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ASSA ABLOY’s Technology Focus: Mapping their Strategy Part 2
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Acquisitions Up, Investment Down: Is there a 2025 Smart Building Startup Reality Check?
Last week’s live stream provided a comprehensive analysis of the smart building startup ecosystem, focusing on investment trends, acquisition activity, and market dynamics for the first half of 2025. The session covered key data insights, market consolidation patterns, and strategic considerations for companies operating in the commercial building technology space. In this research note, you […]
Investment Analysis H1 2025: Energy Management Captures 46% of Smart Building Funding
This Research Note examines notable funding trends in the smart building startups landscape in H1 2025. This article is based on research for our recently published Startups in Smart Buildings Report. We highlight the major segment which received most investments, the increases in average size of funding rounds and notable strategic buyers who invested in […]
Daikin’s 2025 Strategy: Major Acquisitions Boost HVAC & Data Center Growth
In this Research Note, we examine Daikin, the Japanese headquartered air conditioning manufacturer and the group’s North American strategy to strengthen its HVAC equipment and controls business for commercial and industrial buildings. Our article is based on their FY 2024 results, published 8th May 2025, investor presentations, press releases, and Memoori analysis. It updates our […]
Allegion’s Investment Strategy: 20 Startups Expanding Their Technology Horizon
This Research Note examines Allegion’s relationships with smart building startups over the last 6 years. We highlight recent startup acquisitions, venture capital investments, and strategic alliances which complement their predominantly mechanical security products and systems business. This article updates our previous Research Notes in March 2025 on Allegion’s strategic direction and our coverage of the […]
Pavegen’s Hong Kong Deal Signals 2025 Smart City Breakthrough
This Research Note examines Pavegen, the UK smart flooring startup. We highlight the company’s technology offerings, business model, financial highlights, and external fundraising initiatives before assessing key deployments to date and future growth plans. This article is based on Pavegen’s July 2025 investor presentation and Memoori analysis. Pavegen Profile Founded in 2009 in the UK by […]
Smart Building Startups Navigate Shifting Investment Landscape in 2025
The smart building startups ecosystem could be experiencing a point of inflection. While venture capital funding has cooled by 13% in the first half of 2025, merger and acquisition activity has exploded by over 60%, signaling a maturing market where consolidation trumps speculation. Our latest comprehensive analysis of 1,266 startups founded since 2014 reveals a […]
MapsPeople Secures Private Equity Acquisition & Delists from Nasdaq First North
In this Research Note, we examine MapsPeople, a Danish public company providing indoor mapping and navigation software, which announced an agreement to be acquired by a Canadian technology firm, Apex Group Technologies on 28th April 2025. This article highlights what’s behind the transaction, including reference to MapsPeople’s 2024 financial results, published 6th March 2025, and […]
Kaer Secures $350 Million to Dominate Low-Carbon Cooling Across Asia
This Research Note examines the recent strategic investment by Patrizia and Mitsui in Singapore-based Kaer. We highlight the As-a-Service business model and the strategic investments targeting up to USD 350 million in capital deployment which aim to accelerate the transition to low-carbon cooling in Asia. Kaer Profile Established in 1993 in Singapore, Kaer designs, builds, […]
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