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Infobox
Industry — change from "Home automation" to "Home energy management"
- Panasonic Newsroom Global (17 March 2025) describes tado° as "IoT-based home energy management platform provider": https://news.panasonic.com/global/press/en250317-3
- TechCrunch (26 January 2023) describes tado° as "smart home energy startup": https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/26/european-smart-thermostat-startup-tado-raises-46-8m-after-ipo-plans-falter/
Lead paragraph
Current text: "tado° GmbH is a German technology company headquartered in Munich (Germany) and a manufacturer of home thermostats and air conditioning controls."
Proposed replacement:
tado° GmbH is a German home energy management company headquartered in Munich.[1] The company develops smart thermostats, smart air conditioning controls, heat pump optimization and energy management software.[2] tado° was founded in Munich by Christian Deilmann, Johannes Schwarz and Valentin Sawadski in 2011.[3] Panasonic Corporation is a strategic investor in the company.[4] As of March 2026, tado° reported more than 5.5 million connected devices in over one million homes across Europe.[5]
History — additions
The existing History text (2011–2015) should remain unchanged. The following text should be appended as a continuation, without new subsection headers:
In October 2018, Amazon invested in tado° through its Alexa Fund as part of a $50 million funding round.[6][7] By February 2020, tado° had sold over one million smart thermostats across Europe[8] and entered into partnerships with major energy providers, including ENGIE Home Services and Total Direct Energie.[9]
In January 2022, tado° acquired aWATTar GmbH, a Vienna-based provider of dynamic energy tariffs. The acquisition expanded tado°'s offering into a broader home energy management platform, combining smart heating control with time-of-use electricity tariffs that shift consumption to cheaper and greener hours.[10][2]
In 2024, tado° launched the tado° X product line, including the Smart Thermostat X, Smart Radiator Thermostat X, Heat Pump Optimizer X, and Wireless Temperature Sensor X. The tado° X devices use the Matter smart home standard and the Thread wireless protocol.[11][12] In the same year, tado° entered a partnership with Panasonic Corporation, which invested €30 million in the company in March 2025.[1][4]