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Business Mobility-As-A-Service Offering to be Launched in the UK

Smart Cities World
11/10/2020

Kinto, the mobility division of Toyota, has joined forces with Fleetondemand to introduce a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solution for UK businesses. Fleetondemand’s Mobilleo platform will power Kinto’s MaaS offering that consolidates all forms of travel into a single solution where customers can search thousands of different travel providers for flights, trains, car hire, car clubs, taxis, hotels, airport lounges and more.

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Securing Remote Workforces Helps JumpCloud Land $75M

Crunchbase News
11/10/2020

JumpCloud, a Denver-based company that helps securely connect users with their networks, files and other systems, has landed a $75 million Series E funding round. The new round, led by BlackRock with participation from existing investor General Atlantic, brings the company’s total funding to more than $165 million….

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CBRE Group’s Growth-Focused SPAC CBRE Acquisition Holdings Files for a $400 Million IPO

Nasdaq
11/10/2020

CBRE Acquisition Holdings, a blank check company formed by commercial real estate giant CBRE targeting growth companies, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering.

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10 Reasons Sustainability Needs To Be Part Of Your Digital Transformation Strategy

Forbes
11/10/2020

The pandemic is uncovering gaps and weaknesses in supply chains that require organizations to digitally transform themselves quickly starting with sustainability. Predicted to be a breakout year for Artificial Intelligence, 2020 quickly turned into a race for how quickly every organization could digitally transform themselves to survive, starting with supply chains.

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Local Logic Raises $8 Million Series A For PropTech Platform

BetaKit
11/10/2020

Montreal-based proptech and artificial intelligence (AI) startup Local Logic has secured $8 million CAD in Series A financing. This latest round brings the company’s total funding to date to $10 million CAD. The round was led by Toronto-based GroundBreak Ventures.

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The Batteries of the Future Are Weightless and Invisible

WIRED
11/10/2020

Elon Musk made a lot of promises during Tesla’s Battery Day last September. Soon, he said, the company would have a car that runs on batteries with pure silicon anodes to boost their performance and reduced cobalt in the cathodes to lower their price….

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Office Owners Make Sweeping Clean Tech Changes

GlobeSt
11/10/2020

To better understand office occupancy habits since the lockdowns, Kastle Systems has been studying keycard, fob and KastlePresence app access data from 3,600 buildings and 41,000 businesses across 47 states.

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267% Increase In Demand For Suburban Flexible Offices Puts Data Behind Theory

Bisnow
11/10/2020

At the height of the coronavirus outbreak this spring, when lockdown was at its tightest, average footfall in the UK’s flexible office spaces fell to just 18% of 2019 levels. But a new report shows that in spite of this, companies were still paying for their space, and the number of companies that have actually broken contracts or moved out is relatively low….

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Long Concerned About Climate Change, VC Steve Westly is Feeling Electrified

TechCrunch
11/10/2020

A former CFO of the state of California, Steve Westly is passionate about government. The onetime eBay exec and early Tesla board member has also been a proponent of clean energy for roughly 30 years, so he’s feeling optimistic right now, with former U.S. VP Joe Biden amassing a growing number of electoral votes and widening his lead over Donald Trump as he inches toward an election win….

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ESG: Don’t Check Boxes. Make Progress.

Bractlet
11/10/2020

Property teams serve on the frontline of both tenant relations & services and building operations & maintenance, while also bearing responsibility for reporting and taking action on ESG. Join Bractlet for a discussion with industry experts on what it takes to get the job done on ESG amidst the other obligations associated with their role.

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