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TechCrunch
Nomad, a marketplace that aims to provide small-time rental property owners with “guaranteed rent,” has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Silicon Valley Bank Capital.
Axios
Sequoia Capital last fall disclosed plans to blow up the traditional VC model, saying it would form a single fund to hold all of its U.S. and European investments (including publicly-traded shares)….
Livly
Livly, the nation’s leading enterprise-grade resident experience platform for multifamily apartment communities, announced today the appointment of real estate executive Devin Wirt as its Vice President of Business Development. As the founder of Circuit Living (formerly TFLiving), which was acquired by Livly, Wirt brings with him over a decade of experience in multifamily resident engagement. Wirt will be responsible for growing new business origination and partnerships as Livly continues to exp…
LEKO Labs
LEKO Labs, the Luxembourg based carbon negative construction company, today announces a $21 million Series A funding round. The investment is led by urban sustainability-focused fund 2150 with participation from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Tencent, AMAVI, Rise PropTech Fund, Extantia and Freigeist. The total footprint of real estate developed, built or managed by LEKO’s new investor base totals approximately 500 million sq ft., which corresponds to an area the size of Manhattan. …
CREtech
Niraj Patel, Chief Information Officer of Greystone, speaks to the ABC’s for the future of real estate technology: AI, Blockchain, Cloud and Data.
CREtech
David Kolada, Managing Partner of Greensoil PropTech Ventures discusses their new $100m green PropTech fund, what types of investments they will be making and some of the startups they have invested in. David also shares insights into scaling climate tech in the built environment.
CREtech
March 22 and 23rd In-Person Conference Will Be CREtech’s Sole West Coast Conference In 2022 New York, NY (February 7, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced that Dallas Tanner, President & CEO of Invitation Homes and Travis Putnam, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Navitas Capital, will take the stage at CREtech San Diego, this March 22-23 to discuss how they are reshaping the fut…
TechCrunch
Online interior design startup Havenly is acquiring direct-to-consumer home furnishing brand The Inside, the company announced on Thursday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of the deal, Havenly has acquired the key assets of The Inside, including its intellectual property and inventory. The Inside co-founder Danielle Walish will join Havenly to manage the transition and to integrate The Inside assets into Havenly. All current employees of The Inside will also b…
Bisnow
Finally it happened: The crossover moment has occurred. Some signs of the old normal are back. One of the most conspicuous Covid winners — videoconferencing group Zoom — has now fallen to parity with one of the pandemic’s most conspicuous sufferers, hotel group Hilton. …
TechCrunch
Thrive Capital, the venture firm founded in 2009 by a then-25-year-old Joshua Kushner, says it has closed its eighth fund with approximately $3 billion in capital commitments, $500 of which it plans to invest in early-stage startups and another $2.5 billion that it has earmarked for later-stage companies.
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