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| 10.06.2026 | Oxford St vs the Square Mile: a tale of two cities | The Square Mile has reinvented itself in recent years, but West End politicians must stop blocking common sense if Oxford Street has a chance of mimicking the City’s success, says Andrew Teacher
Back when Netflix was still posting DVDs thro... |
| 07.05.2026 | Grosvenor estate: Ministers don’t get ‘basic economics’ | The Duke of Westminster’s multi-billion pound estate has chided ministers for failing to grasp “basic economics” in their bid to tackle the housing crisis.
Mark Preston, who represents the business interests of Hugh Grosvenor, the seventh D... |
| 31.01.2026 | AI Ignites Real Estate Law: Orbital Secures $60M for US Expansion | Orbital just secured a robust $60 million Series B funding round. This pivotal capital injection fuels its mission. The company revolutionizes real estate law. It leverages advanced artificial intelligence. Real estate law has long suffered... |
| 26.01.2026 | Orbital raises $60M to modernize real estate law with AI
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Cookies | Orbital Witness Ltd., an artificial intelligence platform for real estate law, said today it has raised $60 million in early-stage funding led by New York-based growth fund Brighton Park Capital to grow its market share in the United Kingdo... |
| 26.01.2026 | London’s LegalTech Orbital raises €50 million Series B to expand AI platform for real estate law | Orbital, a London-based AI platform for real estate law, has raised a €50 million ($60 million) Series B funding round to support continued US and UK growth and expand adoption across the real estate transaction ecosystem.
Led by Brighton P... |
| 06.12.2025 | Scotland's Tech Sector Sees Boost in Funding and Acquisitions | Scotland's tech sector thrives in November 2025 with significant investments and strategic acquisitions. Biotech and medtech firms lead with major funding rounds. Renewable energy projects also secured substantial financial backing. M&A... |
| 05.12.2025 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | November 2025 | Welcome to November 2025’s DIGIT Deal Roundup.
Sleighbells may be ringing, but it’s the sound of champagne corks that fills the air, after a flurry of multimillion-pound deals last month lit up Scotland’s tech sector brighter than the Hogma... |
| 02.12.2025 | Grosvenor backs launch of Danish single-family rental platform | The UK asset manager has provided the cornerstone commitment to a JV between DFI and Evervest to build a €500m housing platform. |
| 19.11.2025 | Scottish Biotech Firm Raises £4.5M for North American Expansion | Rhizocore Technologies, an Edinburgh-based a biotechnology company which uses fungi to improve tree growth and survival rates, has secured £4.5 million in investment to scale its approach to forestry and woodland restoration.
The funding ro... |
| 13.11.2025 | Flexible offices to comprise a fifth of London market by 2030 | A fifth of London’s offices will be made up of co-working sites by as soon as 2030, in a further sign of the extent to which the pandemic-induced shift in working patterns is reshaping the capital’s commercial property market.
So-called ‘fl... |
| 04.11.2025 | The EVERY Co raises $55m to scale egg proteins via fermentation, crosses line ‘from promise to proof’ | The EVERY Company, which pioneered the use of precision fermentation to make egg proteins with microbes instead of chickens, has announced the first close of its $55 million Series D round and says products featuring its proteins are about ... |
| 13.09.2025 | From £100 to Global Impact: Selva Pankaj on Building Regent Global My parents couldn't fund my education, so instead of university I enrolled in a chartered accountancy course. That choice gave me not... | When Selva Pankaj stepped off the plane in London as a refugee, he had just £100 in his pocket. His family, once comfortable, had lost everything in the Sri Lankan Civil War. "I had no safety net," he recalls. "My parents cou... |
| 20.08.2025 | NBIM bets on European retail, office and resi in diversification push | Grosvenor, Shaftesbury investments have helped to rebalance the sovereign wealth giant’s sector exposure. |
| 15.07.2025 | Is it high time to buy in super-prime London? | London’s super-prime market has been suffering from a glut of supply in the wake of damaging decision-making from successive governments. Ali Lyon asks, is the tide beginning to turn?
