JLL launches AI app JiLL

In the first of a two-part feature revealing British Land’s response to tech coming into property, Sally Jones, head of strategy, talks about facing the challenges, getting organised and working with small firms.

The startup, which uses machine learning to predict environmental impacts during engineering and operational works, has received funding from government initiative Innovate UK to work on the planned high speed railway.

Hubble and Essensys, two specialists in coworking and serviced offices, have conducted separate studies into the rise of flexible space. Here are some of my takeaways from scanning the 170 pages they produced.

The Norway-based AI startup, used by developers and architects to generate and analyse development designs, will use the $25m to accelerate the company’s roll out and grow product, engineering and commercial teams.

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.

Tech is changing how estate agents are selling and letting properties. Whether that's automating processes to provide agents with more time to add a human touch to transactions, or embracing the age of social media to sell homes to the younger generations that are adverse to talking on the phone.