Dominic Gover

Proptech investor Pi Labs hires head of capital raising

Proptech investor Pi Labs has appointed a new head of capital raising.

New product 'puts AI power in a deal's virtual data room'

Digital data room provider Drooms and real estate data analyser Realxdata have announced a joint service they say can help acquisition managers and brokers, by making deals more quick and simple to organise and execute.

'Property investing for the people' platform draws €2.1m funding

A proptech start-up which promises to demolish barriers to commercial real estate investing by making it possible for as little as around €1,000, has attracted €2.1 mln in fundraising.

Digital divide among property investors revealed

A yawning digital divide exists in commercial real estate investing between firms which embrace digitalising their business and those which are adopting technology slowly, or not at all, research has found.

'Light waves' replace office WiFi in first for CEE region

Wireless communication technology which harnesses light waves instead of radio waves to connect devices, is being used for the first time in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Sensitive data host Drooms hires lead for AI push

Drooms, a provider of secure virtual data rooms for exchanging sensitive corporate information, has appointed Johannes Leveling as machine learning team lead.

Proptech firm strikes ‘biggest IOT real estate deal to date’

History was made at Dutch property fair Provada in Amsterdam on Wednesday as proptech firm Gooee signed what it claims is 'the biggest-ever internet-of-things (IOT) contract in the real estate sector'.

Flex office proptech launches successful IPO

A provider of IT tools for companies in the booming flexible workspace sector has launched on the London Stock Exchange with a market cap of £73 mln (€82.6 mln), after raising £28 mln in an initial public offering (IPO) that was twice oversubscribed.

BNP Paribas rolls out VR 'teleport' for property viewings

Global banking giant BNP Paribas has unveiled ‘teleportation’ technology for virtual meetings and property viewings in Hong Kong, Dubai, London, Frankfurt and Paris, across its real estate, corporate and institutional banking arms.

Coyote appoints real estate veteran Bould as first chairman

Proptech company Coyote has appointed real estate veteran Rob Bould as the first chairman of the firm that was founded in 2017.