To take a walk down Mayfair’s historic Upper Grosvenor S... |
| 30.05.2025 | Qatar's Bold Move in China's Asset Management Landscape | In a world where finance flows like water, Qatar has just made a significant splash. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has secured a 10 percent stake in China Asset Management Co. (ChinaAMC), a major player in the Chinese mutual fund are... |
| 27.05.2025 | Oxford Street rebounds to pre-pandemic occupancy as firms bet on shops | Shop vacancies on Oxford Street have fallen below one per cent for the first time since the pandemic as brands compete for best-in-class retail space.
Overall shop vacancies on Oxford Street fell to 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of the ... |
| 16.05.2025 | Landsec boosts profit amid residential and retail pivot | Property investment group Land Securities – known as Landsec – has reported a five per cent boost amid a strategic repositioning of the firm’s commercial property portfolio in favour of residential and retail property.
Profit before tax ros... |
| 07.05.2025 | The Rise of Innovative Workplaces: A New Era in Consulting and Technology | In the world of consulting and technology, the landscape is shifting. Companies are no longer just about profits and products. They are about people. The recent AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list shines a spotlight on this transformation. It... |
| 02.05.2025 | SixPivot and Slalom claim top honours in AFR BOSS best workplace list | The consulting sector has come up trumps on this year’s list of best workplaces compiled by the AFR, with SixPivot named overall winner and Slalom taking home the medium bracket award.
As judged by behavioural science consultancy Inventium,... |
| 20.03.2025 | Norwegian Oil Fund's Bold Bet on Covent Garden: A Strategic Move in London's Real Estate | In a significant transaction, the Norwegian oil fund, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), has acquired a 25% stake in Covent Garden from Shaftesbury Capital for £570 million. This investment highlights the fund's unwavering confidence... |
| 20.03.2025 | Norwegian oil fund buys a quarter of Covent Garden from Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury Capital has sold a quarter of Covent Garden to Norwegian oil fund Norges for £570m in the latest bet by Noway’s sovereign wealth fund on the capital.
Under the terms of the contract, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) will... |
| 20.03.2025 | World’s largest sovereign wealth fund invests $740 million in London’s Covent Garden | Norway’s $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund on Thursday announced that it had struck a deal to buy a quarter of a property portfolio London’s iconic Covent Garden,
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) said it will pay £570 million ($73... |
| 19.03.2025 | The Shifting Landscape of Consultancy: Bendelta and KPMG's Strategic Moves | In the world of consultancy, change is the only constant. Two firms, Bendelta and KPMG, are navigating this turbulent sea with bold strategies. Their recent moves reflect a broader trend in the industry: consolidation and the quest for exce... |
| 19.03.2025 | The Winds of Change: New Leadership in Financial Services and Consultancy | In the fast-paced world of financial services and consultancy, change is the only constant. Recent appointments at IQ Group and Bendelta highlight this truth. Both firms are gearing up for a new era, fueled by fresh leadership and innovativ... |
| 18.03.2025 | Organisational consultancy Bendelta brings in new senior leaders | Organisational consultancy Bendelta is bolstering its senior expertise as it takes the baton from Inventium in compiling the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list.
