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Honeywell Strategy Update: Building Automation Business Acquires Carrier’s Global Access Solutions
December 11th, 2023AI + Memoori = AIM!
December 7th, 2023
essensys Flexible Workspace Tech Business & 2023 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine the flexible workspace technology business of essensys, based on their full-year results, announced on 2nd November 2023 and Annual Report, year ending 31st July 2023. This article highlights their latest financial performance, restructuring of global operations and strategy, updating our 2022 Examined report. Listed on the AIM market of […]

Beyond the Hype: Assessing What We Know About the PassiveLogic Ecosystem, So Far
Many startups set out hoping to change the game, to put a “dent in the universe” but the reality is that few get close. The odds of “success” if you are funded by a top VC are something like 0.05%. Even “success” doesn’t mean you change the game. Salt Lake City-based startup PassiveLogic is being […]

AI + Memoori = AIM!
1998. The year I fell in love with a website! Walking into the lab of my university computer science department, I sat down at a workstation and typed in for the very first time a URL that would become a beloved companion. Google.com. It was immediately apparent that this was something different, something intriguing. The […]

Apleona Technical Facility Management Business Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Apleona, a leading German real estate technical services provider and facility manager, based on their recent activities, 2023 projected revenues, M&A strategy, and target markets. Based in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt am Main, Apleona successfully closed the merger with Gegenbauer, another German facility and real estate service provider as of […]

Airthings Indoor Air Quality Business & Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Airthings ASA, the Norwegian tech company focused on indoor air quality sensing. This analysis focuses on their 2022 financials and revised strategy for their commercial buildings offering, Airthings for Business, based on their Capital Market Day presentation, 26th October 2023. This article updates our previous article published in January […]

How have Tech Job Losses Impacted the Smart Buildings Space? Part 2: Workplace Tech
In this Research Note, we examine trends in job losses in the smart buildings startup space. Part 1 of this series covering job losses in the Building IoT and digital twin platforms sector, can be found here. This Part 2 analysis is based on LinkedIn headcount reduction data over the past two years and our own compilation […]

Tracking Cleaning Industry Innovation in Smart Buildings
Few sectors got a bigger boost from the pandemic than the cleaning industry. It felt like one of COVID’s lasting impacts on the world would be an elevated level of hygiene and investment in R&D duly followed by new and established players. Now approaching 2024, we are seeing that investment come to fruition through a […]

How have Tech Job Losses Impacted the Smart Buildings Space? Part 1: BIoT Platforms
In this Research Note, we examine trends in job losses in the smart buildings startup space. The analysis is based on LinkedIn headcount reduction data over the past two years and our own compilation of statistics relating to startups undergoing redundancies, restructuring and downsizing. We have highlighted 8 examples of job losses in the BIoT […]