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POD was named winner of the Employee Training and Development Award at The Property Institute's ACE Awards, with Highly Commended recognition for Managing Agent of the Year and Outstanding Customer Service.
The latest in Pi Labs' research series examining how autonomous coordination and AI are reshaping construction and the built environment.
Pi Labs led a $7m raise for VerbaFlo, an AI platform for real estate, continuing its run of early stage deals in applied AI for the built world.
Pi Labs co-led the seed financing of Companion.energy alongside Realyze Ventures, backing energy intelligence for the built environment.
The firm now operates from offices in London and New York, extending its executive search and leadership consulting practice across the real estate, infrastructure and industrial sectors into the US market.
ÆRA launched its alternative real estate financing platform out of Oslo and London, backed by €50m of initial funding from a consortium of global investors to serve borrowers across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
Co-founded by Richard Price and Ben Smith and backed by Spire, Hertford Birch launched to help landlords and operators commercialise power across their assets, and is instructed on EV charging and private network mandates for institutional landlords and REITs.
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The founder and CEO of POD Management on building one of the UK's fastest growing residential property management companies.

With Beaumont Bailey and POD Management, Spire hosted a discussion on institutional investment in residential real estate.
With portfolio companies Westfort Advisors and Beaumont Bailey, Spire convened senior leaders from across the private rented sector.