Cohesion provides a patented smart-building and digital twin SaaS platform that integrates the human aspect, building systems, and environmental elements into a single management and data solution. Its platform simulates building operations and uses AI and predictive modeling to forecast outcomes and optimize environment and health. Cohesion has built one of the world’s largest repositories of commercial real estate data and manages tens of millions of square feet of office space. The company plans product and market expansion to accelerate its digital twin technology and drive the industry transformation to autonomous buildings, while improving tenant experience, efficiency, sustainability, and operational transparency. It is pursuing strategic channel growth with partners such as Morgan Stanley, Transwestern, The John Buck Company, and Riverside Investment & Development. Founded in 2018 as a spin-off of ESD, Cohesion employs about 100 people worldwide. Cohesion offers an IoT- and AI-enabled platform that integrates tenant-facing apps with legacy building engineering systems to streamline operations and surface actionable insights. The platform is designed to boost operating efficiency, enhance tenant experience, and address real-time health and safety needs for building occupants. Cohesion positions itself as an all-in-one solution for owners and operators to centralize building systems and workflows. Its client roster includes The John Buck Company, Transwestern, Frasers Property, and Riverside Investment & Development. The company was founded in August 2018 as a spin-off venture of ESD and is headquartered in Chicago’s Central Business District. Cohesion plans to invest the new funding into its platform and is hiring for about 25 full-time roles across product development, sales, marketing, implementation, and customer success over the next year.

Total raised

$22M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Nov 2021