Mike Majors, an investment partner at Siemens Venture Capital, has joined the Encelium's board as part of its $11m round.

Siemens Venture Capital (SVC), the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based industrial group Siemens, has led the $11m round for Encelium Technologies, a US-based maker of lighting control systems for commercial buildings.

Mike Majors, an investment partner at SVC, has joined the Encelium’s board.

Ralf Schnell, chief executive of SVC, said: "Lighting control is a market poised for growth due to increasing energy prices and regulation."

Since Encelium’s launch in 2001, its Energy Control System has been installed in more…