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Smart Spaces
Building the Future
of Intelligent Environments

Momenta invests in technologies that make factories, buildings, cities, and workplaces more efficient, sustainable, and responsive to human needs. 

 

Smart Spaces go beyond connectivity; they sense, think, and act autonomously, creating measurable value for people and operations.

From workplaces to city districts, real‑time data and adaptive systems now enhance safety, comfort, asset utilization, and overall performance.

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The Sector Shift: How the Built Environment is Changing

Smart Spaces are entering a decade of transformation as intelligence, connectivity, and automation converge across the built environment. The built environment is undergoing a profound transformation.
 

Urban growth, rising sustainability standards, and intensifying operational pressures are redefining how physical spaces need to perform. Buildings, campuses, and city infrastructure are becoming software-defined environments, where IoT, sensors, automation, and AI work together to elevate comfort, resilience, and resource efficiency.

Legacy buildings and infrastructure drive the majority of today’s environmental footprint.
 

The next decade belongs to Smart Spaces that deliver:

  • Real-time utilization visibility across rooms, floors, buildings, and districts

  • Predictive, automated operations that reduce energy waste and digital friction

  • AI powered comfort and safety systems that adapt to occupants

  • Integrated OT/IT architectures ensuring seamless control across vendors and assets

  • Sustainable performance at scale through electrification, efficiency, and optimization

  • Autonomous decision making to balance comfort, cost, and resilience


These advancements are transforming buildings and infrastructure from passive assets into active, intelligent systems that respond dynamically to people and environment.

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The Challenges Driving Change

These pressures are reshaping how buildings, campuses, and cities are designed, managed, and modernized. Together, they drive demand for smarter, safer, and more adaptable environments.
 
  • Interoperability: 
    Systems must work together across vendors, legacy protocols, and
    proprietary architectures.
  • Legacy Retrofits: 
    Aging building stock requires modernization for sustainaibility, IoT readiness, and advanced automation. 
  • Privacy & Security:
    Balancing operational insight with data protection remains a major barrier to fully connected environments
  • ROI Clarity:
    Owners seek verified returns that extend well beyond energy savings into productivity, safety, and occupant experience. 
  • User Adoption:
    Technology must simplify operations and enhance everyday usability.

Where We Invest

Momenta supports innovators reshaping Smart Spaces, integratingdigital intelligence with built environments, facilities, and city infrastructure.

  • Building Intelligence & Orchestration

  • Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERMS)

  • Energy Storage Optimization & Battery Intelligence

  • Predictive Maintenance & Asset Health

  • Digital Twins & Spatial Automation

  • Industrial IoT for Building Infrastructure

  • Energy Efficiency & Electrification

  • Safety, Security & Indoor Environment Quality Systems

  • Workplace Experience & Productivity Solutions

These categories reflect the most scalable and defensibleinnovations shaping the future of buildings and cities.

Investment Scope: Typical initial investment $500K–$2M (Seed to Series A).

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