This Research Note examines vilisto GmbH, a German startup that has gained traction offering smart thermostats for application in non-residential buildings. We highlight their products, funding, deployments, and growth in revenues and headcount. Vilisto Profile vilisto GmbH was founded in 2016 in Hamburg, Germany, by Christoph Berger, Christian Brase, and Lasse Stehnken. Following a pivot in 2017 from smart thermostats for private households, the startup now specializes in self-learning radiator thermostats for non-residential buildings. The company’s offering focuses on a heat management solution that digitizes the entire process of heat consumption, from the radiators to the boiler. Their thermostats are made in Germany with integrated presence detection. Through movement, sound, and light in the room, the sensors detect when and how the individual rooms are used and heat them automatically as needed. By incorporating local weather data, the thermostat also calculates how long the room will take to heat up. As a result, rooms are preheated […]