Internet of Things
Astrikos.ai: Gorilla’s 2025 Investment Signals Smart City Growth
February 4th, 2026Beonic Expands Airport Portfolio: Key Contract Wins and FY2025 Results
January 7th, 2026
51WORLD IPO: China’s Largest Digital Twin Company Raises $84m
This Research Note examines 51WORLD, a Chinese digital twin company that listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2025. We highlight key transaction details, financial disclosures, and strategy from the IPO prospectus and provide a Memoori view on the startup. Transaction Details Net proceeds from the global offering amounted to approximately HK$653 million […]
Sauter Strengthens European Position with 2 Recent Acquisitions
This Research Note examines the M&A activity of Sauter Group, a Basel, Switzerland-based provider of building automation solutions and services, following two further acquisitions announced in 2025, Grupo King in Portugal and Electracom in the UK. We highlight the timeline of the 10 transactions over the last 10 years, inorganic revenues acquired and business focus […]
Access Control 2025: The Backbone of Smart Building Digital Identity?
Physical access control systems (PACS) are becoming an authoritative source for occupancy data, workplace analytics, and real-time building orchestration. At the same time, a strategic contest is emerging between traditional security vendors and the new wave of workplace, IoT, and enterprise platforms, all competing to “own” the identity graph that increasingly determines how buildings operate, […]
Siemens Buildings Accelerates Growth in Digital Software & Services 2025
In this Research Note, we examine the Buildings business of Siemens, which operates within the Smart Infrastructure (SI) division, based on their Q4 earnings release and investor presentations of 13th November 2025 and the Capital Market Day presentation in December 2024. This article focuses on the latest financial results, divisional revenue mix and acquisitions, followed […]
Access Control Market 2025: Shifting to Software-Defined Ecosystems
The physical access control (PACS) market is continuing its transformation from a hardware-centric business focused on locks, card readers, and control panels to a software-driven ecosystem. Cloud platforms, mobile credentials, and artificial intelligence are redefining how organizations manage security, workplace operations, and building intelligence. This transformation represents both significant opportunities and competitive threats across the […]
Market Research in 2025. Why Does it Still Matter?
In this subscriber-only video, we pull back the curtain on how market research actually works, and why it’s more nuanced than you might think. When someone asks how big the smart building technology market is, the answer depends entirely on who you ask, what they measure, and how they define the boundaries of that market. […]
Dahua Navigating 60% Profit Decline and Strategic Shift After US Divestiture
This Research Note examines one of the leading video surveillance companies in China, Dahua Technology, based on their 2024 ESG Report, April 2025, 2024 financial results, and their SemiAnnual H1 2025 report, 16th August 2025. We explore their business segments, innovative businesses, corporate strategy, and 2024 financial highlights before assessing their global position, while facing […]
What’s Driving Growth in the Video Surveillance Market?
This live presentation discussed our new research on the global market for video surveillance in 2025. What was once a market centered on cameras and on-premise recording equipment is evolving into a proactive intelligence infrastructure. The global video surveillance market reached $33.8 billion in 2024 and is forecast to grow to nearly $48 billion by […]
