Invest in the Future of Smart Shades

The Global Smart Shades Market is expected to grow from $162 million in 2019 to $1.47 billion in 2024, a CAGR of 55.6%. As the first and most affordable solution to automate your existing window shades, RYSE is offering investors an opportunity to get in on the ground floor in a company combining innovative technology with explosive market growth potential.

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Get In Early – Reasons to Invest in RYSE

$4.5 Million

in lifetime revenue

Significant Traction To-Date

With more than $4.5 million in lifetime revenue and over $185K in pre-orders for its second generation device, we have established a clear demand for RYSE SmartShade.

4 Patents

Issued & 3 Patents Pending

Defensible Intellectual Property

RYSE has 4 patents and 3 patents pending, filed in the US, Canada, EU, and China – and was awarded an Amazon Court Judgement win preventing the sales of any copycats. Learn more here

55.6 %

Annual Market Growth

Fast Growing Market

The global Smart Shades market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 56.6% until 2024, within the $158 billion (2018) Smart Home market.

A Smart & Affordable Solution For Everyone

Everything in your home is becoming smart and automated – all except your window shades, but why is that? That’s because motorized shades today are extremely expensive, retailing for upwards of $1,500 per window. Don’t believe me? Take a look here at Lutron’s pricing by size.

And worse yet, you’re not able to motorize any shades already installed in your home or building – there are no retrofit solutions.

That’s why we invented the RYSE SmartShade, a simple-to-install DIY device to automate any window shade, and priced affordably for the masses for only $149!

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As Featured On

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Award Winning & Innovative Technology

Our goal was to create the most advanced yet simple and affordable device to easily motorize your existing blinds & shades, so more of us could experience the magic of smart shades. RYSE SmartShade is uniquely positioned to win in a market that is currently occupied by slow-moving, behemoth window shade companies, whose motorized solutions are too expensive for even the largest commercial buildings, let alone everyday homeowners.

SmartShade
SmartShade
Motorizes any shades with a looped cord or beaded chain in a matter of minutes, with buttons for up-close controls.
Battery Pack
Battery Pack
Rechargeable and last up to 9 months per charge, providing a wire-free experience.
SmartBridge
SmartBridge
Connects to Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Apple HomeKit, with more integrations coming!
Mobile App
Mobile App
Set schedules and routines – have your shades open at sunrise to help you wake up to natural sunlight!

Our Vision

Product Roadmap: SmartShades Is Just The Beginning

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.

SmartDrapes

Expected Launch: Q4-2021
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.

SmartBlind

Expected Launch: 2022
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.

Cordless

Expected Launch: 2022
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.

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Companies Are Betting Billions On The Connected World

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. Some notable exits include…

Nest
Ring
August

Smart Shades Are The Last Missing Piece In The Smart Home

Global Smart Shade Market

as reported by Technavio, (in $US millions)

The Smart Shade industry is experiencing an explosive growth rate of over 55% annually! The market is still in its early days, expected to grow from $162 million in 2019, all the way to $1.47 billion by 2024, where $1.22 billion of this will come from retrofits and replacements.

What’s Driving Growth?

Comfort
Safety, Comfort, Convenience:
Consumer demand for smart home products is growing exponentially
Builders
Adoption by Builders
Home and office builders are increasingly adding smart home devices as standard features
Integrations
Integrations
1/3rd of US Households have a smart speaker like Google Home or Amazon Alexa
Energy Cost
Energy Cost
Consumers want to reduce their energy usage and bills

Amazing Traction & Accomplishments

Lifetime Revenues

$4.5 million generated exclusively online, with large pipeline of commercial sales.

Devices Sold

35,000+ units manufactured and shipped to customers.

Cleantech Grant

$4 million CDN cleantech grant awarded to expand into the commercial real estate market.

Patents & IP

4 issued + 3 pending patents; extremely strong and able to block the sales of copy cats. Read how here.

CES Award

Mark of Excellence Award for Motorized Product of the Year 2017 by the Consumer Technology Association.

Investments Raised

$3.5 million in equity funding raised from private & angel investors, venture capitalist.

Pipeline of Commercial Customers

RYSE has signed on large commercial real estate developers, landlords, and partners to being piloting our technology in their buildings.

Play ANNEX Hotel (Pilot)
ANNEX Hotel (Pilot)
Play Eureka Hub (Pilot)
Eureka Hub (Pilot)
Quadreal (Pilot)
Quadreal (Pilot)
Play The Avery SF (Completed)
The Avery SF (Completed)
Aloette Resturant (Completed)
Aloette Resturant (Completed)
Play ANNEX Hotel (Pilot)
ANNEX Hotel (Pilot)
STATUS: IN PROGRESS

  • 15,000 sq, ft. hotel with 120 windows over 24 rooms
  • Developing 5 hotels across Canada
  • Access to LPs other real state properties

Play Eureka Hub (Pilot)
Eureka Hub (Pilot)
STATUS: IN PROGRESS

  • Eureka Hub: 4-Floor co-working space with 100 windows
  • Portolio of commercial offices, retail & mixed used properties with a focus on retrofitting older assets, across North America & Europe

Quadreal (Pilot)
Quadreal (Pilot)
STATUS: IN PROGRESS

  • $27.4 billion real estate portfolio spanning 23 cities and 17 countries.
  • Piloting at 199 Bay St. Toronto (Commerce Court West).

Play The Avery SF (Completed)
The Avery SF (Completed)
STATUS: COMPLETED

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.

Live Investors Webinar

Trung Pham
CEO & CO-FOUNDER
Trung Pham

Live Investors Webinar With Q&A

Join founder and CEO, Trung Pham, for a webinar on RYSE and our vision to create a multi-billion dollar company in the global smart home industry. You’ll learn about our unique investment opportunity and innovative automation solution that has led to over $4.5 million in revenue and 35,000 units sold.