Itself a perennial top ten ‘Best Places to Work’, Bendelta was last year tapped ... |
| 12.02.2025 | First 25 Speakers Announced for Blueprint Vegas 2025, Setting the Stage for the Latest Iteration of the Premier Event on the Future of the Built World. | Blueprint, the most global gathering of industry leaders and innovators leading the charge in changing the built world, has announced the first 25 of the industry's most forward-thinking and influential voices taking the stage this Septembe... |
| 11.02.2025 | UK property: Why funds are ditching the direct investing model | - |
| 11.02.2025 | Commercial real estate: Why London needs 15 new Walkie Talkies | - |
| 23.01.2025 | Norway’s Wealth Fund Buys 25% Stake in London Property | Real Estate Norway’s Wealth Fund Buys 25% Stake in London Property
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Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has announced the acquisition of a 25% stake in a mixed-use property portfolio located in London's prestigious ... |
| 22.01.2025 | Grosvenor brings NBIM into historic £1.2bn Mayfair portfolio | The UK firm has offloaded a 25% stake in a mixed-used portfolio amid efforts to 'be more active' in capital raising. |
| 05.11.2024 | Skanska's Bold Leap into London's Mayfair: A New Era of Office Development | In the heart of London’s prestigious Mayfair, a new chapter is unfolding. Skanska, a titan in the construction industry, has embarked on a monumental project that promises to reshape the landscape of commercial real estate. With a hefty inv... |
| 04.11.2024 | Skanska builds commercial office development in Mayfair, London, UK, for GBP 197M, about SEK 2.6 billion | Skanska builds commercial office development in Mayfair, London, UK, for GBP 197M, about SEK 2.6 billion
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Skanska has signed a contract with a Grosvenor and Mitsui Fudosan UK joint venture to c... |
| 14.10.2024 | The Jackfruit Company Raises $5M in Series B Extension | Boulder, CO-based The Jackfruit Company and its consumer brand, Jack & Annie’s, raised $5m in Series B extension funding.
Backers included InvestEco, Creadev, and Grosvenor Food & AgTech.
The company intends to use the funds to expa... |
| 10.10.2024 | Jack & Annie’s Maker Adds $5M to Series B to Tackle America’s Fibre Deficiency with Jackfruit Meat | 5 Mins Read The Jackfruit Company and its consumer brand Jack & Annie’s have raised $5M in a Series B extension round to support their product development and expansion efforts.
In a nod to consumers’ growing appetite for fibre-packed f... |
| 09.10.2024 | The Jackfruit Company Raises $5M to Fuel US Expansion and Innovate Jackfruit Products | The Jackfruit Company (TJC), based in Boulder, Colorado, has secured a $5 million Series B extension funding round led by existing investors InvestEco, Creadev, and Grosvenor Food & AgTech. This latest round of capital will support the ... |
| 08.10.2024 | Jackfruit-powered alt meat co The Jackfruit Company raises $5m series B extension | The JackFruit Company—owner of the Jack & Annie’s brand—has raised a $5 million series B extension to expand its jackfruit-based meat alternatives across retail, foodservice, and industrial ingredients.
The round, led by returning inves... |
| 22.08.2024 | Optiml: Pioneering the Path to Sustainable Real Estate | In a world grappling with climate change, the real estate sector stands at a crossroads. Traditional methods of property management and investment are being challenged by the urgent need for sustainability. Enter Optiml, a Zurich-based prop... |
| 21.08.2024 | Net Zero PropTech Optiml secures $4M to decarbonize real estate |
Optiml, the digital platform for Net Zero real estate investment and renovation planning, has closed a $4M Pre-Seed Extension funding round. The round was led by BitStone Capital, a specialist investor in real estate and construction techn... |
| 21.08.2024 | Zurich-based proptech Optiml secures €3.5 million pre-seed extension to decarbonise real estate | Optiml, a Swiss proptech offering a software solution for sustainable real estate investments and renovation strategies, secured €3.5 million in a pre-seed extension. The round is led by BitStone Capital, a VC investor for technology compan... |
| 17.07.2024 | Digital Garden Announces Premier Two-Day Tokyo Digital Infrastructure Summit in March 2025 | TOKYO, July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Digital Garden has unveiled plans for a premier two-day summit that will bring together global and Japanese leaders to collaborate towards cementing Japan as a global digital infrastructure leader... |
| 01.07.2024 | Grosvenor UK invests in Europe's largest proptech VC noa | Grosvenor’s UK property business has made its first investment in a property fund, noa.
