Desana

As a result of the unprecedented global shift to new ways of working, Edinburgh-based proptech business Desana has seen rapid growth since launching in 2019. Its global hybrid workspace platform enables businesses to provide their employees with access to workspace anywhere in the world, in one click, while only paying for the actual hours that workspaces are used. Companies can also integrate their own offices onto the platform, to better track and manage working patterns, and to inform long-term real estate decisions.

We first backed Desana in 2021, when the company secured $4 million from a consortium of international investors, to fast-track growth in the face of overwhelming market demand. We later provided follow-on funding in 2023, as part of a wider $7.4 million round, to help accelerate Desana’s global expansion, particularly in the US.