04 · Competition
Timeline
A chronological view of funding and investment activity across the competitive set — rounds, amounts, investors, and dates.
The table below tracks founding dates and total known capital raised across Harla's competition. Funding figures marked * are estimates from secondary sources.
| Company | Founded | HQ | Raised / Status | Key investors / notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harla | 2024 | London, UK | Raising £600k | Pre-seed. £3.6m post-money valuation. Customers include Southwark Council, Revantage Europe, Cripps. |
| Landlord & portfolio | ||||
| Yardi Systems | 1984 | Santa Barbara, US | Private (est. $1bn+ ARR*) | Family-owned; the largest private proptech company in the world by revenue |
| MRI Software | 1971 | Ohio, US | PE-backed (Vista Equity) | Multiple acquisitions incl. Leverton (2019), Rockend, PropSys, RES.NET |
| Re-Leased | 2013 | Auckland / London | ~NZ$40m raised* | Raised Series B in 2021; targeting UK & ANZ commercial & residential |
| VTS | 2012 | New York, US | ~$400m raised* | Investors incl. Brookfield, GLP, Fifth Wall; valued at ~$1bn+ at Series E |
| Visual Lease | 2013 | New Jersey, US | Acquired by Tango (2023*) | Focused on ASC 842 / IFRS 16 lease accounting compliance |
| Data & market intelligence | ||||
| CoStar Group | 1987 | Washington, US | Public (NASDAQ: CSGP) | Market cap ~$30bn; aggressive acquirer (Apartments.com, Ten-X, STR) |
| Altus Group / Argus | 1992 | Toronto, Canada | Public (TSX: AIF) | Argus Enterprise is industry standard for CRE DCF / valuation modelling |
| Fifth Dimension | 2019 | London, UK | Series A* | AI-powered CRE market intelligence; UK-focused |
| Findable | 2020 | London, UK | Seed / pre-Series A* | AI document intelligence for real estate; recent market entrant |
| Proda | 2019 | London, UK | ~£5m raised* | AI lease extraction / abstraction; acquired by or partnering with majors |
| Transaction & legal | ||||
| Orbital | 2017 | London, UK | ~£15m raised* | Legal transaction management for solicitors; UK land/property focus |
| tracesolutions | 2010s | UK | Private* | Conveyancing transaction platform; established UK legal market player |
| Dealpath | 2014 | San Francisco, US | ~$43m raised* | CRE deal management for institutional investors; US-focused |
| Luminance | 2016 | London, UK | ~$100m raised* | AI legal review platform; expanding into transactional use cases |
| Harvey | 2022 | San Francisco, US | ~$300m raised* | Investors incl. Sequoia, Google, OpenAI Startup Fund, GV; used by A&O, PwC Legal, Linklaters |
| Legl | 2019 | London, UK | ~£25m raised* | Legal workflow & client onboarding; AML/KYC compliance focus |
| DocuSign | 1999 | San Francisco, US | Public (NASDAQ: DOCU) | ~$700m ARR; dominant eSign platform globally |
| Occupier | ||||
| Occupier (the company) | 2018 | New York, US | $15.5m raised | Investors incl. Navitas Capital; 130+ customers, 100,000+ leases managed |