Spark Notes and highlight on JLL and VergeSense’s partnership

The investment thesis is clear: enterprises need technology that answers critical questions such as whether to renew leases, how to right-size spaces, and how to balance cost optimization with user experience. Through a solid partnership between JLL Spark, VergeSense, and JLL’s partnership and account teams, we have been able to successfully deliver these outcomes to many clients.

Learn more and watch the full video featuring Sharad Rastogi, CEO of JLLT’s REMS Technology Group, in JLL and VergeSense partnership: From investment vision to client value.

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PORTFOLIO COMPANY UPDATES
What’s new with our startups

OpenAI launches healthcare products – and names EliseAI as a trusted partner
Congratulations to EliseAI for being selected by OpenAI as the only patient-facing VoiceAI solution, automating scheduling and communications at scale.

PRODA Real Estate Data Trends Survey 2026
At the end of 2025, PRODA conducted a survey with more than 60 senior real estate professionals across investment, asset management, portfolio, and data and operations roles on how their firms are preparing for the year ahead.

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EVENTS
Connect with our team at the following events

Futurebuild Belgium
Brussels, Belgium | January 27-28, 2026
Arnaud will speak in the session “The year of bifurcation in construction & real estate.”

NZA Annual Demo Day
Virtual | January 29, 2026 | 12:00pm – 2:00pm PT
Ajey Kaushal is a keynote speaker.

PropTech Connect Middle East
Dubai, UAE | February 4-5, 2026
Raj Singh is a speaker at the event.

RETCON
Las Vegas, Nevada USA | March 9-11, 2026
Laurent Grill and Ajey Kaushal will attend.

MIPIM
Cannes, France | March 9-13, 2026
Sean Wright and Arnaud Bouzinac will attend.

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INDUSTRY NEWS
CRE and technology topics on our radar

Scientists create robots smaller than a grain of sand
wsj.com | January 8, 2026

‘They’re going to have to think and act a lot more like hotels’: The new rules of office space now that the ‘genie is out of the bottle on hybrid’
fortune.com | January 15, 2026

Data centers are eating construction pipelines
propmodo.com | January 19, 2026

PropTech market size worth USD 185.31 Bn by 2034 driven by smart cities and digital real estate adoption
benzinga.com | January 20, 2026

The AI data center gold rush: What’s next beyond power?innovationendeavors.com