Smart buildings
Mapping the Occupancy Analytics Market Landscape 2023
June 7th, 2023Occupancy Analytics Market Consolidation Continues into 2023
June 1st, 2023
Energisme Energy Performance Software Business & 2022 Financials Examined
This Research Note examines Energisme, the listed French energy performance software firm. This article covers their latest financial results and their 2022 Strategic Plan. Founded in 2004, acquired in 2015 by energy sector specialists and listed on the Euronext Growth market in 2020, Energisme’s Internet of Things (IoT) offering is its N’Gage platform, a Software […]

Simpple IPO & Facilities Management Business Examined
Founded in 2016, in Singapore, Simpple provides solutions for building managers and owners to operate their buildings autonomously through technology. Originally focused on robotic cleaning, the company soon shifted to an integrated software solution that connects IoT devices, robotic solutions, and the workforce, through a single unified platform, enabled by AI. Achieving revenues of $4.8 […]

Why is SECOM Investing in Eagle Eye Networks & Brivo?
The physical security industry has developed a healthy funding environment in recent years with venture capitalists providing significant backing to security companies. But this month’s $192 million investment by Japanese security integrator SECOM, into video surveillance company Eagle Eye Networks and access control provider Brivo is somewhat of an outlier. In this research note, we […]

Live Stream: Navigating Hybrid Work. A Toolkit for Building Successful Strategies
How can your organization successfully navigate the shift to hybrid work? Transitioning to a hybrid model involves complex considerations, from understanding work patterns and formulating evidence-driven policies that best leverage the benefits of data and technology. Join us for a FREE LinkedIn Live Event on Tuesday 6th June (1600 Paris | 1500 London | 1000 […]

US & EU Tackle Building Efficiency with Significant Policy Developments
In the wake of the pandemic, the environmental movement keeps gaining momentum on the geopolitical stage. This month, the US General Services Administration (GSA) took a big step forward in its National Deep Energy Retrofit Program, issuing its largest-ever notice of opportunity by redirecting funds from the Inflation Reduction Act for a series of projects […]

JLL Workplace Management & Technologies Business 2022 Financials Examined
This Research Note examines two businesses within JLL which offer technical operations and maintenance (O&M) solutions and services for commercial real estate – JLL Workplace Management and JLL Technologies. This article is based on JLL’s 2022 Annual Report, their 2022 investor briefing and transcript and previous Memoori analysis on the company’s technology strategy in the […]

Breaking the Shackles: Overcoming Resistance to Change in Smart Buildings
The commercial building industry has been notoriously slow in its adoption of new smart buildings technologies, struggling with a deep-seated inertia that has seen innovation lag other market verticals. Bound by the shackles of long-established practices and the burden of decades-old infrastructure and systems, it remains highly resistant to disruption. Complex supply chains, entrenched ecosystems, […]

Time For PropTech Startups to Demonstrate Their Value!
“We have just lived through a decade of historically low-interest rates, which has now all but come to a stop. While this has broad sweeping impacts for the economy at large, for venture capitalists this has dramatically increased the opportunity cost of capital for general partners,” says Mike McAra, director at Second Century Ventures and […]