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Neuron Digital Gains Momentum in Meeting Hong Kong’s Building Digitalization Demand
March 27th, 2024Investment in the Smart Buildings Space Declined 26% in 2023
January 11th, 2024
The Distributed Energy Management Startup Landscape
Building Energy Management is a broad category encompassing energy management software and hardware, energy efficiency services and sustainability and carbon management solutions for buildings. It also includes the technologies involved in creating grid-interactive buildings, such as demand response, virtual power plants, distributed energy management and behind-the-meter energy storage solutions. Within that space, a software category […]
The Renewable Energy Management Startup Landscape
If our buildings were 100% powered by renewable energy then there would be no reason for energy efficiency, BUT achieving 100% renewable energy-powered buildings will be easier if those buildings are energy efficient. These are the two sides of the sustainability discussion around building operations but, more often than not, energy efficiency takes center stage […]
Enerbrain Smart Buildings Business and Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Enerbrain Srl, the Italian startup offering energy retrofit solutions for large buildings. This analysis covers their 2021 financial performance, stakeholders, funding and recent projects. This article, part of a series covering the activities of new entrants such as Haltian, Nuuka Solutions, Spica Technologies and Flowscape updates the information in our 2021 Startups Report and our 2022 Digital Workplace Report. Founded in 2015 […]
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 […]
Over $13 Billion Invested in Smart Building Technology in 2021!
Funding in the Smart Buildings sector is at an all-time high as over $13 billion was invested in 2021. This Research Note highlights our analysis of this unprecedented level of funding for smart building startups and established players. This past year has seen a 55% increase in investment values surpassing the previous annual record of $.8.5 billion in 2018. […]
Satellite Imaging Technology for Measuring the Thermal Footprint of Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori Satellite Vu has raised a £3.6m (US$5m) seed round led by Seraphim Capital to launch the world’s first satellite constellation capable of imaging the thermal footprint of any building on the planet every 1-2 hours. The seed round, which was multiple times oversubscribed, […]
Q3 Funding in the Global Smart Buildings Space Continues Unabated
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori Predictions of a pandemic-triggered slowdown in funding for the smart buildings space have proved to be unfounded. Q3-2020 has seen a 32% increase in the number of funding rounds and a 69% increase in dollar values, compared to Q3-2019. Memoori’s definition of investments […]
6 European PropTech Startups Accelerated by E.ON
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. In Europe, the energy sector is leading the way in developing accelerator programs to strengthen their efforts in supporting business ideas as part of their increased focus on digitization, decentralization and decarbonization of energy. Two leading German energy companies, E.ON and Innogy have […]