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  • VC Brendan Wallace of Fifth Wall isn’t quite ready to invest in the metaverse

    TechCrunch

    Almost exactly two years ago, we talked with Brendan Wallace, the co-founder of the property- and real estate tech-focused venture firm Fifth Wall, about a trip from which he’d just returned. His visit had been to Singapore, where he described scenes of masks and social distancing and explained that, out of an abundance of caution, he was planning to stay inside his home in Venice, California for 14 days before returning to the office….

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  • Funnel Raises $36M Series B to Help Apartment Operators Stop Managing Renters with Property Management Software

    Funnel Leasing

    Funnel Leasing, the only renter-centric leasing platform, today announced the completion of a $36.5-million Series B raise that will transform the residential leasing process for multifamily operators. The preemptive round was led by RET Ventures, a leading PropTech-focused VC firm and existing Funnel investor. They were joined by Camden Property Trust and Morgan Properties, two of the country’s largest owners of multifamily properties, as well as Wilshire Lane Capital, Trinity Ventures and Camb…

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  • Real Estate Crowdfunder Raises $118M In Series B Funding

    Bisnow

    The act, co-authored by Groundfloor co-founder Nick Bhargava, allowed small businesses to fundraise up to $75M from nonaccredited investors

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  • Groundfloor steps up its real estate debt crowdfunding platform with fresh capital

    TechCrunch

    Crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular way for companies to raise capital, and investors are taking notice. Groundfloor, the first real estate crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval, announced today that it raised its first round of institutional capital since 2015.

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  • Big Tech Makes a Big Bet: Offices Are Still the Future

    New York Times

    Even as they allow some employees to change how often they come into the office, tech companies are rapidly buying and leasing properties around the country.

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  • Real Estate “disruptor” cuts staff by 28 percent

    The Real Deal

    Homie, the real estate industry disrupter selling properties in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho and Nevada, laid off 119 employees this week — 28 percent of its staff — claiming it was struggling in a market bereft of supply.

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  • Facilio, which develops AI-powered property management software, nabs $35M

    VentureBeat

    As the pandemic-induced demand for real estate accelerates, large property managers are boosting their investments in digital technologies to help manage their various buildings. Even pre-pandemic, 95% of real estate companies had someone responsible for running point on digital transformation and innovation efforts, according to a 2019 KPMG survey. Most cited the need for improved efficiencies, cost reduction, enhanced decision-making, and better asset management….

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  • How the CRE Tech Market is Evolving in Asia Pacific, Part 3

    CREtech

    Raja Seetharaman, Co-founder of propstack, speaks to how technology is transforming the historically opaque nature of the real estate market in Asia Pacific to become much more transparent, and how this will  benefit owners, operators, and tech companies.

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  • CREtech Climate Cast: Tackling Cities’ Greatest Challenges featuring Dan Doctoroff

    CREtech

    Dan Doctoroff, Founder & CEO of Sidewalk Labs, discusses the big vision that formed Sidewalk Labs and the connection with Google that made them the ideal partner. Dan also shares their mission at Sidewalk Labs and his thoughts on the role the public sector will play in legislating net zero commitments in the built world.

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  • Real-Estate Venture Boom Is Tested by Stock Market’s Slide

    Wall Street Journal

    Property startups emerged as one of the hottest tickets for venture investors during a record-breaking 2021. The recent stock-market selloff is testing the limits of that boom.

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