Raj Singh has joined real estate services provider JLL’s corporate venturing subsidiary, JLL Spark, as managing partner, after five years as managing director at air carrier JetBlue’s Technology Ventures unit.
US-headquartered JLL established its Spark unit in 2017 under co-CEOs Yishai Lerner and Mihir Shah. Both then set up JLL Technologies as a business unit to offer property clients modern tech.
Singh, a joint GCV Powerlist award winner for 2020 at JetBlue Technology Ventures alongside Bonny Simi, who subsequently joined portfolio company Joby, underscored two wins in the past year.
Singh said at the time of 2020 award: “A top highlight from the past year was our first exit when Shape Security was acquired by F5 Networks. I am proud of our team’s growing recognition in the travel investing and corporate venture capital ecosystems.
“We have also been able to leverage our connections and experience to provide many startup solutions to JetBlue Airways as well as our corporate partners Air New Zealand and Vantage Airport Group – in 2019, we began our 19th proof of concept to date with startups.”
