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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 […]

Record Funding in Smart Buildings Sector with $5.1 Bn Invested in H1 2021
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Funding in the Smart Buildings sector is at an all-time high as H1 2021 deal values of over $5.1B surpassed the previous record by over 5% compared with H2 2018 ($4.9B) and by over 14% in H2 2020 ($4.5B). In terms of the number of transactions, Memoori […]

New EU Regulations Could Become the Global Standard for AI Development
“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a means, not an end. It has been around for decades but has reached new capacities fueled by computing power. This offers immense potential in areas as diverse as health, transport, energy, agriculture, tourism or cyber security. It also presents a number of risks,” said Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market […]

Artificial Intelligence has a Communication Problem
This article was written by Owen Kell, Senior IoT Research Associate at Memoori. AI has a communication problem. There I said it, and I think I’m in a credible position to say it now, having spent the last four months interviewing industry insiders, and pouring over company websites, white papers, and annual reports in preparation […]

Podcast #4: Bricks & Clicks! Digitizing the Traditional Retail Experience
In this new Podcast series, Memoori explores the intersection between technology and commercial real estate through interesting conversations. Bricks & Clicks! Digitizing the Traditional Retail Experience. In episode #4 we talk to Carita Weiss, Head of Payments at Coop Sverige, one of the biggest retailers in Sweden. Carita discusses their new store initiative ‘Scan & […]

Convenience Store Retrofits Enable a Checkout-Free Shopping Experience
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. There is a surge of interest in autonomous checkout technology for convenience stores, as the retail industry struggles more than most through this extended global crisis. The pandemic has helped bolster the case for a checkout-free contactless shopping experience, which mitigates the spread […]

Brick-and-Mortar Retail Must Get Smart to Survive the Pandemic Era
This week, the 250-year-old UK department store Debenhams finally announced it would close all of its 178 outlets after nine months of struggle with the restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the US, the 118-year-old US department store J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy in May 2020, just 2-months after the pandemic began. Business […]

COVID-19 Blurs the Line Between Workplace Safety & Employee Monitoring
Over the last decade, tracking, monitoring, and surveillance technology have advanced significantly to help us quantify and understand human behavior in buildings and cities. Enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), streams of camera footage can be analyzed to identify accidents or security breaches, for example. While several attempts have been made to bring this technology into […]