Spark Notes, featuring our newest portfolio company, Acelab

Our recent investment in Acelab reiterates JLL’s commitment to tech-enabling our core business functions and represents a strategic leap forward in enhancing one of our critical processes: material discovery and procurement. Acelab’s Material Hub, an all-in-one materials management platform, enhances efficiency for architects and designers in JLL’s PDS group, providing superior quality control and economic advantage, in addition to supporting sustainability objectives.

Read more in Smart sourcing: How our investment in Acelab will transform JLL’s material discovery and procurement.

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PORTFOLIO COMPANY UPDATES
What’s new with our startups

HqO introduces the first purpose-built CRM for CRE, a unified platform for experiential landlords
New release equips landlords with a unified system of record and action to manage the tenant lifecycle, prove ROI, and drive asset value.

Commercial real estate owners are just starting to decode AI
Orbital’s CTO Andrew Thompson explains why customized AI solutions will outperform one-size-fits-all platforms.

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INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
New partnerships or follow-ons with our existing portfolio

Acelab raises $13.5M Series A to build the AI brain for architecture’s $2.4T construction materials market
Welcome Acelab to the JLL Spark portfolio!

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IN THE PRESS
Insights in the media from JLL

JLL Global Real Estate Technology Survey 2025
The true pace and payoffs of AI adoption in corporate real estate.

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EVENTS
Connect with our team at the following events

Careers in PropTech and ConTech sponsored by FIRE (Foundation for Innovation in Real Estate)
University of California, Berkeley | November 3, 2025
Raj Singh will speak at the student event.

ULI Fall Meeting | Industrial and Office Product Council
San Francisco, CA | November 4-6, 2025
Raj Singh will speak on a panel.

PropTech Forum 2025
Melbourne, Australia | November 13-14, 2025
Carolyn Trickett will speak at the event.

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INDUSTRY NEWS
CRE and technology topics on our radar

Satellite images show how data centers are changing America’s landscape
businessinsider.com | October 17, 2025

Big Tech’s green pledges threatened by carbon-accounting overhaul
ft.com | October 21, 2025

Coworking spots continue to proliferate farther from central business districts
commercialobserver.com | October 21, 2025

Proptech’s scariest trends
commercialobserver.com | October 21, 2025

The real estate industry is finally accounting for carbon hidden in buildings
propmodo.com | October 22, 2025

Vietnam’s data center boom: The next Singapore?
datacenterknowledge.com | October 23, 2025

Asia Pacific’s manufacturing boom raises demand for high-tech facilities
itbrief.asia | October 27, 2025