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‘Mr Proptech’ steps down from day-to-day running of platform he co-founded
UK real estate proptech pioneer and Unissu founder James Dearsley has now taken up the role of Non-Executive Chairman.
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Meaningful vote? Scoring system launched for UK’s growing proptech sector
Markeplace Unissu says estate agents will soon be able to find out what the industry thinks of the 700+ proptech firms active in the UK.
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Unissu targets growth of procurement platform
Unissu.com, a proptech marketplace, has raised US$800,000 of investment led by M7 Real Estate with high profile experts in digital transformation in real estate. These include Harry Hill, Founder of Rightmove, the Central Europe-based Property Forum, Asia PropTech and Robert Gilchrist, the former CEO of Rockspring. Richard Croft, Executive Chairman of M7, has also joined Unissu’s board. We believe in the potential offered by innovative solutions offer the real estate industry, this is no exception. Founded by James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes, Unissu provides an easily navigable and free online platform that allows people to understand the technologies they require and matches them with suitable and trusted vendors. This latest round of funds will help to further scale the platform’s global procurement tool. Unissu CEO, Eddie Holmes said, “For many real estate companies considering the adoption of technology to grow their businesses, the key deterrents are often working out exactly what they need and subsequently finding a vendor that they can trust to meet those requirements. This is the primary reason that our procurement tool has quickly become firmly established as our key feature. “At no cost to the user it takes the pain out of this process and enables…
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Crowded house! UK has over 600 proptech firms, new information service claims
Proptech gurus and leading proptech players James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes have launched their global tech hub Unissu.com
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UK proptech “isn’t that innovative” says leading consultant
Leading proptech consultant Eddie Holmes (pictured, below) has told The Negotiator he believes the UK’s proptech sector “isn’t really innovative”, despite the mini-industry often touting itself as a world-beating centre of new ideas and pioneering tech, and containing 10% of the worlds’ proptech firms. “There’s no question that it is a hotbed of activity but whether that activity is innovative or not is a different question,” he said. “Our UK resi market isn’t really innovative, nothing truly game changing by and large.” His comments came as he and his colleague James Dearsley from leading industry consultancy Proptech Consult rubbed shoulders at a global gathering of tech firms from the residential and commercial sectors in Paris organised by MIPIM. Finishing yesterday after an exhausting three days of partying and networking events organised by MIPIM, it transpires only a handful of UK proptech and property figures were at the event including Sammy Pahal (pictured main pic, presenting), MD of the UK PropTech Association, Chris Grigg, CEO of British Land and Michael Ewert from JLL, all of whom also spoke at the jamboree. Dearsley and Holmes also spoke at the conference after revealing their research into the European property industry, which revealed that…
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Proptech experts Dearsley and Holmes invest in Hystreet
Hystreet, the start-up online listings service that enables high street agents to ‘go hybrid’, has signed up leading proptech consultants James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes. The pair, who run Proptech Consult Partners, have invested an undisclosed sum in the business and will now advise the company on how to gain traction for its tech, which enables agents to “compete on a level playing field with online agents”. Hystreet says it has already signed up a significant number of agents including Redditch firm AP Morgan, Leicester-based Kings Real Estate, Evans Roach in Pembrokeshire and Isle of Wight agent Lancasters. The company, which says its software is a way for traditional agents to “fight back against online agents and win back the business of tech-savyy home sellers”, launched in April this year led by CEO Awais Ahmad (pictured, below), whose track record includes time at Barstow Eves and a spell in Berlin as a property developer. He says he brought James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes on board because they share the company’s “vision and ethos” and are “passionate about our industry and share our vision for helping high street agents”. “I’m looking forward to working closely with them both to position our…
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