Cohesion Raises $6.5M to Give Your Office a Mind of Its Own

A building should run like an autonomous car, according to Thru Shivakumar. On Thursday, Cohesion, Shivakumar’s smart building startup, announced it received a cash advance of its own. The Chicago company has raised $6.5 million in seed funding, which it plans to spend on new tech features, an expansion into Asia and a hiring spree. The 11-person company plans to double in size by the end of the year, hiring on product developers, software engineers, marketers and more. Illinois’ richest man, Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin, participated in the round.