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Fifth Wall closes second proptech fund on €448m, amid strong global interest

US venture capital firm Fifth Wall, which focuses on technologies for the real estate industry, has raised $503 mln (€447.8 mln) for its second proptech fund, more than double the size of its first fund launched two years ago.

Expo Real adds new hall to meet proptech growth

Leading German real estate trade show Expo Real is expanding the number of exhibition halls to seven to meet the growing demand from exhibitors in the field of technology and innovation.

Eye-openers - Top Picks

Our editor's selection of stories from the broad world of proptech covered in the most recent issue of Firestarters magazine

Finnish proptech Kodit.io executes venture capital raise

Kodit.io, a Finnish property sales platform, has announced the close of a €12 mln venture round to fund its expansion in Europe.

Legaltech start up Orbital Witness wins backing from JLL Spark

Orbital Witness, a legaltech startup profiling legal risk in property transactions on-demand, has announced a funding round of £1.2 mln (€1.37 mln) bringing together proptech heavyweights JLL Spark, advised by Concrete VC, and LiFE Ventures, alongside European seed fund Seedcamp.

Modular housing firm looks to build with new chairman

Modular house builder Project Etopia's main investor Lord Stanley Fink has joined the firm’s board as its chairman, 'in a declaration of intent' over the future of the company, the off-site construction specialist has said.

Poland's ProperGate kickstarts global ambitions

Polish proptech firm ProperGate, which provides construction firms with smart logistics systems to promote more efficient and sustainable building sites, is expanding its horizons with significant opportunities in Belgium, Warsaw, Morocco and Dubai.

Gecina adopts electronic signatures for leases

French REIT Gecina has launched a digital-lease signing system across all its residential buildings and student residences, in partnership with startup YouSign.

KGAL and Patrizia invest in control.IT platform

German investment and asset manager KGAL Group and Frankfurt-listed investor Patrizia have each acquired 10% of proptech platform control.IT, following a capital increase executed by the software firm.

Berlin Hyp partners with Capital Bay for OnSite platform

German lender Berlin Hyp has sold 51% of its shares in OnSite ImmoAgent, a crowd-based inspection service for the real estate industry, to German investment manager Capital Bay.