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RYSE is a technology company that creates connected devices, poised to dominate the Smart Shade category of the Smart Home.
RYSE is a technology company that creates connected devices, poised to dominate the Smart Shade category of the Smart Home.
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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.
RYSE SmartCurtain automates 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.
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 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.
of window shades are manually controlled
are motorized, with billion dollar companies targeting this small market, including
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.
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 $26+ 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
“ The RYSE team has impressed me greatly with its resourcefulness, its attention to detail, its efficient use of capital and above….”
– Trevor Bond, Former CEO of WP Carey
“ Simple and brilliant. You have a huge untapped market if you sell to Airbnb hosts (like myself) -we love things we can control remotely. ”
Thomas Canty, CEO of Servercare, Inc
“ When investing in startups we consider; the long-term growth potential, the strength of the founding team, and the mission… ”
Derek Luke, CEO InterAxon
Our founder, Trung is a foremost expert in all things related to smart shades. He is a serial entrepreneur, initially setting his sights on the investment industry and earning the CFA designation, but later identifying a crucial gap in the window blinds & shades industry, leading to the creation of RYSE.
Founder & CEO 
A technological leader, Marc previously designed a Bluetooth wearable device called “Glance” – an application that tracks the orientation and displacement of Glance in 3D space. He has also led the development of our 1st- and 2nd-gen devices, taking the products from concepts to market.
Chief Technology Officer
Adam has over 16 years of Sales Management experience with developers, integrators, property managers, and installers. He has significant experience selling motorized shades as the former regional Sales Manager for Spring Windows Fashions – the 2nd largest global window covering fabricator.
Director of Sales
Based in China, and with over 15 years of experience in manufacturing and quality control, Charleston oversees all procurement and production for RYSE. He is a former manufacturing and quality engineer manager for FoxConn, overseeing production for Dell, Apple, GoPro, and Motorola.
Manufacturing Manager
