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Investment in the Smart Buildings Space Declined 26% in 2023
January 11th, 2024Mapping the Strategic Direction of Grosvenor Property Group in Smart Buildings
August 28th, 2023Mapping the Strategic Direction of Schneider Electric in Smart Buildings – Part 1
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Schneider Electric in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped M&A, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the Buildings business, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period. This article, Part 1 of a 2-part analysis, is […]
Is the Failed tado Deal Another Nail in the SPAC Coffin?
Another month and another failed SPAC in the smart buildings industry, this time involving German smart thermostat provider, tado. Each special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal offers a different set of reasons for failure, but on the surface, the tado deal with GFJ ESG (the SPAC) appeared to have all the ingredients for success. Tado has […]
Silvair’s Lighting-based Building Intelligence Business Examined
In this research note we examine Silvair, a California-based and lighting-focused IoT software solutions provider with Polish origins. The firm has developed an innovative technology for wireless communication of devices on an open-source mesh topology and is currently commercializing its product in the form of software and services with a particular focus on smart lighting systems. […]
European Building Automation Player Sauter Advances Growth Strategy in Facility Management Services
For more than 100 years, Sauter Group, based in Basel, Switzerland with a production site in Freiburg, Germany, has provided products, solutions and services for building management and room automation. With around 350 employees at the Basel site and 2,700 people worldwide, Sauter reported 2020 turnover of approx. €500 million, making them one of the second-tier building […]
Hybrid Work is Driving the Digital Workplace Market
Germany, Portugal, and Ireland are some of the first major economies to make remote work a mandatory option for all employees that can work remotely. Home office product sales have continued to grow despite our longest spell without mass lockdowns since the pandemic began. Even the question “are you working remotely?” has become commonplace in […]
Property Owners are Now Realizing they Need to Future-Proof their Buildings
“A building manager goes home and talks to his Alexa and has a really great software experience with five or six different mobile apps during the day. Then they get to their office, and all the systems haven’t changed in 20 years,” suggests Luke Schoenfelder, co-founder of smart lock provider Latch, in light of off-the-shelf […]
Audio: Where is AI-Powered Building Management Leading Us?
Here is the Audio Stream from our 9th Free Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. Where is AI-Powered Building Management Leading Us? Memoori Talks to Dan Ryan, CEO of New AI Sensing Hardware StartUp, VergeSense. Vergesense is a Y Combinator-backed startup looking to disrupt the Facilities Management industry using Artificial […]
Investment in IoT Platforms for Commercial Buildings is on the Rise
Investment in IoT platforms for commercial buildings has continued to rise unabated since 2015. With the recent flood of low cost connected building systems, advanced sensors and cloud-based data analytics software driven by machine learning, a diverse range of building management platforms aimed at energy efficiency and asset optimization are being launched. The companies described […]