Giraffe360 raises £7.5m to cut listing times with camera, LiDAR and AI
This article covers Giraffe360, a Manchester-based proptech startup, which has raised £7.5m in a series B funding round led by Cipio Partners to fund international expansion and further development of its integrated hardware and software. The financing is intended to support the startup's AI-driven real estate marketing platform and will affect estate agents, property photographers and investors in the UK and Europe.
Manchester-based proptech startup Giraffe360 has raised £7.5m in a series B funding round led by Cipio Partners, a deal the company says will fund international expansion of its AI-driven real estate marketing platform and further development of its integrated hardware and software. The round, disclosed as $10m in the original announcement, matters because it underscores investor appetite for AI infrastructure that digitises traditional property workflows.
Why it matters
The financing highlights continued interest in applying AI to the real estate sector, where automation can shorten time to market, standardise listing content and reduce operating costs for estate agents and property photographers. For UK proptech and European software investors, the deal is another signal that tools combining data capture with automated media production are attracting growth capital.
Inside the product
Giraffe360 combines a purpose-built camera with AI-driven editing and automation to produce a range of listing assets from a single property visit. Outputs include HDR photography, virtual tours, LiDAR-based 2D and 3D floor plans, video, property websites, virtual staging and social media assets. The company operates a subscription model and says the integrated approach is intended to speed up listing preparation while improving consistency across portfolios.
Founded in Latvia and now headquartered in Manchester’s Ancoats, Giraffe360 employs more than 200 people across the UK, Latvia and the United States and serves customers in over 40 countries. The company was listed in The Sunday Times 100 Tech list of the UK’s fastest-growing technology businesses in 2026.
Who are the investors?
The round was led by Cipio Partners. Existing backers Founders Fund (which led the Series A) participated alongside Hoxton Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures and Change Ventures.
Cipio Partners is a European investment management and advisory firm that typically focuses on growth capital and minority buyouts in technology companies. The firm says it targets European tech businesses generating between €10m and €50m in revenue, with initial investments commonly in the €5m to €15m range. Cipio operates from offices in Munich and Luxembourg.
In the announcement, Nils Matthies, Principal at Cipio Partners, said:
Giraffe360 stands out to us through its unique combination of proprietary hardware, AI-powered automation and software in a one-stop solution for real estate professionals. Led by outstanding entrepreneurs who have proven their vision and execution capabilities, the company is well positioned to become a category leader in digital real estate marketing.
The participation of both US and European investors indicates cross-border confidence in companies that can productise capture-to-marketing workflows for global agent and photographer networks.
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Founder perspective
In the announcement, Mikus Opelts, CEO at Giraffe360, said:
This financing allows us to accelerate our vision at a pivotal moment for the industry, as real estate marketing shifts toward AI-powered, immersive, media-rich digital experiences. Giraffe360 is building the infrastructure powering this transition from data capture to intelligent, automated marketing.
Opelts frames the funding as a bet on infrastructure: investing in the backend systems that convert captured spatial and image data into finished marketing assets at scale.
The bigger picture
The deal sits within a broader wave of investment into AI tools that target specific vertical workflows rather than general-purpose models. In real estate, that means combining specialised capture hardware with domain-specific automation to deliver faster and more consistent marketing output.
For the UK and Europe, the round also underlines Manchester’s growing role as a hub for product-led startups building enterprise-facing AI systems. As property marketing becomes more data-driven, expect more interest from proptech investors in companies that can integrate physical capture, spatial data and automated content pipelines for global customers.
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