ICO investigates King’s Cross developer over facial recognition tech

The 3D capture technology and data has welcomed Nick Samuels as strategic operational director to support its expansion across Europe. 

Navitas Capital, a California-based investor in proptech, has written an exhaustive 34-page report which explores the firm’s belief that AI is on the verge of disrupting these massive technologically analogue industries.

The global real estate software firm will deploy Horizon to aid the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office in managing its assets in over 220 locations around the world.

The tenant community platform claims this is the largest single funding round reported by any commercial tenant experience company to date, taking the amount invested in Equiem to a total of over £17m.

The filing revealed a net loss of $690m in the first half of this year for the office trend-setter.

The latest edition of the TRENDS report is now available, tracing the biggest hires, most significant fundraising, hottest topics, riveting reads and the products making big waves so far this year.

In Nesta’s report, The Invisible Drag on UK R&D, the innovation charity studied the incentives for FTSE 350 executives and found that long-term plans discourage innovation.

UK-based property investment platform raises £200m, construction tech gets boost with $100m fund, and an app to make investment more accessible

The first half of 2019 saw the continued rise of flexible space, with some of the largest property firms plunging headfirst into the market to compete with operators such as WeWork. Nicola Byrne asked Justin Harley, regional director of software giant Yardi’s coworking team, for his views on the current market after 18 years in the sector.

The cloud software used by flexible office operators announced its revenues have jumped by 25%, after listing on the London Stock Exchange earlier this year.

Google's favoured AI property management platform, taking e-signatures and biometrics global, understanding human mobility by analysing a billion journeys, and a plug-and-play tenant experience.