260+ billion company who dominates door locks, purchased August, the makers of the Smart Lock to expand into the smart home!
In 2019, RYSE partnered with The Avery, a 56-story residential tower in San Francisco, to deploy their first generation SmartShades across 100 units in the building to meet ‘Americans with Disabilities Act’ (ADA) regulations.
“The big opportunity with RYSE really drives down to the market opportunity. They really understand this space, and that’s going to allow them to win and allow them to attract a really good suitor.”
– Jeffery Potvin, Supporters Fund
“What we liked about RYSE is that it was a technology that was designed and built in such a way that it could easily integrate in many different places with little customization.”
– Louis Dellosa, Cogito Capital
In 2018, RYSE successfully pitched its 1st-generation SmartShade, AXIS, on Dragons’ Den® (the Canadian Shark Tank). Watch the pitch! 🐉🐉
Shark Tank’s Daymond John endorsed RYSE as an investment opportunity for his community on Angels & Entpreneurs – watch the interview!
Successfully pitched on Dragons Den (Canadian version of Shark Tank). Completed all 3 levels of Chartered Financial Anlayst exams within 18 months. Responsible for raising over $5 million in funding for the company.
Designed a bluetooth wearable device called “Glance” – an application that tracks the orientation and displacement of Glance in 3D space. Led the development of AXIS, our 1st-gen device, and took product from concept to market.
Over 16 years of Sales Management experience with developers, integrators, property managers, and installers. Former regional Sales Manager for Spring Windows Fashions, 2nd largest global window covering fabricator, with significant experience selling motorized shades.
Based in China, with over 15 years experience in manufacturing and quality control. Oversees all procurement and production for RYSE. Former manufacturing and quality engineer manager for FoxConn, overseeing production for Dell, Apple, GoPro, and Motorola.
I’m happy to announce that I was recently interviewed by Benzinga – the well-known provider of financial news – and presented our investment proposition to their followers. You can watch a recording of the interview below:
Here is another interview with Benzinga from back in October where I provide some background on how we got started and address some key questions that investors often ask.
Additionally, our RYSE SmartShade was recently reviewed by Ausdroid, Australia’s award-winning independent media outlet covering all things mobile and personal technology. The reviewer brought up a great question I often receive from investors: why isn’t the RYSE SmartShade compatible with the Zigbee protocol often used for smart-home devices?
» Read moreAs you know, we recently launched our second generation device, the RYSE SmartShade. The product offers significant improvements over our first generation SmartShade and the press has taken notice.
Digital Trends and Gadget Voize recently featured articles explaining the simplicity, usefulness and affordability of the RYSE SmartShade – the advantages of purchasing a retro-fit device as opposed to the existing solutions on the market!
HiddenWires – an essential source of information for custom installers and residential technology suppliers – also reported that we have already sold 2,000 units and are preparing for international shipment in 2022.
» Read more
Business Insider recently published an article on Daniel Chan, a ‘magician’ investor that has recently joined RYSE.
Daniel is a successful investor and big proponent of Warren Buffet’s tried and true method of buying what you know, and his portfolio reflects that. He has earned a 258% return over the last five years –outperforming the S&P 500 by more than 100%. What’s even more astonishing, is that Daniel’s full-time job is being a magician who performs for many of the companies that he invests in!
More recently he’s invested in a series of companies on WeFunder and StartEngine, one of them being RYSE.
» Read moreInvestments over $2,500 will receive the following perks. All perks will automatically be recorded and assigned to each investor following the close of the round, without any further action required.
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