Pictured L-R: Cole Stites-Clayton (Solstice CTO), Ugwem Eneyo (Solstice CEO), Emily Fritze (Powerhouse Director of Marketing and Business Development), Emily Kirsch (Powerhouse Co-Founder & CEO), Tyler Davis (Solstice Software Engineer), Richard Mantey (Solstice Data Scientist Intern)

Solstice is excited to be one of Powerhouse's three newest accelerator companies. Powerhouse is  "the world’s only incubator and accelerator dedicated to intelligent energy technologies including solar, storage, demand response, and grid integration." As part of the accelerator, Solstice receives cash investment, 24/7 access to the incubator in Oakland and introductions to the community's network of industry leaders and new energy investors. With a focus on software, Powerhouse has joined the vision of Solstice as the team develops it's groundbreaking remote energy monitoring and controls platform, SHYFT, and the novel software that supports it.

As Solstice enters Beta Testing, the Powerhouse resources, including 1:1 mentor sessions with Powerhouse Co-Founder and CEO, Emily Kirsch, is helping the Solstice team tackle early stage challenges and leverage the experience of other intelligent energy startups. Solstice will be part of the accelerator for 6 months and has the option to join the incubator thereafter. 

Solstice is thrilled to be announced as one of the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge (out of over 1000 applicants worldwide). A team of industry experts from Cisco will evaluate each entry based on its level of innovation and digitization, feasibility, impact, and clarity to determine the winning ideas.  CISCO states that "Digitization is about connecting people and things to the Internet so that the information those connections provide can be used to improve processes and decision making." At Solstice, we're working to connect the worlds distributed energy resources, improving intelligent energy management, decision making and seamless integration of solar+storage. This award will help us to advance our technology-enabled solution as we enter beta. We’re honored to be part of the Global Problem Solver community and to represent tech in Africa! @ciscoglobalproblemsolverchallenge 

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https://cisco.innovationchallenge.com/cisco-global-problem-solver-challenge/winners