Tapa

What Tapa does

Tapa Inc. is a privately held building technology company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. The company develops a unified building management platform and middleware that overlays existing Building Automation Systems (BAS) via the BACnet/IP protocol, connecting building systems, IoT devices, sensors, and applications through an on-premise Edge Server (industrial-grade mini PC) and cloud infrastructure. The product portfolio spans core platform applications — Monitor, Manage, Tenant, Usage, Intelligence, and Diagnostics — augmented by specialized modules including Virtual NOC, No-Touch access control, Healthy Buildings, and Indoor Air Quality monitoring. AI-powered HVAC optimization is delivered through a Licensed Reseller partnership with BrainBox AI under a percentage-of-savings pricing model.

The company serves building owners (REITs, investment firms, corporations), building operators and service providers, system integrators, and tenants/occupants across commercial real estate verticals including offices, schools, hospitals, government buildings, and places of worship. Named customers include Lincoln Property Company (IAQ deployment at 101 Constitution), JLL's District Center 555 (a 12-story mixed-use building where SmartBT implemented Tapa's Tenant solution alongside Distech Controls), and Sherlynd Baptist Church. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales with a channel of system integrators (SmartBT, JCM, Johnson & Jordan, CTS, MLED Tech), technology partners (BrainBox AI, Lynxspring, Distech Controls), and a marketplace listing via Alps Controls. Geographic reach is presently limited to North America (USA).

Tapa's revenue model blends subscription/recurring SaaS licensing for its software platform, outcome-based pricing for AI HVAC optimization (percentage of energy savings after a 2-month free trial), hardware sales of the Edge Server, and licensing/royalties for its middleware integration platform. The company completed an initial seed funding round via Republic crowdfunding in September 2020 and raised an additional $73,462 through the same channel by January 2021. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Name

Tapa

Legal name

Tapa Inc.

Website

https://tapa.cc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tapa Inc. is a building technology company providing a unified building management platform and middleware overlay for commercial real estate, serving building owners, operators, system integrators, and tenants through IoT integration, AI-powered HVAC optimization, and indoor air quality monitoring.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Smart Building Management Software

NAICS

Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use (334512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Smart Building Software Platforms (IWMS/CAFM Integration, Digital Twin, Command Center) (BPABAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smart Building Interoperability & Protocol Services (BACnet/Modbus/KNX Gateways) (BPABAGAM), Occupant Experience & Smart Workplace Apps (Room/Desk Booking, Comfort Feedback) (BPABAGAO), Facilities Operations, CMMS & Predictive Maintenance (IoT-enabled) (HSAPAPAI)

Keywords

• Building management systems
• Smart building platform
• IoT integration middleware
• HVAC optimization software
• Tenant experience apps

Headquarters

HQ city

Falls Church

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Licensing: SaaS-based unified building management platform with subscription or usage-based pricing for building owners and operators.
2. AI-Powered HVAC Optimization: BrainBox AI-powered HVAC optimization with 2-month free trial followed by cost based on percentage of savings achieved.
3. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Monitoring: Continuous IAQ tracking solution with environmental factor monitoring and scoring.
4. Edge Server Hardware: Industrial-grade Edge Server hardware deployed on-premise for building connectivity and IoT integration.
5. Middleware Solution: Integration platform for app developers, service providers, and integrators to build smart building applications on Tapa infrastructure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tapa provides a unified building management platform that overlays existing Building Automation Systems (BAS) using BACnet/IP protocol, with on-premise Edge Servers (mini PC/Raspberry Pi) connecting building systems, IoT devices, and a cloud platform. Its middleware translation layer unifies data across heterogeneous sensors, devices, protocols, and endpoints, and offers a suite of applications (Monitor, Manage, Tenant, Usage, Intelligence, Diagnostics, No-Touch, Virtual NOC, IAQ) for building owners, operators, service providers, and system integrators. AI-powered HVAC optimization is delivered via a partnership with BrainBox AI.

Product overview

Tapa is a next-generation building management system providing a unified platform and application for building owners, operators, and occupants. The product portfolio consists of a core platform (TAPA MONITOR, TAPA MANAGE, TAPA TENANT, TAPA USAGE, TAPA INTELLIGENCE, TAPA DIAGNOSTICS) augmented by specialized modules (TAPA NO-TOUCH, TAPA VIRTUAL NOC, TAPA HEALTHY BUILDINGS, TAPA INDOOR AIR QUALITY). Infrastructure includes TAPA MIDDLEWARE (the integration platform), TAPA EDGE SERVER (on-premise hardware), TAPA SERVER MANAGER, and TAPA CONFIG MANAGER. TAPA INTELLIGENCE, powered by BrainBox AI, provides autonomous HVAC optimization using deep learning. The middleware platform unifies data across sensors, devices, protocols, and endpoints via APIs for app developers, service providers, integrators, and solution providers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tapa Monitor: Building monitoring solution for monitoring critical building systems, creating alarms, and tracking device performance
• Tapa Manage
• Tapa Tenant
• Tapa Usage
• Tapa Intelligence
• Tapa Diagnostics
• Tapa No-Touch
• Tapa Virtual NOC
• Tapa Middleware
• Tapa Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

