This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Strategic investments from corporate stakeholders in the built environment have contributed to a maturing smart buildings space in the current quarter. Investors supported a range of building technologies from IoT platforms, occupancy analytics, touchless security screening, microgrids, energy-as-a-service and more. This funding was often accompanied by partnership agreements enabling investors to apply the technology in their own business and property portfolios. As such, the number and type of smart building use cases has proliferated, allowing the various participants in the built environment to more easily assess the outcomes and benefits of particular technologies and business models. Building IoT Platforms Nordomatic, a leading Building Management System integrator in Scandinavia, announced a significant minority investment in Stockholm-based Altacogni AB. The investment enables Nordomatic to gain access to a perpetual, worldwide licensing and development resource for a leading Smart Buildings platform. Altacogni recently acquired a comprehensive […]