Spark Notes – August 31, 2023

Financial technology, or FinTech, is everywhere, from e-commerce to healthcare to charitable giving. Commercial real estate is steadily adopting FinTech to maximize utility and returns. Javier Araujo O’Neill, Senior Investment Associate at JLL Spark, highlights the solutions in our portfolio that address specific industry challenges, including process management, transaction automation, and data collection in our latest blog post.
 
Read more about FinTech: The Pivotal Role Financial Services and Technology will Play in the Future of CRE

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PORTFOLIO COMPANY UPDATES
What’s new with our startups

Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation by Design Awards: Spaces and Places
Juno is nominated in the category honoring buildings, structures, and interior designs that solve problems in the built world. 
 
TechFest Awards 2023: Best Use of Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Alice Technologies is a finalist in the AI category for their contribution to London’s High Speed 2 railway project.

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IN THE PRESS
Insights in the media from JLL

The Genesis of Generative AI for Everything Everywhere All at Once in CRE
commercialobserver.com | August 22, 2023
JLL GPT draws on internal and external CRE data for its global workforce.

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PROPTECH EVENTS
Connect with our team at the following events
 
PropTech Connect Europe
September 6-7, 2023 | London, England
Tanguy Quero is speaking.
 
Real PropTech
September 7-8, 2023 | Frankfurt, Germany
Sean Wright is attending.
 
Cityscape Global
September 10-13, 2023 | Malham, Saudi Arabia
Arnaud Bouzinac is attending.
 
CoreNet Global Summit
September 12-14, 2023 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Arnaud Bouzinac is attending.
 
Blueprint
September 12-14, 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada
Laurent Grill, Ajey Kaushal, and Kitty Sullivan are attending.
 
CREtech New York
September 19-20, 2023 | New York, New York
Raj Singh is speaking. Eddie Carroll, Daniel Correa, Sonia El-Sherif, Laurent Grill, Javier Araujo O’Neill, and Meagan Riley are attending.
 
CREtech Climate Day
September 21, 2023 | New York, New York
Raj Singh is attending.
 
The Future of Generative AI in Real Estate
September 21, 2023 | 9:00 am Pacific Time
Hear insights from key innovation and technology leaders within JLL on what the AI-enabled future of real estate will look like. Register for the webinar in the link above.

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INDUSTRY NEWS
Learn more about the current landscape of PropTech investing

Why Efficient Buildings are Key to Decarbonizing the Power Grid
canarymedia.com | August 22, 2023

Building Green: New Technologies to Create Less Polluting Cement
wsj.com | August 24, 2023

Local Law 97: The City That Never Sleeps is Finally Waking up to Climate Change
propmodo.com | August 25, 2023

PricewaterhouseCoopers to Pour $1 Billion into Generative AI
wsj.com | August 26, 2023

Focusing on Women is Crucial to the Return-to-Work Movement
propmodo.com | August 29, 2023

Proptech Gets Into the Game
commercialobserver.com | August 29, 2023