Founded in 2019, noa (formerly A/O) focuses on technologies disrupting the real estate industry and built world, enabling its decarbonisation and positi... |
| 26.06.2024 | Consulting leaders help 2024 Vinnies CEO Sleepout raise millions | More news on CSR Non Profit
Consulting leaders have participated in the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout at events across the country – and even beyond – raising valuable funds to support homelessness.
The latest edition of the St Vincent de Pau... |
| 22.05.2024 | Livestock management platform AgriWebb tackles the Scope 3 challenge for agrifood corporates with latest funding round | Now is the time to “separate the wheat from the chaff” when it comes to sustainable livestock production, says Justin Webb, co-founder of Australia-based livestock management software platform AgriWebb.
To help in that process by providing ... |
| 11.05.2024 | Meati Foods: A Fungi-Fueled Success Story | Meati Foods, a Colorado-based food tech startup, has recently secured a whopping $100 million in funding, marking the largest investment in an alternative protein company since 2022. This significant boost in funding comes as the company ex... |
| 08.05.2024 | Brief: Meati Foods raises $100m, rolls out at Kroger nationwide | Fungi-fueled startup Meati Foods has raised more than $100 million in a C-1 round led by Grosvenor Food & AgTech, and has also rolled out its mycelium-based steaks and cutlets into 2,000 Kroger outlets across the US, taking its store co... |
| 08.05.2024 | Meati Foods Secures $100M in Funding and Expands to Over 6,000 Retail Outlets | Meati Foods, known for its MushroomRoot-based products, has announced its expansion into 2,000 additional retail locations across the United States, now totaling over 6,000. This expansion includes a significantly increased presence in Krog... |
| 26.03.2024 | ‘Incremental’ innovation, a warning on the push for profitability and investors ‘scared shitless’ about portfolios: overheard at World Agri-Tech | Hours after an upbeat conversation on agri-tech investing featuring Vinod Khosla and Dave Friedberg on stage at the World Agri-Tech summit in San Francisco last Tuesday, delegates were brought back down to earth by investors on a later pane... |
| 06.03.2024 | Grosvenor’s Structured Development Finance business provides $39.6M for Gardena, Intracorp’s newest community in Coquitlam, B.C. | - |
| 20.02.2024 | Meati Foods brings in new CEO, lays off more staff, as its mycelium-based whole cuts reach 3,600 stores | Fungi-fueled alt meat startup Meati Foods has brought in former Patagonia exec Phil Graves as CEO following the departure of CPG veteran Scott Tassani, who served as president and COO at Meati for just over a year before moving to Treehouse... |
| 02.02.2024 | The EVERY Company to ‘launch with multinationals’ this year as it ramps up manufacturing capacity for animal free egg proteins | The EVERY Company—which pioneered the tech to make egg proteins via precision fermentation—says it will be launching with multinational food companies this year as it ramps up manufacturing capacity to meet demand.
The startup—founded by Ar... |
| 18.09.2023 | AeroFarms emerges from Ch. 11 with new CEO, focus on VA farm | Indoor vertical farming company AeroFarms has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after filing for it in June of this year.
The company has “eliminated spending” on all projects not related to its Danville, Virginia farm, a move it says will... |
| 13.09.2023 | Meati Foods lays off more staff: ‘We must be nimble and focus on near-term profitability’ | Fungi-fueled alt meat startup Meati Foods has embarked on its second round of layoffs in three months as part of a “structural reorganization that impacts nearly every part of the company.”
VP marketing communications Christina Ra told AgFu... |
| 05.09.2023 | IndoSpace Logistics Parks IV fundraising reaches $393M with second close led by QIA and Grosvenor | SINGAPORE and MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IndoSpace, the largest investor, developer, and operator of grade A industrial and logistics real estate in India, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its second rou... |
| 22.03.2023 | ‘It will be a year of bust-ups, roll-ups and M&A’: VC predictions for agrifoodtech investment | [Disclosure: AFN’s parent company is AgFunder.]
