Isobel Lee

WeWork acquires mobile access specialist Waltz

Flexible workspace provider WeWork has acquired mobile access control expert Waltz, revealing plans to employ its technology across WeWork's global network of offices.

JLL launches AI-powered employee app

International advisory firm JLL has introduced JiLLTM, an AI-powered, conversational smartphone app to help employees streamline their work and be more productive.

KPMG inks strategic partnership with Global PropTech

KPMG has signed an agreement to become a strategic partner of newly-launched international innovation platform Global PropTech.

Drooms and Oodrive ink deal to drive international growth

Drooms, the Frankfurt-headquartered provider of secure cloud solutions, has inked a partnership deal with sensitive data specialist Oodrive to grow their respective businesses in France and Germany.

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.

Digital trading platform BidX1 appoints MD for Europe

BidX1, the innovative property trading company, has appointed Johnny Horgan as managing director of Europe to lead the firm's further international expansion.

Klépierre unveils VivaTech start-up winners

Pan-European shopping centre specialist Klépierre has unveiled the winners of its start-up competition at the fourth VivaTech event, in partnership with Microsoft.

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.