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This Research Note examines what’s behind the Vertiv acquisition of Waylay, a Belgian startup offering an IoT orchestration platform. We highlight the transaction details, strategic rationale, Waylay profile, and Vertiv’s product and services portfolio before providing a Memoori view of the technology acquired. Transaction Details and Strategic Rationale In August 2025, Vertiv Holdings, a vendor […]

This Research Note explores Sharry, the Czech startup developing smart buildings software for mobile access control.  We review the platform, company funding, deployments, and partnership with Assa Abloy before providing our assessment of their progress. Sharry Profile Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic by Josef Šachta, Jakub Řezníček, Michal Čeřovský and Vladimír Cibulka. Sharry has […]

This Research Note examines the Building Solutions business of Vinci Energies, highlighting its focus, vertical markets, and financial performance of its operations, based on its 2024 financial results and Capital Markets Day presentation. Vinci Energies Building Solutions Profile Vinci Energies offers a range of electrical and multi-technical solutions and services for commercial and industrial buildings, […]

This Research Note explores our assessment of Honeywell’s market position in the European building automation products market.    We review the revenue mix for the Honeywell Building Automation division, examine the latest financial data of two subsidiaries, Trend Control Systems based in the UK and Saia-Burgess Controls based in Switzerland, concluding with our view of […]

This Research Note examines Zumtobel, an Austrian listed lighting group active worldwide, highlighting its latest financial results as of 30th April 2025, published on 24th July. This updates our research note from last year. We also explore the Smart Building Solutions new business area, partnerships, and a European Investment Bank loan for research and development. […]

This Research Note examines the recent Legence Corp. filing at the US SEC for an Initial Public Offering.  We highlight the transaction details, profile the business segments offering engineering, installation and maintenance services and sustainability consulting, and explore the financial highlights of the $2.1 billion revenue company. Transaction Details Blackstone is exploring a potential sale […]

In this Research Note, we examine Haltian Oy, the Finnish developer of IoT hardware and software solutions for the built environment. This analysis, updating our September 2024 article on Haltian, focuses on the company’s recently launched products and solutions, its financial performance 2020 – 2024, funding, and deployments. Haltian Profile Founded in 2012, Haltian is […]

This Research Note examines notable funding trends in the smart building startups landscape in H1 2025.  This article is based on research for our recently published Startups in Smart Buildings Report.  We highlight the major segment which received most investments, the increases in average size of funding rounds and notable strategic buyers who invested in […]