Products and services

• TAPA MONITOR Real-time monitoring dashboard for building devices and systems that identifies devices and set points, defines normal in/out range thresholds, sets alarm priority and risk levels, collects historical points data, and sends real-time alerts when points go out of range. Used by building operators and service providers for portfolio-wide visibility.
• TAPA MANAGE
• TAPA TENANT
• TAPA USAGE
• TAPA INTELLIGENCE
• TAPA DIAGNOSTICS
• TAPA NO-TOUCH
• TAPA MIDDLEWARE
• TAPA INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ) Indoor Air Quality monitoring system that continuously measures temperature, humidity, CO2, PM2.5 particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and fan speed to deliver an IAQ score on a 0–100 scale via mobile application. Deployed for schools, restaurants, churches, and workplaces; also available via Alps Controls online marketplace.
• TAPA VIRTUAL NOC
• TAPA HEALTHY BUILDINGS
• TAPA EDGE SERVER

Quantifiable outcome

• 31% HVAC savings
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BrainBox AIcoreTechnology or IntegrationBrainBox AI provides self-adapting AI technology to proactively optimize HVAC energy consumption. Tapa's intelligent engine connects directly to HVAC systems to support a self-operating building requiring no human intervention. Together they transform HVAC from reactive to preemptive, delivering up to 25% reduction in energy costs and 20-40% decrease in carbon footprint. Tapa is a BrainBox AI Licensed Reseller.
• Smart Building Technologies (SmartBT)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSolution partner providing complete building automation system solutions. Specializes in reinvigorating buildings with aged and outdated systems. For District Center 555 project, SmartBT implemented Tapa's Tenant solution application along with Distech Controls, giving occupants direct control of lighting and temperature.
• Johnson & JordanminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSolution partner providing building automation and system integration services.
• JCMminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSolution partner providing building automation and system integration services.
• CTSminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSolution partner providing building automation and system integration services.
• MLED TechminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSolution partner providing building automation and system integration services.
• LynxspringcoreTechnology or IntegrationSystem partner embracing open software and hardware with multi-vendor interoperability from edge to enterprise. Delivers platforms, applications, products and services for building and IoT environments enabling system integrators to deliver versatile solutions for managing facilities' operational and environmental systems.
• Alps ControlscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading online marketplace for HVAC and building automation control parts. Alps Controls officially made Tapa's IAQ solution available via its online marketplace, providing building system integrators, owners, operators and others a quick and easy way to order Tapa's IAQ monitoring solution.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Enverid: HVAC scrubber and smart IAQ/HVAC optimization vendor for commercial buildings, with a strong focus on healthy buildings and air quality. Overlaps with Tapa's IAQ, Healthy Buildings, and HVAC Intelligence modules.
• Lynxspring: Edge-to-enterprise building automation platform enabling multi-vendor interoperability for system integrators. Already a Tapa system partner (overlap on similar edge/middleware architecture for BMS integration), and a partial competitor on the interoperability layer.

Direct peers

• GridPoint: Smart building energy management and IoT platform providing HVAC/lighting controls, real-time monitoring, and energy analytics for multi-site commercial portfolios. Strong functional overlap with Tapa Monitor, Usage, and Intelligence modules.
• BrainBox AI: AI-powered HVAC optimization vendor whose deep-learning platform is resold by Tapa through Tapa Intelligence. BrainBox AI directly competes in autonomous HVAC optimization targeting commercial building owners — the exact use case Tapa bundles, making it both partner and primary direct competitor.
• BuildingIQ (Infogrid): AI-driven energy optimization platform for commercial real estate combining IoT sensors, predictive HVAC control, and occupant analytics. Direct overlap with Tapa's Monitor, Intelligence, and IAQ offerings for CRE portfolios.
• KGS Buildings (Niagara/Tridium ecosystem): Building management software built on the Niagara Framework providing unified monitoring, control, and analytics for HVAC, lighting, and metering. Competes head-on with Tapa's middleware/monitoring stack for the same system integrator channel.
• 75F: IoT and cloud-based building management/HVAC optimization platform targeting commercial buildings with AI-driven controls. Overlaps directly with Tapa Monitor, Intelligence, and Tenant offerings for the same CRE owner/operator segment.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Incumbent BAS, BMS, and IoT platform (Desigo CC, Navigator) serving global commercial buildings. Tapa's BAS overlay and middleware approach is specifically positioned against Siemens-style tightly integrated suites.
• Schneider Electric EcoStruxure (Building): Multi-tier smart building platform including EcoStruxure Building Operation, Power Monitoring, and energy optimization — a full-stack incumbent competing with Tapa's middleware + AI overlay across enterprise CRE portfolios.
• Honeywell Building Technologies (Honeywell Forge): Global BAS incumbent offering controllers, BMS software (Honeywell Forge), and outcome-based energy services across commercial real estate. Competes broadly across every Tapa module from a much larger installed base and channel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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