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Our Investors

Our Investors

We’ve raised funding from amazing investors, including Shawn Doughtery (EXOIO) who co-founded mophiee (the inventor of the smartphone battery cases) that sold to Zagg for over $100 million, Anthony Lacavery (Globalive), who founded Wind Mobile that sold to Shaw for $1.16 billion, and Venture Capitalist globally.

Hear What Our Investors Think About RYSE

Jeffrey Potvin

“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

Louis Dellosa

“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

Investor Perks & Rewards

We want our investors to have access to the amazing technology found in RYSE SmartShades. Investments over $1,500 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.

$7.13

Price per Share

$499.10

Min. Investment

$268,924

Raised As Of July 29, 2021

Common Shares

Equity Issued

$15M

Offering Max

Reg A+

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$1,500+
  • 1 RYSE

Cash Value: $150

$2,500+
  • 1 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge

Cash Value: $250

$5,000+
  • 2 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge

Cash Value: $450

$10,000+
  • 4 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge
  • 10% Lifetime Discount

Cash Value: $850

$25,000+
  • 10 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge
  • 15% Lifetime Discount
  • Quarterly Calls

Cash Value: $2050

$50,000+
  • 20 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge
  • 20% Lifetime Discount
  • Quarterly Calls
  • Lunch with CEO

Cash Value: $4050

Our Leadership

A dynamic team of 16 full-time members with a passion for the “Internet-of-Things”

Trung Pham
CEO & Co-Founder
Trung Pham LinkedIn

Former financial advisor and serial entrepreneur

Manu Menon
COO
Manu Menon LinkedIn

Former investment banker (Citi) & private equity associate (Paine & Partners)

Marc Bishara
CTO
Marc Bishara LinkedIn

Expertise in mechatronics engineering, with multiple hardware-focused roles at Canadian tech startups

Alan Cheng
CDO
Alan Cheng LinkedIn

Former UX/UI designer (Corel) with expertise in industrial design

Luiz Márquez
Product Engineer
Luiz Márquez LinkedIn

Former QA for Bombardier, now leads manufacturing for RYSE with China

Jakub Ostapinski
Head of Software
Jakub Ostapinski LinkedIn

Product manager for software at RYSE

Our Advisors

Our strong mentors from hardware, sales and real estate background.

Bruce_Annis
Advisor
Bruce Annis LinkedIn

Sales Director, Cognitive Systems

  • Former Sales Lead of Blackberry, Logitech, Samsung
Tim_Angus
Advisor
Tim Angus LinkedIn

CEO, MMB Networks

  • Founder, MD of Bell Lap Ventures
  • Advisory Board Member, MaRS
Stefan Martinovic
Advisor
Stefan Martinovic LinkedIn

Vice President, Data Partnerships

  • Mentor, TechStars (Proptech)
  • Former VP, Midwood Investment & Development
Stefan Martinovic
Investor & Advisor
Shawn Dougherty LinkedIn

Co-Founder, Mophie

  • Generated $250 Million in revenues, with over 15 million devices sold
  • Sold mophiee for $100 million to Zagg
Derek_Luke
Investor & Advisor
Derek Luke LinkedIn

CEO, InteraXon

  • Raised Series B, $15MM
  • Former COO of SDTC Blackberry, Ideazonm iFire

Updates

  • Exciting Updates On SmartShade Production!
    by Trung Pham

    Hello again!

    For the past few weeks, we’ve been sharing quick but frequent updates on how the production of SmartShade is going over on our Kickstarter campaign.

    Today, I wanted to give you a recap of these exciting updates because we are now only days away from beginning the delivery of the early Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and website preorders!

    Right near the tail-end of August, the RYSE BatteryPacks had completed production, left our manufacturer’s factory, and made their way to our overseas shipper to be prepared to leave China.

     » Read more
  • SmartShade Pre-Order Discount Goes Up in 5 Days
    by Trung Pham

    Hello again!

    I just wanted to give you a head’s up that the pre-order discount of 20% for our upcoming RYSE SmartShade product is going up on September 1st.

    In just 5 days, the pre-order discount will be only 10% as we get closer and closer to delivery day.

    This is truly the best time to place bulk orders as we currently do not have any plans to discount our product this heavily again.

    So if you haven’t yet but would like to place a pre-order yourself at a more discounted price, there are still a small number of units available for pre-order that will be included in this batch of shipments.

     » Read more
  • Updates To Our Investor Perks & Rewards
    by Trung Pham

    Hello again!

    I wanted to provide a quick update to let you know that we’ve updated the investor perks & rewards by lowering the minimum investment requirement for the highest tier perk as well as adding in perk at the $1,500 investment level.

    We’ve made these changes because we want our investors to have access to the amazing technology found in RYSE SmartShades.

    Take a look at the updated Investor Perks & Rewards below:

    All perks will automatically be recorded and assigned to each investor following the close of the round, without any further action required to you, so head over to our equity crowdfunding campaign on our website (or on FrontFundr for Canadian investors) to invest in RYSE today.

     » Read more

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Common Investments + Perks

Investments 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.

$1,500+
  • 1 RYSE

Cash Value: $150

$2,500+
  • 1 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge

Cash Value: $250

$5,000+
  • 2 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge

Cash Value: $450

$10,000+
  • 4 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge
  • 10% Lifetime Discount

Cash Value: $850

$25,000+
  • 10 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge
  • 15% Lifetime Discount
  • Quarterly Calls

Cash Value: $2050

$50,000+
  • 20 RYSE + Battery
  • 1 SmartBridge
  • 20% Lifetime Discount
  • Quarterly Calls
  • Lunch with CEO

Cash Value: $4050