SAN FRANCISCO—Liquid Space, a web and mobile platform that helps users find on-demand office and meeting space, says it has raised fan additional $1.3 million to the $6 million Series B funding raised earlier this year.

The funding comes from two new strategic investors – Steelcase and CBRE Group, Inc., global leaders in workplace strategy and commercial real estate.

"We are thrilled to have the support of Steelcase, the global leader in the office furniture industry and CBRE, the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (in terms of 2012 revenue), as we work with Fortune 500 companies to provide a clean, simple solution for evolving their real estate portfolio and workplace strategy," said Mark Gilbreath, founder and CEO of LiquidSpace. "We look forward to leveraging their insights and experience to advance a demand-driven model that reduces costs for companies and provides employees with more choices and reliable workspace options."

Steelcase is the global leader in the office furnishings, products and services industry. For over 100 years, Steelcase has been bringing human insight to business by studying how people work, wherever they work.

"Many of our biggest customers are undertaking a real estate transformation and our investment in LiquidSpace reflects how critically important alternate space is to enable this change," said Sara Armbruster, VP corporate strategy and WorkSpace Futures at Steelcase. "We look forward to sharing our insights into workplace evolution with the LiquidSpace team as it continues to evolve its platform."

LiquidSpace is helping large enterprises turn underused real estate into a collaborative asset with a simple internal reservation solution, while simultaneously allowing their employees to tap into the most diverse network of on-demand publicly available work and meeting spaces.

In January 2013, LiquidSpace raised $6 million in Series B funding led by The GPT Group, a top real estate trust with participation from existing investors Shasta Ventures, Floodgate Fund and Greylock Capital. Prior to the Series B, LiquidSpace raised $1.3 million in a seed round led by Reid Hoffman of the Greylock Discovery Fund and Mike Maples of FloodGate, followed in May 2011, by a $3.785 million Series A round led by Shasta Ventures. The company's total funding to date is $12.385 million.

Founded in 2010, and based in San Francisco, LiquidSpace has facilitated over 200,000 reservations across its network of over 2,000 private and public workspaces in 250 cities nationwide. The company is rapidly fueling expansion of its service through initiatives with corporate partners to serve the needs of mobile business workers. LiquidSpace will continue to drive innovation for both professionals and enterprises through its growing marketplace and enterprise services.

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