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January 20th, 2022The Buy and Build Strategy of Private Equity-Backed ACRE Examined
January 3rd, 2022Recording: Using Software Robots to Unlock Energy Efficiency in Aging Buildings
Here is the Video Recording from our 9th Free Webinar of the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Don’t forget you can now Subscribe to ALL our Webinars & Podcasts on Soundcloud, iTunes, YouTube and now Spotify! Robotic Automation Engineers – A Shortcut to Energy Efficient Buildings. Memoori was joined by Ville Ilkkala, the CEO of Finnish startup Valaa […]
Semantic Tagging for Small Smart Buildings
“BIoT technology penetration for small and medium-sized commercial buildings is well behind the curve in terms of adoption. This situation is largely a consequence of the business models and economic imperatives that have historically driven the building controls market,” our report on the IoT in smart commercial buildings stated. “Although the cost of building controls solutions is […]
The Global Physical Security Market Shows Resilience During the Pandemic
Over 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global physical security market has demonstrated a remarkable degree of resilience, outperforming some other global technology markets and indeed beating our best-case scenario projection from last year. The pandemic is helping to reshape the physical security industry, turbo-charging certain emerging business models, whilst it also continues […]
European Startups Leveraging AI for Autonomous Building Management
The market for AI-enabled energy management & sustainability services is growing fast and attracting a good number of new market entrants, with 32% of vendors now offering services for this space, states our recent report on AI and Machine Learning in Smart Commercial Buildings. Leading building controls companies including Honeywell, Siemens, Schneider Electric and Johnson Controls […]
Access Control Technology Attracts Another Public SPAC Listing
In December 2020, Memoori posed the question “Will SPACs Offer an Alternative Exit Route for Companies in the Smart Buildings Space?”. The answer seems to be a resounding Yes! This research note highlights five of twelve SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) transactions in 2021, updating our view that this vehicle is gaining popularity as an alternative exit route. […]
Motorola Solutions Purchases Envysion, their 5th Acquisition in Video & Access Control
Motorola Solutions continues its strategy of investing in its video surveillance and analytics business with the purchase of Envysion, a US physical security provider for the retail sector, for $124 million net of cash on 2nd November. Envysion’s loss prevention offering for quick-service restaurants, convenience, and specialty stores is a cloud-based solution. It integrates video systems […]
Schneider Electric Ventures Lead Funding in the Smart Buildings Space
Memoori analysis of investments in smart buildings in the last five years finds that of the top 25 multiple investors, the Corporate Venture Capital arm of Schneider Electric leads the ranking. Participating in 28 funding rounds since 2016 to date, SE Ventures is the top investor in the smart buildings space. Note that the Memoori smart […]
The Intelligent, Low-Power, High-Resolution Future of Video Surveillance
“We are now entering a new epoch in the video surveillance business driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI),” reads our latest physical security report, highlighting the huge changes we have been seeing in the industry in recent years. Video surveillance has been around for decades but we are now seeing it’s true emergence into the ‘smart’ and […]
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