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On 10th October 2023, Honeywell announced plans to realign its business segments around three megatrends: automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition. This Research Note focuses on what this means for the smart buildings market. The US conglomerate’s perspective for organic and inorganic growth was further highlighted on a 1st December webcast, together with […]

Here is the recording and presentation from our live stream, discussing AIM, an artificial intelligence chatbot service we have developed to simplify the way our clients access & engage with smart building market analysis. We walk through how AIM was Developed, potential use cases & why we think it is a tool that will dramatically […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]