How LandTech plans to fix slow, inefficient development

Months after buying Knotel, Newmark has acquired a majority stake in Paris-based serviced office provider Deskeo in a deal CEO Barry Gosin called a “testament” to Newmark’s bullishness on the future of flexible offices.

Responding to the sector’s notoriously slow payments, construction management software provider Procore has agreed to acquire Levelset for $500m.

Seeking to personalise the entire home buying process across EMEA, the proptech startup secured $20m in Series A funding to accelerate its expansion in the region.

Modular housing developer ilke Homes is eyeing a pipeline of 10,000 factory-built homes over the next five years after securing £60m in new funding from Homes England and several other investors.

Proda, a rent roll data processor and analyst, has announced a £3.4m fundraising from backers including ING Ventures, ahead of gearing up for a Series A raise in 2022.

Construction’s long battle with stagnating productivity growth was the driving force behind startup Saqara’s recent $10.6m Series A fundraise.

The global property investor has partnered with Google to tackle what it calls “the greatest need and the greatest opportunity in addressing our future”.

One month after the startling IPCC report on climate change, the world’s largest carbon removal machine was launched last week in Iceland to suck up thousands of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere.

US-based warehouse management platform Fulfilld has raised $2.5m in an oversubscribed seed funding round as it addresses a "genuine gap" in logistics.