EDGE Next and Sense by PHYSEE join forces and raise capital to accelerate roll-out of building intelligence platform that accelerates the roadmap to Paris proof
The new entity, Next Sense, now integrates both data mining and machine learning into one platform enablingowners and tenants to better comply with ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) regulations.Investors SHAPE Capital (Daan van der Vorm), Timeless Investments (Bas and Tim van Veggel) and Job Dura, in addition to Edge (Coen van Oostrom) as the largest shareholder, invest in this mission tor educe the enormous footprint of the real estate sector.
The global market is being awakened by European Taxonomy, therefore shareholders of both entities decided to use the momentum to unite and accelerate. Over the past year EDGE Next and Sense by PHYSEE worked confidentially on integrating the separate offerings into one platformenabling investors and tenants to better map and reduce energy waste of the endless number of square meters of office space. The decarbonization need of the real estate industry has been indicated as one of the more complex challenges to solve in-time.
As part of the HORIZON program, the European Union has made it clear that real-time simulations on digital building twins are necessary to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. With the launch of Next Sense, this is the chosen approach of all parties involved. The platform will help owners to collect data from their buildings, by using simulations to create a clear roadmap for their portfolio to become Paris-proof and reduce energy consumption of every square meter through AI-based building control logics.
Ferdinand Grapperhaus, CEO at Next Sense, explains why the merger of two individual software platforms is absolutely necessary for the commercial real estate market to more quickly meet its environmental goals:
In a saturated market, blinded by offers from single-point solutions, this merger not only brings together two companies and products, but also connects two missions, networks and customer bases to increase joint impact. 2030 is just around the corner, so there is no more time to waste.Neither for us, nor for our clients.
There is an urgent need for standardized solutions to decarbonize the built environment. As the leading shareholder driving this merger, Coen van Oostrom, Founder and CEO at Edge, believes Next Sense is ready to drive a sustainable transformation of commercial real estate:
The global market urgently requires a unified and standardized approach to reduce the carbon footprint of our buildings. Next Sense is ready to fulfil this critical need. Im confident that all stakeholders engaged with Edge will eagerly welcome the next-generation software platform designed to support them in tackling this huge challenge of decarbonization confronting us all.
The strategic merger and investment position scale-up Next Sense as a frontrunner in thisslowly changing industry. To go even faster and have even more impact the company is already in discussions with various international ClimateTechVenture Capitals partners to strengthen the now initiated acceleration.The climate goals are approaching fast, and to meet them on time, collaboration will be the key to our future.
