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Delighted to finally share the news of Arbio's $36M Series A round! One I helped drive earlier this year, as one of the marquee investments of OpenOcean's AI-enabled services and AI-powered roll-ups strategy initiated over a year ago. Arbio is redefining short-term rental property management with AI-native operations, bringing intelligence and automation to one of the most operationally complex service sectors. Its platform centralizes operations and orchestrates complex service operations for streamlined guest communications, property pricing, accounting, channel management and more. The result? Optimized pricing, improved occupancy, smoother guest experience and an overall much more efficient business. This is a strong example of what AI-enabled services embody: massive markets where AI-native new entrants have a clear right to win against unloved, undifferentiated incumbents with structural barriers to true modernization. Constantin and Paul are absolute superstars. From the moment we first met, I knew they had what it takes to build a category-defining AI-enabled property management services business. In under 2 years, the team has completed over 30 acquisitions, grew revenue 10x and now manages over 1,000 properties, with meaningful organic growth. With a world-class set of experts supporting the business, including Din Bisevac from Buena, Justin Reizes and Philipp Freise from KKR, Johannes Reck and Tao Tao from GetYourGuide and many others, the future looks brighter than ever for Arbio. Property owners and guests have a lot to look forward to. Massive congratulations to all! Proud to have collaborated on this with the incredible team at OpenOcean (Sam & Patrik), Eurazeo (Elise & Moritz), and Atlantic Labs (Marc-Olivier & Anne-Sophie). Link to press release below. #AIRollUps #AIEnabledServices

RecAp is now the 𝐔𝐋𝐈 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, impact-driven real estate innovation programme. Urban Land Institute is a global network of real estate professionals and land use experts — nearly 𝟗𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝟒𝟖,𝟎𝟎𝟎+ 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬, present in 𝟓𝟎+ 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, shaping the future of the built environment and driving transformative impact in communities worldwide. What’s changing: a clearer focus and more opportunities for connecting corporates and advanced startups to move from pilots to adoption and measurable outcomes. Follow for spotlights, corporate insights, real estate innovation trends, and opportunities to engage at ULI Europe events. Learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dvaihHBN

I recommend all (potential) founders to participate. An overview of possible types of financing, their advantages and disadvantages, is essential when starting.

📈 Driving tech innovation in the South West At today’s Tech South West Investment Summit, founders, innovators, and investors gathered to explore the region’s thriving tech ecosystem. A key highlight of the day was the Investor panel session, joined by BVCA members Susannah McClintock (Clean Growth Fund), Melanie Hayes (Bethnal Green Ventures), and Pippa Gawley (Zero Carbon Capital), and moderated by Edward Tellwright (British Business Bank). BVCA data makes clear the South West is an exciting destination for private capital, whose investment supports 641 businesses which call the region home. In 2024 alone, private capital invested £2.2bn into the South West. This investment reflects the strength of the Southwest’s mature innovation ecosystems - a theme reinforced at today’s event in Bristol.

Amrize is joining Greentown Labs as a Terrawatt Partner, to accelerate the development of innovative building technologies. As a partner of this incubator, Amrize is expanding its open innovation ecosystem focused on advancing the built environment across infrastructure, commercial and residential construction. https://lnkd.in/gijSnrjR #infrastructure #construction #building

Amrize is joining Greentown Labs as a Terrawatt Partner, to accelerate the development of innovative building technologies. As a partner of this incubator, Amrize is expanding its open innovation ecosystem focused on advancing the built environment across infrastructure, commercial and residential construction. https://lnkd.in/gR5Vc8xP #infrastructure #construction #building

Katapult Ocean has unveiled its eighth accelerator cohort comprising 13 startups tackling everything from “forever chemical” destruction and plastic-eating enzymes to cultivated seafood and 3D-printed coral reefs. Picked from a pool of over 2,000 applicants worldwide, the companies aren’t your typical early-stage bets. With average valuations of €25mn and technologies already showing traction, Katapult is backing founders it believes can scale fast. Get the full list – and some strong insights on the state of ocean tech here 👉 https://lnkd.in/drzJKUva Joseph Perryman Dhileep Sivam Gudfinnur Sveinsson Louise Parlons Bentata Vriko Yu Sidhant Gupta Nancy Iraba Anthony Bellafiore

News! 📣 Cambridge Future Tech is collaborating with Arup on the development of the Deep Rack Venture Studio. Designed to address major barriers to digital infrastructure, the initiative will aim to create 16 startups focused on cooling, energy, density, and circularity. By combining radical science with real-world engineering, this collaboration is designed to unlock the ventures needed to power the next generation of data centres. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eTqnuimA

💸 Swedish climate tech startup Greeniron H2 AB has raised a total of €20m as it looks to scale its hydrogen-based process for producing fossil-free iron and steel from industrial waste. In the process, the Wallenberg family's investment firm FAM AB has become GreenIron's primary shareholder. Read the full scoop 👉 https://lnkd.in/dyAcP93t

Great to see momentum in fossil-free steel. Now it’s time to quantify how powertrain integrators can bring these materials into real system designs. …if only there were a toolset to demonstrate materials across a large library of real vehicles.😃