Deako
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$46.8M
9 rounds on record
Latest round
$3.4M
Convertible Note · Jul 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Long since its last round
26 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 17
Partnership Deako and Josh.ai Partner to Bring Premium Lighting Control to More Smart Homes · PRNewswire
Jan 7
Recognition Deako Named IoT Breakthrough Awards Connected Home Product of the Year · PRNewswire
Aug 19, 2025
Recognition Deako Named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America · PRNewswire
Oct 1, 2024
Partnership Deako Partners with Top Builder Maronda Homes, Adding Its Innovative Modular Lighting Solutions to Every New Home Built · PRNewswire
Jul 23, 2024
Raised a round Convertible Note $3.4M · GeekWire
Sep 30, 2022
Raised a round Convertible Note $13.4M · SEC Form D
Mar 9, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $12.5M · SEC Form D
May 4, 2020
Raised a round Convertible Note $751k · SEC Form D
Feb 5, 2019
Raised a round Convertible Note $1.2M · SEC Form D
May 29, 2018
Launched Deako Launches New Modular Smart Lighting System for Home Builders; Closes $4 Million Financing RoundY-Combinator Grad and Smart Lighting Technology… · markets.businessinsider.com
May 21, 2018
Raised a round Venture round $4.8M · SEC Form D
Aug 28, 2017
Raised a round Convertible Note $2.1M · SEC Form D
Jun 13, 2016
Raised a round Venture round $6.8M · SEC Form D
Mar 25, 2016
Raised a round Convertible Note $1.8M · SEC Form D
Jan 2016
Went through Y Combinator
2015
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.33%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
2.5 ★
137 ratings
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convertible Note | Jul 2024 | $3.4M | — | GeekWire |
| Convertible Note | Sep 2022 | $13.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2021 | $12.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Convertible Note | May 2020 | $751k | — | SEC Form D |
| Convertible Note | Feb 2019 | $1.2M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2018 | $4.8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Convertible Note | Aug 2017 | $2.1M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jun 2016 | $6.8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Convertible Note | Mar 2016 | $1.8M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Deako, Inc. | its site |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Alexander StrunkinExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Derek RichardsonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Wes NicolExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Li JunExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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News
SKYX To Merge With Deako To Build AI-Powered Smart Home Platform
SKYX Platforms has signed a merger agreement with Deako, combining the companies' plug-and-play technologies to create a broader smart home and AI platform spanning wall switches, electrical outlets, ceiling fixtures, sensors and other connected products.
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Deako Celebrates 11 Years of Innovation, Expands Vision from Smart Lighting to Intelligent Home Platform
/PRNewswire/ -- Today marks more than a decade of innovation and growth in the smart home industry with the 11th anniversary of Deako, the leader in smart...
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Deako and Josh.ai Partner to Bring Premium Lighting Control to More Smart Homes
/PRNewswire/ -- Deako, the leader in modular whole-home smart lighting systems, and Josh.ai, the industry
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Deako Named IoT Breakthrough Awards Connected Home Product of the Year
/PRNewswire/ -- Deako, the leading innovator in modular whole-home smart lighting, was just recognized by IoT Breakthrough as its second-generation Smart...
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Deako Named Gold Winner in Best in Biz Awards for Most Innovative Product of the Year
/PRNewswire/ -- Deako, the leading innovator in modular smart lighting, announced today that its second generation Smart Switch has been named a Best in Biz...
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Deako Inks Partnership with Home Creations to Bring Smart Lighting to Hundreds of New Homes Across Oklahoma and Texas
/PRNewswire/ -- Deako, the leader in modular smart lighting solutions, just kicked off a three-year partnership with Home Creations, one of the top 100...
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Deako Named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America
/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Deako, the leading innovator in modular smart lighting solutions, was named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list for the second year in a row,...
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Deako has a new smart light switch and a next-gen app
The new switch has an integrated LED light bar, while the latest version of Deako's app boasts technology that auto-configures switches for multi-way lighting.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Deako over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
4
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
90/100AI adopter
Languages
C++
Python
Developer tools
Altium Designer
AI & ML
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People
Alexander Strunkin
Executive Officer, Director
Derek Richardson
Executive Officer, Director
Wes Nicol
Executive Officer
Li Jun
Executive Officer, Director
Doug Renert
Director
Jun Li
Director
Douglas Renert
Director
Brian Weeks
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
51/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~15 hours
10/01/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Seattle
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Mountlake Terrace
United States
HQ
Seattle
United States
Regional office
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
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Jobs
≈ $106k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Seattle
Python
C++
Claude
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Management
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Financials
Total raised
$46.8M
Latest round
Convertible Note
Funding rounds
9
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convertible Note | 2024 | $3.4M | Details |
| Convertible Note | 2022 | $13.4M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2021 | $12.5M | Details |
| Convertible Note | 2020 | $751k | Details |
| Convertible Note | 2019 | $1.2M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2018 | $4.8M | Details |
| Convertible Note | 2017 | $2.1M | Details |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2016 | $6.8M | Details |
| Convertible Note | 2016 | $1.8M | Details |