Startup charts a (long) path toward homeownership
The Real Deal
The latest startup to roll out of Kairos — the firm that offered $5 insurance premiums in place of security deposits — holds out the promise of homeownership for young renters.
Latest Trends and Insights in Real Estate Technology
Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
-
Read more
-
Read more
Altrio Partners with Real Capital Analytics to Enhance Screening and Underwriting
PR Newswire
TORONTO, June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Altrio has partnered with Real Capital Analytics (RCA) to provide seamless integration for their mutual clients. This integration provides real estate investors the capital markets insights they need to optimize investment decisions by embedding RCA’s transaction data in Origin, Altrio’s leading edge deal management platform.
-
Read more
‘There Are Track Records Now’: More CRE Firms Pour Investments Into Maturing Proptech Sector
Bisnow
The proptech sector has taken a major leap forward over the past year, with many startups successfully scaling up and providing windfalls for their investors, and the industry it serves has taken notice.
-
Read more
Proptech hits puberty: Insights from Camber Creek’s Casey Berman
The Real Deal
Total addressable market, or TAM, is a metric investors use to figure out whether a sector is worth their trouble. With a tiny TAM, even a home-run investment in a startup may not generate the return investors crave. Target a big TAM, however, and things get a lot more interesting.
-
Read more
BMO Proptech Report
BMO Capital Markets
We believe the nascent PropTech industry presents significant opportunities for emerging companies integrating technology within various facets of real estate, as PropTech will soon be embedded throughout all facets of the industry. REITs that partner with and invest in these platforms stand to benefit. The property industry has notoriously been slow to embrace technology – only 10% of global real estate CEOs are concerned about the impact of technology on their industry, vs. 38% in all …
-
Read more
Google Closes London Startup Office Hub Saying It Doesn’t Need A Building To Run It
Bisnow
Google said Monday it will close a seven-storey hub to help tech startupsit leases in east London, because it does not need a physical building to provide the support that fast-growing companies require. Google For Startups was a 25K SF space at 4-5 Bonhill Street near Old Street in east London, in the heart of the area dubbed Tech City and Silicon Roundabout by the UK government a decade ago because of the high concentration of tech startups….
-
Read more
The “hub and spoke” future of the office
Axios
As more companies lean towards a hybrid setup, many are cutting back their headquarters and putting smaller offices close to where workers are.
-
Read more
Google’s First Retail Store Is the Anti-Apple
Medium
Twenty-two years into its existence, Google is finally launching its first brick-and-mortar store tomorrow morning. Housed on the ground floor of Google’s New York headquarters in Chelsea, the store will be a place to explore and purchase Google’s hardware, including Pixel phones and Nest devices, as well as bring products in for repair. But it will also be a lot more than that, according to Ivy Ross, Google’s VP of hardware design, UX and research, who also served as the creative direc…
-
Read more
Altrio Partners with Real Capital Analytics to Enhance Screening and Underwriting
Altrio
Toronto, Canada, 22 June 2021 – Altrio has partnered with Real Capital Analytics (RCA) to provide seamless integration for their mutual clients. This integration provides real estate investors the capital markets insights they need to optimize investment decisions by embedding RCA’s transaction data in Origin, Altrio’s leading edge deal management platform. Altrio builds technology solutions to help investors construct and manage portfolios that perform better and help managers effi…
-
Read more
HqO Meets Rigorous Data Privacy and Security Standards to Provide Highest Level of Service to Global CRE Market
HqO
Tenant Experience Technology Leader Achieves SOC 2 Type II and ISO-27001 Certifications BOSTON – June 21, 2021 – HqO, the end-to-end tenant experience operating system for office buildings, today announces it has achieved SOC 2 Type II and ISO-27001 certifications. These milestones reflect the company’s commitment to data privacy and security compliance as the company scales operations worldwide with more than 150 million square feet of real estate currently under management. With the comm…
