Goldman Sachs crowns latest proptech unicorn
Placetech
Place, a business service platform for agents in the US and Canada, has raised $100m in a Series A funding round led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, valuing it at more than $1bn.
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Evolving Retail with Data, Part 3
CREtech
Anjee Solanki of Colliers discusses the relationship between e-commerce and brick and mortar post-pandemic, and the importance of implementing technology to create a seamless omni-channel shopping experience.
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Proptech Investor Backs Startup Looking To Fuse Real Estate And The Metaverse
Bisnow
Specialist proptech venture capital firm Pi Labs has backed a startup looking to create augmented reality technology that would fuse real-world space in sectors like real estate with the digital metaverse….
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Insurtech Comes to Proptech
Commercial Observer
Like many industries, real estate is more than ever dependent on technological innovation. However, only in the past few years has proptech begun to address the problems stemming from insurance compliance in the real estate industry.
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CREtech/Fifth Wall Webinar: The State of Climate Tech In The Built World
Zoom
Join Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech & CREtech Climate for this exclusive conversation with the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Fifth Wall, Brendan Wallace, and Greg Smithies, Partner and Co-Lead of the Climate Technology Investment Team. In this rare, candid discussion, Beckerman will interview Brendan and Greg on the latest in climate technology for the real estate industry, the firm’s investment strategy, overall progress in getting the Built World to prioritize decarbonization an…
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Hilti makes $300m construction tech acquisition
Placetech
In the biggest ever acquisition in the construction tech sector, global construction services company Hilti Group has agreed to acquire tech company Fieldwire for $300m.
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Proptech Fundraising Soars to Record Highs in 2021
Wall Street Journal
Growing landlord demand for better data, new apps and other real-estate technology is fueling a boom in proptech and attracting record sums of capital into the sector during the pandemic.
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The 15-Minute City Is Coming, Even In Car-Crazy Texas
Bisnow
They are in the works along the coasts, across the pond and in hotspots for progressive architecture like Portland, but sprawling Texas cities have been slow adopters of the 15-minute city model….
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WeWork’s East Coast Head On How It Is Adapting To The Hybrid Office Market
Bisnow
As WeWork seeks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and turn a profit after going public, the coworking company has been pushing a pair of new products that represent a departure from its traditional office subleasing model.
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NoBroker becomes India’s first proptech unicorn with fresh $210 million funding
TechCrunch
An Indian startup that is improving the way millions of people in the nation lease or buy an apartment is the latest firm to become a unicorn in the South Asian market. Bangalore-based NoBroker has raised $210 million in its Series E financing round, its founders told TechCrunch in an interview. Tiger Global and General Atlantic, two existing investors, and Moore Strategic Ventures co-led the eight-year-old startup’s Series E financing round….
