Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Bisnow
Investors including JLL and a venture capital firm backed by Starwoodhave provided funding to a flexible office leasing platform that has overhauled its business model to try and provide hybrid work solutions for companies. JLL Spark, Starwood-backed Concrete VC and proptech investor Pi Labs provided a £2M convertible loan note to London-based Hubble to help fund the transformation….
The Real Deal
SVN | SFR Capital Management and Walton Global Holdings USA are charging head first into the single family rental space.
PlaceTech
Rothschild & Co has invested £120m in construction tech company Causeway in what is believed to be the largest private equity investment in a British tech firm working in property or construction.
PlaceTech
Coly Technologies has launched a SaaS management platform for co-living operators, betting on a ‘community psychology’ approach to set itself apart. The brainchild of Swedish co-living operator Colive, Coly features an app for tenants, application software for prospective tenants and a management dashboard for operators.
The New York Times
Digital life reaches far beyond our screens into the real world. That means we must figure out how to live with the impacts of technology in our backyards.
MFE
Several converging trends are contributing to an increase in the number of real estate developers transforming older office parks into competitive mixed-use properties, introducing multifamily housing to create communities that offer an appealing live-work environment.
Axios
A new ride-hailing service in Las Vegas is targeting people who are curious about autonomous vehicles but aren’t yet ready to climb into the back seat and let a robot drive.
Crunchbase News
Global venture capital funding in the first half of 2021 shattered records as more than $288 billion was invested worldwide, Crunchbase numbers show. That’s up by just under $110 billion compared to the previous half-year record that was just set in the second half of 2020.
Attom
IRVINE, Calif. – July 7, 2021 — ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, today announced it has acquired GeoData Plus, the leading application for in-depth property research, valuation, and prospecting tools.
UK Tech News
London-based Hubble is an online marketplace that provides flexible office spaces to businesses of any size. Now, the company announced that it picked up £2 million, which takes the overall investment raised by the coworking startup to £10 million.
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