Q-Bot raises £3m for international expansion

The internet connectivity provider has hired from Bruntwood, M247 and Mazars, with the aim to add more experience to its growing team.

The investment round for the workplace experience platform was led by German VC Join Capital and Austria-based Signa Innovations, along with backing from UK-based specialist proptech VC Pi Labs.

The New York-based venture capital fund is looking to raise $100m for its latest investment programme, MetaProp Ventures III, according to a filing submitted to the US Securities & Exchange Commission.

The fast-growing tenant community platform has added respected proptech commentator and advisor Antony Slumbers, and Linda J Isaacson, director of business intelligence at First American Title, to its advisory board.

The cloud software used by flexible office operators has raised £14m for shareholders and the same again for the company to clear its debt and invest in growth, through a listing on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

GorillaSpace, an online market for offices based in Singapore, has completed an undisclosed seed round led by Japanese real estate developer Mitsubishi Estate Co from its dedicated $100m innovation pot.

Prof Andrew Baum, the influential thinker on the future of real estate at Saïd Business School, has joined the London-based startup as an expert advisor.

With the funds, Lane plans to make a string of hires and office openings across the US. Last month, the firm opened an office in New York and will be opening another in Los Angeles in Q3 of this year.

The Series D investment round was led by the tech investment arm of Brookfield Asset Management and is believed to be the largest venture financing made for commercial real estate software.