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Thru Shivakumar is the CEO & Co-Founder of cohesion, a smart building SaaS platform at the intersection of green, healthy, and operationally efficient buildings for CRE.

Show Notes

Thru Shivakumar is the CEO & Co-Founder of cohesion, a smart building SaaS platform at the intersection of green, healthy, and operationally efficient buildings for CRE.


With its building experience app, cohesion provides a secure, converged IoT-enabled software solution that unites core building workflows, optimizes portfolio management, and generates actionable insights to increase profitability and create better tenant experiences.

The company combines a wide range of capabilities necessary to support the Intelligent Building Platform that include the Internet of Things, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud and Mobile technologies and Machine Learning. Its solution offers a breadth of features for various user roles, comprising the owner, operator, tenant manager, and tenant in a single platform.

cohesion's deep building and technology expertise stem from its birth heritage at a global engineering and design firm, combining strategic product elements, including architecture, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, cutting-edge information technology and software engineering capabilities

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What is Chicago Capital?

The Chicago Capital Podcast explores the startup and Venture Capital ecosystem in the Windy City. Each episode will feature a prominent founder, Venture Capitalist, or Angel investor who plays an integral part in the city's entrepreneurial story. Join host Matt Castellini as he chats with guests about their career journey, their perspective on a particular market, and their thoughts on the Chicago VC and startup scene.