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Goldacre Ventures opens applications for its RElab 2021 scale-up programme

Goldacre Ventures
7/15/2021

(London, Thursday 10th June 2021): Goldacre Ventures (Goldacre), a VC firm based in London focusing on the Smart Built Environment, is excited to announce that applications are now open for its annual scale-up programme, RElab. RElab 2021 will mark the third consecutive annual scale-up programme ran by RElab and will build on the success achieved over the two previous cohorts. The 2021 programme is supported by RElab’s growing ecosystem of industry partners, including…

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4. United’s latest foray into electric aircraft

Axios
7/15/2021

United Airlines and the regional carrier Mesa Air Group this morning announced conditional plans to buy 100 planes each — and an option for more — from the electric plane startup Heart Aerospace, Ben writes.

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Morty Catapults To $150 Million Valuation With Latest Series B Raise

Forbes
7/15/2021

Morty, an online mortgage marketplace, announced today they have closed a $25 million Series B financing round with the entirety of the funding in the form of equity. This gives the company a valuation of $150 million, said Morty cofounder Nora Apsel. Previously the company had a valuation in the $10 to $50 million range, according to Crunchbase. The five-year old company has raised $38.4 million to date….

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Seven Ways Technology Is Disrupting Real Estate

Forbes
7/15/2021

Buying a home nowadays looks very different than how previous generations used to buy their houses. Most people probably start their search online and get pre-approved online. They might even view the home and close online.

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NextNav’s 3D maps make the GPS blue dot more accurate

Axios
7/15/2021

Digital maps are getting better every day, making turn-by-turn navigation more accurate, with real-time details. Adding a third dimension to mapping — altitude — is the next breakthrough.

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Two-Thirds of Miami Condo Buildings Are Older Than 30 Years. The Repair Bills Are Coming Due.

The Wall Street Journal
7/15/2021

Engineers say it can take just 30 years for condominium buildings to reach a point when owners can no longer delay making critical repairs. In the Miami region, two out of every three condo buildings are more than 30 years old, according to data compiled by real-estate data firm Zillow for The Wall Street Journal. In at least seven other Florida cities, some three-quarters of condo buildings have hit that age.

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Revel turns to software to keep its e-moped fleet powered without straining NYC’s grid

TechCrunch
7/15/2021

Revel is turning to an app that gamifies energy use to keep its fleet of more than 3,000 electric mopeds charged without putting a strain on New York City’s power grid.

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NOW LIVE! What’s Next in Construction Tech, Part 3

CREtech+
7/14/2021

Justin Saeheng, Head of Construction Technology at Stanley X sheds light on what market trends are affecting the construction industry most and how they are combating the labor shortage.

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Startups Must Make Board Diversity a Priority: One Year Progress Update

Matt Ellis
7/14/2021

Matt Ellis Founder & CEO at Measurabl The purpose of my original post in August 2020 was to share my personal experience with diversity, equity and inclusion while building a startup. I hoped it will help other founders recognize opportunities I missed and build better companies out of the gate as a result. I’m happy to report that we’ve made notable progress on some of the goals I’ve outlined below, which I’ve detailed at the end of this post. I have six wonde…

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‘New normal’ – Hubble raises £2m for hybrid office platform

PlaceTech
7/14/2021

Flexible office marketplace Hubble has hit £10m in total funding after a £2m Pi Labs-led top-up funding round. Pi Labs was joined by existing backers JLL Spark and Starwood Capital. JLL Spark had previously led a £4m investment into Hubble as its first European investment.

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