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MSCI and Savills lead funding round into Income Analytics

MSCI and Grosvenor Hill Ventures, the proptech investment subsidiary of UK listed real estate advisory firm Savills, have led a funding round into Income Analytics. The data technology firm provides investors with proprietary global rental default risk measures on commercial real estate income (the INCANS Scores) at tenant, asset, fund and portfolios levels.

Yardi acquires UK's We Are Forge visitor management platform

Real estate software specialist Yardi has acquired We Are Forge, a Bristol, UK based software company that specialises in visitor management and smart access control for real estate assets including, office, retail, industrial, flexible workspace and the education sector.

Love Ventures strengthens team ahead of fund launch

Adrian Love – formerly an investment manager at Dorrington – has joined Love Ventures to lead their proptech sector investments ahead of the business’s latest early-stage tech fund launch.

15 finalists confirmed for Proptech Innovation Award

An international jury of seven experts has selected the 15 finalists for the PropTech Innovation Award, backed by Union Investment and Germantech.

OnTheMarket inks partnership with rental platform Canopy

OnTheMarket, the majority agent-owned company which operates the OnTheMarket.com property portal, has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Insurestreet, trading as Canopy, the award-winning tenant referencing platform.

MetaProp names Monica O’Neill as partner

MetaProp, the largest venture capital investor in early stage proptech globally, has appointed real estate private equity executive Monica O’Neill as a partner to drive the expansion of the firm’s institutional client base.

Embassy Group makes strategic investment in Pi Labs fund 3

Embassy Group, one of India’s largest real estate conglomerates, has joined pioneering proptech investor, Pi Labs, as a limited partner (LP) in its current fund 3.

PropTech1 Ventures approaches maximum fund target

PropTech1 Ventures, the European venture capital fund for the untapped innovation potential of the real estate industry, has raised further investment capital into the millions and reached approximately two-thirds of its maximum volume for Fund 1.

Willow appoints head of Europe to spearhead growth

Willow, the provider of digital twin solutions for modern, efficient smart infrastructure and real estate, has announced the appointment of Marc Maathuis as head of Europe.

Love Ventures appoints senior advisor

Tech start-up investor, Love Ventures, which specialises in the FinTech, PropTech and ConsumerTech sectors, has appointed Andrew Hynard as a senior advisor to assist with the growth of its venture capital business.