RO Capital Partners ("ROCP"), the venture capital arm of the RO Group, today announces that it has jointly led the restructuring and recapitalisation of its portfolio company, measurable.energy, alongside Roger W. Ferguson Jr., former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, significantly increasing its investment in the business and becoming its joint largest shareholder. measurable.energy is the British energy technology company behind a cybersecure AI-driven ‘smart socke

Congratulations to Bamboo Proptech for their success at the regional SME Awards! Winning Gold in the best company (under 50 employees) and silver in the Innovation Award! As a result of this regional success, Bamboo Proptech has now qualified for the SME National Business Awards final, set to take place later this year. The national finals will bring together the very best businesses from across the UK, providing Bamboo Proptech with the opportunity to further showcase its ac

BPF / UK PropTech Association Annual Awards 2025. Ecosync was nominated and shortlisted for three awards — a huge achievement for our growing team and a reflection of the impact we're making across the UK. This award recognises the partnerships, trust, and shared ambition we’ve built with estates, FM teams, sustainability leaders, and public sector organisations — all working with us to cut heating waste, reduce carbon, and create smarter, more responsive buildings. The UK P

The new name and look better reflects who Bamboo are and the direction they’re heading. As a trusted tech provider, they believe that combining their technology with agency expertise is the key to a successful partnership. With the Bamboo platform, agents become the auctioneers — fully in control. The refreshed branding reinforces their mission: to support agents with reliable technology, delivered by real people, leading to winning results. This isn’t just a logo change. It’

Infersens are delighted to have been selected for REACH UK 2024 and to receive investment from REACH UK, a global scale up programme created and operated by Second Century Ventures. As part of this journey with REACH UK Infersens are further supported by co-investments from Propertymark and TDS. REACH UK: Real Estate's Premier Technology Scale-up Program Beginning with the Class of 2013, REACH has scaled more than 200 companies serving real estate and adjacent industries incl

RO Capital Partners (“ROCP”), the RO Group’s venture capital arm, announces that its portfolio company, measurable.energy , has installed its smart power sockets in the office of PKF Francis Clark in Bristol. PKF Francis Clark is an award-winning firm of chartered accountants and business advisers. measurable.energy is a UK tech company that designs and manufactures smart, machine-learning enabled power sockets that will reduce the energy costs of PKF Francis Clark’s Bristo

InferSens was announced as the Innovation Alley winner during the first day of CTW at Hinxton Hall. Set in the wider CTW exhibition, Innovation Alley featured 14 of the brightest early-stage start-ups and their innovative solutions in technologies such as AI/ML, Medtech, Robotics, and immersive technologies. The two-day event offered a dynamic and interactive showcase of their cutting-edge solutions. Speaking to CTW podcast partner, Cambridge Tech Podcast Chief Executive Offi

Machine learning enabled power socket start up reduces energy costs by more than 20% Customers include Kier Group, University of Reading, and Reading Borough Council RO Capital Partners (“ROCP”), the RO Group’s venture capital arm, is delighted to announce that it has invested alongside Clean Growth Fund, Vectr7 Investment Partners LLP, and MMC Ventures in measurable.energy as part of a £4.5m Series A funding round. They join existing investor Bonheur ASA, the Norwegian-lis

Funds to aide EcoSync's rollout of ground breaking energy solution for commercial buildings. Innovation reduces heating costs by up to 50%. RO Capital Partners ("ROCP"), the RO Group's venture capital arm, is delighted to announce that its investee, EcoSync, the tech start-up founded by Oxford University engineers, has raised close to £1 million in its second seed funding round. ROCP announced its initial investment in EcoSync in October 2021. Existing investors ROCP, the Oxf

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Cleantech business effectively monitors risk of Legionella in water systems, massively reducing waste. RO Capital Partners (“ROCP”), the RO Group’s venture capital arm, announces that it has led an investment round in InferSens (or “the business”) alongside the Oxford Innovation Fund, and Bruce Melizan, the former MD of Interserve’s support services division. ROCP’s contribution comprises £309,000 of the total £870,000 raised, which will be used as growth capital and to brin

sqft.capital is a platform for UK property developers to model deals and raise funding quickly and consistently RO Capital Partners (ROCP), the RO Group’s investment arm, announces that it has invested in sqft.capital (or “the Company”) alongside two other prominent investors: Sibner Capital and Peter Rollings. ROCP led the investment round with a total of £600,000 committed, the majority of which will be used as growth capital to develop and launch the company’s leading tec

RO Capital partners invest in EcoSync

RO Capital Partners, the RO Group’s investment arm, is pleased to have co-led a £1.1m funding round together with the Cass Enterprise Fund in Bamboo Auctions (or “Bamboo”), a leading provider of online auction technology to estate agents and auction houses. The round was supported by follow on capital from existing investors and new angel investors. Launched in 2015, Bamboo Auctions’ technology allows properties to be sold with immediate and legally binding contracts. Its

The RO Group (“RO”) announces the launch of RO Capital Partners (“Capital Partners”), the Group’s new investment arm. Capital Partners is an active, early stage investment partner principally focusing on: Proptech (the use of technology to innovate the built environment and real estate market); Cleantech (solutions addressing the challenges of environmental sustainability and the transition to a low carbon economy); and Fintech (the disruption of traditional business models