PropTech
The Building Retrofit Revolution?
April 28th, 2022Matterport’s Business & 2021 Financials Examined
April 27th, 2022Chinese Startups Addressing Digital Workplace Solutions for Commercial Real Estate
The digital workplace sector is a rapidly evolving market opportunity within commercial real estate. The market is in the early stages of maturity, having seen considerable activity over the past two years accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our new Digital Workplace report published this year forecasts that the the Asia region will enjoy the most impressive rise in digital […]
Smart Building Q1 Venture Funding Declined 21% but still the 3rd Largest Quarter on Record!
This Research Note highlights our analysis of investments in the smart buildings space in the first quarter of 2022. We review how funding levels are faring compared with last year’s record of over $13 billion invested. Memoori has tracked 85 funding rounds amounting to over $3.5 billion across the smart buildings space in Q1 2022. Note that our analysis […]
Mapping the Global Digital Workplace Market in 2022
Our new research forecasts that the digital workplace market will grow rapidly at 20% per year between 2021 and 2026, rising from $3.70 billion in 2021, to $9.21 billion in just five years. Market growth will be largely driven by cost-control measures such as space rationalization and reconfigured solutions to help create safe and hybrid workspaces for […]
We Already Have The Technology, Now We Need It To Work Together
In 2022, we already have the tools to make buildings smarter. What the smart buildings industry needs to do now, is to make their technology more accessible. “What the next decade is likely to bring us in building automation and integration is access. This means access between systems that have traditionally been independent, access to the […]
The State of SPACs in the Smart Building & PropTech Space
In this Research Note, we examine companies in the proptech and smart buildings space which have opted for a SPAC route to become publicly listed in 2021 and 2022 to date, based on their annual reports, investor presentations, our M&A transactions database and analysis of previous deals. SPAC acquisitions accounted for 11 completed transactions in the smart […]
The ESG Problem & the Smart Building Solution
The term Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has been around for almost 20-years but still conjures up a range of different thoughts and feelings for different people. For some, it is a force for good, bringing more humanness into the world of business, for others it is a weak attempt at regulation on serious global […]
Spica Technologies Acquired by Scandinavian Smart Building Systems Integrator Nordomatic
The Nordomatic Group, the largest independent integrator of open, cloud-based smart building solutions in the Nordic region, has announced the acquisition of Spica Technologies, a Birmingham, UK based provider of digital workplace software. Founded in 2014, Spica’s cloud-based technology has been deployed across more than 25 million square feet of office space in 20 countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia […]
New Working Practices Fuel Growth in the Digital Workplace Market, which will Rise to $9.2Bn by 2026
Our new report investigates the rapidly evolving digital workplace market, at a time when ‘new’ working practices, including remote working, hybrid working and flexible working, are demanding accurate data for making effective decisions about the use of commercial office space. The digital workplace market is in the early stages of maturity, having seen considerable activity over the last […]