2011

• Boston Business Journal honors Ember as 2011 "Best Places to Work" Winner

2010

• Ember CEO Robert LeFort honored as 2010 Mass High Tech All-Star
• Ember named to Inc 5000 list
• Ember achieves milestone of 10M chips shipped
• Ember achieves profitability
• Ember closes on $5 million in venture debt financing

2009

• Ember announces GA of EM35x Development Kits
• Ember introduces EM300 Series - World's first ARM Cortex-M3 based ZigBee SoCs
• Ember closes on additional $8 million in funding from its primary investors

2008

• EmberZNet PRO 3.1 achieves ZigBee PRO "Golden Unit" certification
• Ember introduces Smart Energy Suite
• Ember introduces new versions of ZigBee Development Tools
• Ember garners 2009 M2M 100 honors

2007

• Ember launches professional grade software - EmberZNet PRO
• Ember's ZigBee technology platform named "Best New Wireless Product" by attendees at BuilConn 2007, in Rosemont, IL.
• Ember unveils EmberZNet PRO 3.1 software - the industry's first ZigBee software supporting the ZigBee PRO Feature Set

2006

• STMicroelectronics and Ember announce partnership to develop next-generation ZigBee chip platforms
• Ember ships EM250 system-on-chip
• Robert LeFort joins Ember as CEO
• Ember ships EM260 ZigBee network co-processor
• Ember closes an additional $12 million in funding from its primary investors and strategic partners
• Ember inks global distribution agreement with Digi-Key
• Ember launches RF Evaluation Kit

2005

• Ember announces partnership with Atmel on the ultra-low power ZigBee™ semiconductor platform.
• Ember becomes one of the first companies to earn official ZigBee-compliant status
• Ember ships EmberZNet ZigBee software
• Ember announces EM250, world's first ZigBee system-on-chip
• Ember unveils EM260 ZigBee network co-processor
• Ember ships EmberZNet 2.0 ZigBee software

2004

• Control Engineering Magazine Names Ember's Wireless Chipset Among Top Innovations in 2003
• Ember Wins "Top Innovator" Award at Prestigious Under the Radar Conference
• Ember becomes a promoter of the ZigBee Alliance and gets a seat on the alliance’s Board of Directors
• Ember purchases 802.15.4 radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit technology from Cambridge Consultants Ltd. (CCL) and hired the engineering team that developed it
• Testing and quality assurance giant National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS) selects Ember Chip Platform as the Golden Suite for IEEE 802.15.4 Interoperability
• Ember University Certifies 100 Developers to Create the next wave of wireless mesh networking applications for monitoring and control
• Ember closes additional $25 million in funding led by Vulcan Capital. New strategic investors include Chevron Texaco Technology Ventures, Hitachi Ltd. and WestAM
• Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, founder of 3Com, Polaris Ventures partner, and member of the Ember BOD becomes chairman of Ember
• Ember announces industry's first ZigBee wireless network platform
• Ember Wins Prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Innovators Award

2003

• Ember and Chipcon announce partnership to develop low-cost, low-power radios for Embedded Wireless Networking
• EmberNet Evaluation Kit Released
• Ember announces EM2420, 2.4 GHz chip, compliant with the IEEE 802.15.4 standard
• Ember joins the ZigBee Alliance

2002

• Ember secures additional $5 million in Series A funding. GrandBanks Capital joins Ember investors
• Ember announces General Availability of EmberNet products suite

2001

• Ember founded by Andrew Wheeler and Robert Poor

• Ember receives $3 million in seed funding led by Polaris Venture Partners with DFJ New England, Stata Venture Partners, and Bob Metcalfe.