Smart buildings
MRI Software: Exploring the 2025 IPO & Sale Options
October 2nd, 2025Podcast 40: Stiles Property Management Found $400K+ in Hidden Savings
October 1st, 2025Smartvatten Strengthens European Position with 2025 LeakLook Acquisition
This Research Note examines Smartvatten, a Finnish specialist in water efficiency technology and expertise in Northern Europe. It updates our previous article in March 2024, covering Smartvatten’s solutions, key developments in 2024, sustainability partnerships and the September 2025 acquisition of LeakLook, a Finnish specialist in IoT-driven water monitoring for real estate. Smartvatten Profile Established in […]
Johnson Controls + Tyco: Nearly 10 Years on from the $16.5B Mega Merger
Nearly 10 years after the merger between Johnson Controls and Tyco in 2016, the $16.5 billion deal stands as one of the most significant consolidation moves in the building technologies sector. Today, with the benefit of hindsight and financial data, we can evaluate whether this mega-merger achieved its ambitious objectives. The 2016 merger created a […]
Verdigris: Comprehensive Review of the Energy Management Platform in 2025
This Research Note takes an in-depth look at Verdigris, provider of a hardware-enabled SaaS energy management solution for commercial and industrial buildings. We examine the company offerings, disclosed funding, deployments, and partnerships before providing a Memoori view on the firm. Verdigris Profile Co-founded in 2010 by Mark Chung, CEO, Verdigris Technologies Inc. is headquartered at […]
learnd’s Strategic €48.5M Management Buyout Signals New Growth Phase
This Research Note examines learnd SE, a Luxembourg public company, which announced on 24th September 2025, that the founders have taken a majority stake and are to take the company private. We explore the transaction details, learnd’s history and buy and build strategy followed by the implications of the organizational change and a Memoori view. […]
Build an AI Agent for Employee Onboarding in Smart Buildings!
Employee onboarding in the smart building tech sector presents significant challenges. New hires can arrive with IT backgrounds but lack industry-specific knowledge about the stakeholder ecosystem, market dynamics, and different commercial building types and their specific requirements. But what if your next hire could master smart building fundamentals in weeks, not months? What if they […]
ASSA ABLOY’s Technology Focus: Mapping their Strategy Part 2
This Research Note examines the technology strategy of ASSA ABLOY, the Swedish-headquartered global access control business, by analyzing the acquisitions, partnerships, divestments, and investments of the group’s Global Technologies division. In part 2, we have mapped the strategic direction of the Global Solutions business unit by categorizing the various transactions by vertical market since January […]
Trane Technologies Growth Through Acquisition: Key 15 Smart Building Deals Since 2013
This Research Note examines the acquisitions and divestments that Trane Technologies has completed over the last 11 years in the smart buildings space. We have classified these transactions by technology, business model and strategic rationale. This article is intended as a non-exhaustive indicator of Trane’s strategic direction, updating our September 2022 analysis. Acquisition Mapping of […]
Podcast 39: The Reality of PropTech Startups!
In episode 39 of Sh*t You Wish Your Building Did, we dive deep into the unvarnished realities of running a PropTech startup with Michael Grant, founder of Metrikus and co-creator of Smart Building Bootcamp. Michael shares hard-earned insights from 6 years in the trenches, covering everything from the brutal truth about fundraising in 2025 to […]