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The initiative expands the long-standing relationship between the two investors and reflects growing demand for liquidity solutions in the real estate secondaries market. Global transaction volumes in the segment reached approximately $20bn in 2025. Ardian is widely recognised as a pioneer in the secondaries market, particularly in private equity and infrastructure. The firm has previously executed real estate secondaries investments on an opportunistic basis but is now formalising the strategy through a dedicated platform. The partners expect the platform to benefit from current market dynamics, including valuation adjustments across real estate portfolios and increased interest from investors seeking secondary liquidity. Vladimir Colas, Executive Vice-President and Co-Head of Secondaries at Ardian, said: 'We have been closely studying the market for some time and believe now is a compelling moment to enter the market and drive significant value for our investors. By combining our leading global secondaries platform with deep real estate expertise, we can offer both breadth of access and granular insight into the asset class.'...
The EIGHTClouds Real Estate Investment Fund will focus on income-generating residential assets across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates. The strategy blends long-term rental units targeting yields above 9% with short-term premium properties targeting yields above 18%, diversified across a 1,000-unit portfolio in more than 15 high-demand corridors. Investors will receive quarterly dividends equivalent to 100% of free cash flow, alongside 80% of realised capital gains. The fund offers an annual January redemption window and requires a minimum commitment of $50,000. Mark Aitchison, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at EIGHTClouds, positioned the fund as a response to structural demand tailwinds. 'Dubai is now one of the strongest income markets globally' This is a pivotal moment to deploy capital into a market with clear direction and long term visibility,' he said. Dubai enters 2026 with 4.9% GDP growth and 5.4% population expansion, supported by the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan and sustained international capital inflows. The fund highlights how regional alternative managers are formalising residential real estate into structured, income-oriented vehicles designed to attract a broader pool of private wealth and institutional capital....
Cambio, a startup that has built AI-powered commercial real estate software for institutional investors, has raised $18 million in a Series A round at a $100 million valuation, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively. Maverick Ventures led the financing, which included participation from Y Combinator, Adverb and angel investors from OpenAI, Anthropic and Notion, among others. Founded in 2022 by former institutional commercial real estate operators Leia de Guzman and Stephanie Grayson, Cambio has now raised a total of $22 million. It participated in Y Combinator's summer 2022 cohort and then went into 'R&D mode.' The San Francisco-based company launched its offering at the end of 2023, and de Guzman claims it has since seen 'rapid adoption' across enterprise customers and geographies ' scaling to 35 countries and to more than 2 billion square feet in assets. It recently opened a London office to support EU and APAC growth. Put simply, Cambio uses large language models and agentic artificial intelligence workflows to turn 'messy building data into investor-grade decisions and reporting.' And it claims to do so within minutes....
