BOULDER - Tendril Networks Inc. has secured a $30 million series C round of funding and plans to hire 100 workers in the coming months.

Boulder-based Tendril, makers of the Tendril Residential Energy Ecosystem that links consumers and energy providers to help manage energy use, plans to add primarily sales, marketing and support staff in addition to engineers to increase its reach into the market and support its growing business.

"We should be hiring about 100 people in the next 12 to 18 months," said Tim Enwall, Tendril's president and chief operating officer. "We don't anticipate needing any more money before we reach profitability with the current scope of the business and the business plan."

The company closed the round in late May, Enwall said.

"We are seeing an explosion of business and are excited to quickly move into this next stage of growth and customer adoption," said Adrian Tuck, Tendril's chief executive officer, in a statement. "Smart energy management is poised to take center stage, and we see the need now more than ever for an open operating environment to enable a smart, information-driven power grid."

The round was led by San Bruno, Calif.-based VantagePoint Venture Partners and also included Boulder-based Vista Ventures and others.