uControl is one of those companies that has been on a steady path of improvement and management execution for years now. We’ve written before about how the company has raised millions of dollars to grow the company, with none of that coming from institutional investors. Today they’re announcing that they’re combining with iControl, based in Palo Alto. In contrast, iControl is funded by top tier venture investors Kleiner Perkins, Intel Capital, and Charles River Ventures. [...]

uControl, which launched 5 years ago at DEMO, announced the addition of two new vice presidents and the final $3.9M of a $9M investment round, with none of that money coming from venture or institutional investors. The company exemplifies what startups and entrepreneurship are really all about. They started with a market and an idea, and they’ve been iterating the company focus over time to find solid product-market fit. It’s the sign of solid management, [...]

uControl has teamed with Ember to deliver its latest innovation – an entirely new line of wireless ZigBee security sensors which enables Broadband Service Providers to deliver the next generation of services for the Connected Home.

uControl, a leading provider of next-generation home security and automation solutions, and SMC Networks, a specialist in providing high-quality, reliable Customer Premise Equipment to Service Providers, announced an industry-changing partnership today that will result in accelerated innovation and manufacturing efficiencies within the security, energy management and automation space. Through the partnership, SMC will manufacture, support and market the SMA TouchScreen to Broadband Service Providers worldwide. uControl will continue to focus on software development and support. [...]