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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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Proptech lands in Warwickshire and the West Midlands
Allsopp & Allsopp has created a new proptech product with the feature ‘Find My Agent’, to allow clients to see where their dedicated estate agent is, on their way to a viewing. It also allows the client to feedback to the owner and make offers 24/7 at the click of a button. Lewis Allsopp, CEO, says, “The Platform is built around the lifestyles of this modern world. Food delivery is easy, now, estate agency is easy.” Carl Allsopp, COO added, “We are excited to bring the first phase of what we believe will change estate agency. It is exciting to see our idea come to fruition after years of planning, investing and work.” Find My Agent aims to remove the uncertainty of agents arriving on time so clients to keep to tight schedules. Lewis says, “Clients are sent the property location and the live location of their estate agent on the way to the property, with a notification when the agent is around the corner and outside the property. The client may make an offer or give feedback directly to the owner when they leave the home via WhatsApp”. The platform also gives tenants and buyers a hub for properties…
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Estate agents are getting ‘proptech fatigue’ claims NAEA
Comments made to a national newspaper yesterday by the NAEA's Chief Executive suggest the industry faces too many tech companies trying to sell them solutions to problems that don't exist.
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Matterport turns a smartphone into 3D capture device
Matterport, has announced that its latest breakthrough, Matterport 3D Capture for Smartphones, will turn consumer smartphones into 3D capture devices.
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Proptech firm launches London Underground advertising blitz
'Risky' adverts are designed to persuade renters to download the tech firm's credit score checking smartphone app.
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Mid West Displays launches innovative display screen
The next generation digital display screen for the estate agency and letting sector has been launched by Mid West Displays...
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Property people take their place at UK’s ‘tech top table’
James Dearsley and Russell Quirk and several others join Richard Branson, Mary Portas and Stephen Fry in the annual list of those with the most clout in tech.
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Lavanda raises $5m investment to legitimise Airbnb-style rentals
Lavanda, a technology platform enabling institutional real estate portfolios to profit legitimately from Airbnb-style homestays and homesharing, has secured a $5 million Series-A round led by Henley Ventures.
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Resale property investment platform helps raise £60m to buy ‘thousands’ of homes
The march of City cash into the private rental market has taken a step forward after IMMO, a start-up that buys properties directly off vendors on behalf of institutional investors, was yesterday given a staggering £10 million by half a dozen venture capital funds, and has so far helped attract house buying funds worth £60 million. Talis, one of the funds, says IMMO has the potential to become a global ‘mega brand’ by using technology to ‘unlock the opportunity’ for institutional investors in the resales market. To date, City cash has steered clear of the market served by estate agents because of the difficulties of acquiring properties quickly and cheaply. IMMO, which operates in the UK and Germany, is to buy thousands of houses direct from private vendors and then refurbish them for upmarket tenants in areas that are ‘safe neighbourhoods with great transport’. Buy houses The proptech company claims that its tech platform enables it to source, appraise and buy houses and apartments digitally. IMMO’s new money has come from a variety of European property and tech investors and is to be spent on accelerating growth. The company was launched two years ago by Hans-Christian Zappel (above, fourth from…
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Residently: it’s like a portal but er, better
Residently, a UK startup building a global rental platform, has secured £7m seed investment to help fund its growth.
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