EU Member States Agree to Impose Carbon Tax
ESG Today
Member states of the European Union have agreed to impose a carbon tax, according to a twitter post Tuesday evening by French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Proptech Startup Snappt Raises $100 Million To Help Landlords Flag Fraudulent Rental Applications
dot LA
Snappt, a West Hollywood-based proptech startup that helps landlords detect fraudulent rental application documents, has landed a $100 million Series A funding round led by venture capital giant Insight Partners, it announced Tuesday.
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WATCH NOW: Developing in the Metaverse: Virtual Real Estate and the Blockchain
CREtech
These days, everyone and their corporate parent company is talking about the metaverse, from Microsoft to Nike to fka Facebook. Digital platforms are beginning to emerge as key gateways to the metaverse, with a corresponding virtual land grab to claim ownership on these platforms. Currently, virtual real estate investments can bear many similarities to physical real estate, with the ability to fractionalize parcels or “develop” income-generating components such as shops or event spaces. In the l…
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Step up and support the Climate Crisis Challenge
Property Week
As Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of UKGBC and keynote speaker at CREtech London in April, points out, the real estate industry is responsible for 25% of total UK emissions and 40% globally.
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The Intersection of IOT, Construction Tech, and Housing Affordability, Part 2
CREtech
Christopher Yip, Partner and Managing Director at RET Ventures, explores the value in focusing on technology for the long tail market.
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CRE Needs Critical Mass to Fight Effects of Climate Change
Commercial Observer
Cover Story: La Vie en Rose – Looking at the world through Jonathan Rose-colored glasses.
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CREtech Releases Final Agenda for World’s Most Important Real Estate Technology Networking Conference, CREtech San Diego
CREtech
New York, NY (March 15, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has released the final agenda for the must-attend real estate technology conference, CREtech San Diego, which will take place on March 22-23 at the San Diego Convention Center. Nearly 1,000 attendees are registered to attend the debut West-Coast event next week. Attendees will experience the full suite of CREtech conference offerings, inc…
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Fintech for landlords introduces a banking platform
American Banker
Baselane, a financial technology company in New York City, helps independent landlords manage bookkeeping, collect rent and run analytics. On Tuesday the company announced that it added a banking platform to the mix.
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To Bootstrap or Not: Proptech Founders On When to Take VC Money
Commercial Observer
For a number of proptech founders, avoiding the siren song of venture capital funding can lead to greater control of their startup’s development.
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WhyHotel Rebrands as Placemakr, Announces over $90M in Equity Investment
PR Newswire
WhyHotel, a tech-enabled hospitality platform and operator, announced the rebrand of its company, now to be known as Placemakr. The rebrand comes alongside $90M in equity investment raised for growth and property acquisitions. In conjunction with these investments, the company also secured committed capital toward its target of $1B of property acquisitions over the next 18-24 months. With $250M of those property acquisitions completed in 2021 and programmatic equity committed to acquire $750M of…
