Lexington, MA – January 24, 2017: FirstFuel Software, the leading customer engagement provider for utilities and their business customers, today announced it was named in the prestigious 2017 Global Cleantech 100. FirstFuel was selected from more than 9,000 companies worldwide and recognized for its foundational role in revolutionizing the utility market through business customer engagement.
Produced by the Cleantech Group (CTG) – whose work keeps its audiences and clients in touch with emerging trends, leading innovation companies, and all key players in sustainable innovation – the Global Cleantech 100 list represents the most innovative and promising ideas impacting the future of a wide-range of industries. Featuring companies that are best positioned to solve tomorrow’s clean technology challenges, the Global Cleantech 100 is a comprehensive list of private companies with the highest potential to make a significant market impact within a 5-10 year timeframe.
“Customer engagement is a new energy provider imperative, and business customers offer a large untapped opportunity,” said Swapnil Shah, CEO, FirstFuel Software. “As the leader in business customer engagement for the utility market, we partner with forward-thinking energy providers to deliver accurate, insightful, and scalable customer intelligence which not only improves business customer engagement, but also contributes to a cleaner, more sustainable world.”
The list is collated by combining proprietary CTG research data with weighted qualitative judgements from hundreds of nominations and specific inputs from a global 86-person expert panel. To qualify for the list, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies that are not listed on any major stock exchange.
This year, a record number of nominations were received: 9,900 distinct companies from 77 countries. These companies were weighted and scored to create a short list of 325 companies. Short-listed nominees were reviewed by CTG’s expert panel, resulting in a finalized list of 100 companies from 17 countries.
“From day one, the purpose of the Global Cleantech 100 program was to act as our barometric read on how the many facets that contribute to the emergence and maturing of an innovation theme like cleantech (the “doing of more with less”) are changing year on year,” said Richard Youngman, CEO, Cleantech Group (CTG). “Now in its eighth year, the program shows more signals of the ongoing mainstreaming of clean technologies, sustainability, and resource efficiency on its journey towards the point where this is just the normal way business is done.”
About FirstFuel Software
FirstFuel Software is the global leader in customer engagement for utilities and their business customers, using advanced analytics to help over 30 energy providers in North America and Europe improve business customer satisfaction, drive sales and revenue, and increase program participation. Combining data science, building science, and software, FirstFuel’s SaaS platform derives intelligence from over 4 million meters, transforming energy providers into trusted advisors to their business customers. Founded in 2010 and privately held, FirstFuel is headquartered in Lexington, MA. For more information about FirstFuel, please visit www.firstfuel.com and follow us on Twitter @FirstFuelSW.
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