Decoding fragmentation, and what it means to you
Smart Building Insight - Fundraising and Product Launches - March 2026 from Aamidor Consulting
Letter from the Editor
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and hope you all are stuffed with pizza or pie from Pi Day. We have a big issue, which includes:
New rounds from Verdigris, Optiml, Zero Homes, and a number of data center related deals.
Product launches from Cambio, Kode Labs, ABB, Ontoly, Clockworks, nZero and more.
An analysis on market fragmentation which focuses on one of the root cause problems in our industry.
We also published an issue of In Case You Missed it last week - check it out here for the greatest hits from early in the year.
Aamidor Consulting Podcast Spotlight
After a break for the holidays, Lewis and Joe recorded a new market update podcast, in which we discussed a few of the bigger news items to start 2026:
Trane Technologies launched Trane Cloud
Copeland acquired Bueno
Clockworks Analytics raised a round from Carom Growth Partners
Cambio and Optiml raised new early-stage rounds
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Smart building product launches and related announcements:
Facilio announced the launch of its Autonomous AI Agent Suite, Facilio Atom, designed to automate up to 40% of manual back-office workflows in facilities management across service, compliance, finance, and operations.
KODE Labs launched EnerG, an AI-enabled platform designed to centralize utility, sustainability, and performance data to help real estate organizations optimize costs, improve reporting, and advance decarbonization strategies across enterprise portfolios.
Our take: Moving into a competitive position with some of the other utiltiy data platforms, such as Engie, Schneider Resource Advisor, Conservice, EnergyCAP and others. Logical platform approach - grows surface area for currernt and future clients.
WellStat was named the recipient of the Commercial & Industrial Market Award from Con Edison for delivering top demand response performance through its automated energy management platform.
