Christophe Garnier is the CEO & Co-Founder of Upflex. He is a serial tech entrepreneur and fascinated by the current changes in work. In his spare time, he loves surfing.
With one of the UK’s largest and widest reaching flex space providers, we’re piloting a new product offering. Landmark is using Upflex’s technology to make booking and payment instant and seamless for all their users across nearly 50 locations in nine major UK cities. These past couple years, we’ve been laser-focused on building the industry’s…
The future of work needs more than flex aggregators. With not just a global network of bookable flex space, but innovative technology to enable better security, productivity, collaboration and planning, plus a suite of custom solutions built for every kind of hybrid and remote workplace, that’s what we’ve set out to address. The Real Deal:…
Today, we’re announcing a $30 million Series A raise, with investment from top strategic investors and venture funds — a tremendous boost as we work toward becoming the industry standard for powering the hybrid workplace. Propelled by strategic investors including WeWork, Newmark and Cushman & Wakefield, this raise is the critical next step in propelling…
Coming up in Copenhagen, May 17 to 19, 2022: People from across the real estate industry and around the globe will come together for the CREtech Climate Global Leadership Summit. Upflex’s Christophe Garnier caught up with Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech — the largest global consulting, media and conference company devoted to technological innovation in…
Sixty percent of the 700+ coworking and on-demand workspace brands in our global network are small operators. That’s a very intentional move, and we work to keep them in the majority. In Upflex’s global network of workspace on demand, we boast over 6,000 bookable spaces. Of the 700 brands that provide those spaces, three out…
Every day should be Earth Day. Here are a few ways to encourage your employer to boost their focus on sustainability, conserve energy, and reduce their environmental footprint. No individual change their lifestyle enough to stop climate change alone — no matter how many single-use plastic shopping bags, straws, or plane rides we opt out…
Want to make better, smarter, more equitable, more efficient workspace decisions? You need data. And that’s Upflex’s specialty. As companies establish their strategies and policies for indefinite remote-first or hybrid work, I keep seeing this among both my colleagues and our customers here at Upflex: Guesses don’t lead to sustainable solutions. Rather, companies are hungry…
Ukraine’s coworking space operators have pivoted from providing flex space and desks on demand to providing supplies, food and shelter to their communities and wartime. Here’s a space from the Upflex network you can help right now. Upflex’s worldwide network of workspace includes several Ukraine spaces, including Lift99 Kyiv Hub, which is now pivoting to…
Upflex CEO Christophe Garnier explains how a new strategic partnership with WeWork lays the foundation for an ecosystem where all flexible space stakeholders have something to gain, including space operators of all kinds, brokers, companies, and the workforce. WeWork is giving its hundreds of thousands of members enhanced flexibility and choice by entering an exclusive,…
This month, WeWork granted their 28,000-plus member companies access not just to WeWork’s own network, but to the thousands of spaces on Upflex’s worldwide network. More than ever, space operators should prepare for an influx of a new kind of coworker: the post-pandemic hybrid worker. Here’s your checklist. With the rise of remote work, coworking…