At the recent World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, Cascadia Capital managing director Scott Porter asked a panel of VCs if they thought agrifoodtech investment would improve in ... |
| 02.02.2023 | The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs | This week, Canada’s New School Foods snagged seed funding for its whole-cut plant-based salmon. In agtech, BloomX secured funding for its pollination tech and E-Terry for its farm robot. Meanwhile, KFC struck a deal to put robots in its kit... |
| 07.07.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Green Generation Fund raises $120m, Amazon takes Grubhub stake | This week, Germany’s Green Generation Fund landed more capital to invest in alt-protein startups, while Israeli foodtech firm Phytolon scored funding for its natural food coloring tech.
In the food delivery realm, Amazon bought a stake in G... |
| 19.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Downey Jr’s Footprint backs Motif; Unilever joins $1bn regen ag fund | One of India’s leading food and restaurant delivery services made another big-ticket acquisition this week, while alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds. Upstream, Unilever joined a new $1.06 billion fund to accelerate adop... |
| 24.02.2022 | As appetite for meal kits grow, Gousto grabs massive bite of $230 million led by SoftBank | The meal-kit delivery service in the UK just got tastier! Grabbing a fantastic share of the pie in this sector, London-based meal-kit service and profitable B Corp unicorn Gousto has received a $230 million secondary placing. The secondary ... |
| 15.02.2022 | GCM Grosvenor Reports Strong Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 with $9.4 billion of Capital Raised, 16% Growth in Assets Under Management and 24% Revenue Growth for the Year. Increases Stock Repurchas... | CHICAGO, Feb. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG), a leading global alternative asset management solutions provider, today reported strong results for the fourth fiscal quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.
“I... |
| 22.12.2021 | Grosvenor partners with Insurami to offer deposit-free leasing | Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, one of the largest privately-owned international property companies, announced partnering with Insurami to offer deposit-free leasing to tenants, according to a press release.
The partnership will offer tena... |
| 02.11.2021 | COP26: The Sustainability Heroes In The Race To Net Zero | Sand Artwork Highlights Climate Change Ahead Of COP26 Getty Images |
| 14.04.2020 | GCM Grosvenor grabs $540m for new private equity co-investment fund | Global alternative asset manager GCM Grosvenor has hit a $540m final close for its second co-investment opportunities fu |
| 06.02.2018 | GCM Grosvenor wraps up latest secondary vehicle after raising $700m | Alternative assets investor GCM Grosvenor has wrapped up its latest secondary fund after raising $700m. The Chicago-base |
| 14.10.2016 | GreenSoil Building Innovation Fund raises $26 million from US-based Grosvenor Group | The GreenSoil Building Innovation Fund (GBIF) announced that it has received a $26 million CAD ($20 million USD) investment from US-based Grosvenor Group, a privately-owned international property group.
Toronto-based GBIF is a growth equity... |
| 08.05.2013 | Harvest Grosvenor JV launches $500m debut fund | The joint venture between Harvest Fund Management and Grosvenor Fund Management has positioned its maiden private equity real estate fund as a conduit for institutional investors to access Chinese real estate with a lower risk strategy. |
| - | PropTech in a Low-Carbon Economy | Anyone working in the property industry must be aware by now of the magnitude of the built environment’s contribution to climate change. Nearly a third of all global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to the constructi... |
| - | Building Innovation News, Issue 6 | In this issue: a look back at 2019, predictions for 2020 portfolio company updates, and our commentary on PropTech's role in the low carbon economy |
| - | As appetite for meal kits grow, Gousto grabs massive bite of $230 million led by SoftBank | The meal-kit delivery service in the UK just got tastier! Grabbing a fantastic share of the pie in this sector, London-based meal-kit service and profitable B Corp unicorn Gousto has received a $230 million secondary placing. The secondary ... |
| - | Inside London's 'Red Square,' the elite address where some of Russia's most powerful oligarchs have bought multimillion-dollar homes | Houses and cars are seen in Eaton Square in Belgravia, London on March 8, 2018. Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
Eaton Square, an exclusive garden estate in London, is nicknamed "Red Square" because many of its residents are Russian b... |
