This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Since 2017, Memoori has tracked around 970 funding rounds worldwide across the smart buildings space which have attracted over $16.5 billion in disclosed capital investment by venture capital, private equity and corporate investors. Investment in 2019 amounted to $5.4 billion spread over 316 funding rounds. This is around 31% lower than the record level of $7.8 billion capital investment over 361 rounds in 2018, but a 61% increase on the 2017 level of $3.3 billion spread over 301 rounds. The data in our new report on M&A and Investments in Smart Buildings H2-2019, has revealed an unprecedented rise in global investment since 2017, which is confirmation of a shift in the slowly evolving smart buildings space. With the number of funding rounds rising to over 300 per annum, this heightened level of activity maintained over the last 3 years is a significant indicator […]