Tenant Experience

This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Cushman & Wakefield in the smart buildings space. They are a global commercial real estate services firm with 2023 revenues of $9.49 billion. We have mapped acquisitions, divestments, strategic partnerships, and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the business sector by categorizing the various […]

This Research Note examines what’s behind Korbyt’s latest move to acquire NFS Technology. We review the deal in the context of the workplace experience and resource scheduling software sectors, highlighting the strategic rationale for the acquisition and assessing the market trends and consolidation in the overall workplace technology market. Korbyt Korbyt is a Texas-based SaaS […]

This Research Note examines what’s behind Witco’s latest move to acquire SharingCloud. We review the deal in the context of the startup’s development, funding, prior acquisitions, and strategy. Witco Profile Witco, a Parisian startup was founded in 2016 as MonBuilding, serving the French and Canadian enterprise market for workplace engagement apps. After raising 2 million […]

In this Research Note, we examine the Australian workplace experience platform provider, Equiem, with a focus on the evolution of their app, target markets and strategic acquisitions. Founded in 2011, Equiem launched one of the first tenant experience apps for office buildings. Currently, their workplace experience suite includes a workplace experience app, analytics tools, building […]

This Research Note reviews workplace technology acquisitions in the commercial smart buildings space over the last 12 months. We highlight significant M&A transactions in integrated workplace management systems (IWMS), workplace experience apps, occupancy analytics, visitor management software and associated workplace hardware. 2023 saw 2 major consolidations in the workplace management sector led by US HVAC […]

In this Research Note, we examine trends in job losses in the smart buildings startup space. Part 1 of this series covering job losses in the Building IoT and digital twin platforms sector, can be found here. This Part 2 analysis is based on LinkedIn headcount reduction data over the past two years and our own compilation […]

Underlining the growing importance of the workplace within building automation, smart buildings giant Johnson Controls acquired workplace management technology firm FM:Systems last week for an initial price of $455 million. This adds to a growing trend by major players in the building automation market who are seeking to increase the level of integration between integrated […]