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KGAL creates European location rating app

German investment and asset manager KGAL has launched an app which evaluates locations across Europe on the basis of a new urban index.

UK drone group calls for testing areas

One of the UK’s leading drone experts today urged British property owners and business leaders to leverage the opportunity of their under-used land for drone testing, to help accelerate the rate of growth of the UK drone industry, in the face of what he described as ‘an emerging bottleneck to growth’.

Colliers proptech accelerator opens applications for 2020

Colliers International is now accepting applications for the 2020 Colliers proptech accelerator powered by Techstars, its initiative to source, shape and invest in real estate tech.

Evana appoints Thomas Herr as new CEO

Thomas Herr, former EMEA head of digital innovation for CBRE, has been appointed as CEO of AI-powered property platform Evana as of May 1.

Spanish industrial IoT start-up secures €3m in venture capital

Witrac, a start-up specialising in Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for manufacturing and logistic companies, has secured $3.3 mln (€3 mln) of funding in an investment round led by Goldacre Ventures and Mundi Ventures, firms which also sit on the Spanish start-up’s board.

Proptech Consorto links up with German platform to drive growth

Amsterdam-headquartered proptech platform Consorto has inked a cooperation deal with German commercial real estate site ImmobilienScout24 Gewerbeflächen, as of January 2020.

Architrave appoints new CTO as growth continues

Berlin-based proptech firm Architrave has appointed Martin Rothenberger as its new chief technology office (CTO).

Savills promotes Bouterse to head of Workthere Europe

Workthere, Savills flexible office specialist, has today announced the promotion of Ed Bouterse to head of Workthere Europe.

Coyote signals proptech growth as firm comes of age

Growing prop tech company Coyote has celebrated its second anniversary with a raft of new companies adopting its deal pipeline and asset management platform.

HqO has plans to double the size of its team by the end of 2019, opens in Paris and London

Samuel Warren will lead UK operations for HqO, serving as managing director, UK and be responsible for building a team in London. Julia Paolucci takes on the managing director role for France.