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3 Things We Learned About Smart Building SPACs in 2022

December 20th, 2022
Smart Buildings

Mapping View Inc.’s Smart Building Strategy

November 29th, 2022
Smart Buildings

EnOcean: The Latest Smart Buildings Firm to Ride the SPAC Wave

The alternative IPO trend continues as German firm EnOcean announces its intention to implement a reverse merger with a SPAC to take them public early next year. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have proved a popular route for companies to list on the stock market without the rigmarole of a traditional IPO process. However, more […]

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SPACS: The 800-pound Gorilla in the PropTech Room

In the same week in July, two more special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers in the smart building security space wrestled with this alternative IPO approach. First, Crown Proptech Acquisitions failed in their attempted merger with access control firm Brivo after the deadline passed before they were able to raise the funds required. Then, 5 […]

Smart Buildings

View Smart Buildings Business and Financials Examined

In this Research Note, we examine View Inc. (NASDAQ: VIEW), a Silicon Valley-based smart window company founded in 2006. This analysis is based on their 2021 financial results, investor presentations, M&A and their smart buildings strategy.  View, one of the most heavily funded firms in the smart buildings space, acquired unicorn status in November 2018 when it raised a $1.1 billion Series […]

Smart Buildings

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 […]

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Tishman Speyer ‘Latches’ on to the SPAC Bandwagon with Smart Locks

Every startup wants to grow and succeed, and traditionally that would take one of two routes. Either showing enough potential to be acquired by a larger firm that will run it independently or integrate it with its other business units, thereby giving the startup’s shareholders a windfall and giving the startup’s products the chance for […]

Smart Buildings

Global Investment in Smart Building Technology Exceeds $16.5Bn since 2017

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Since 2017, Memoori has tracked around 970 funding rounds worldwide across the smart buildings space which have attracted over $16.5 billion in disclosed capital investment by venture capital, private equity and corporate investors. Investment in 2019 amounted to $5.4 billion spread over 316 […]

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