Employees grapple with re-entry anxiety as jobs call them back

Pandemic-related anxieties are entering a new phase as more employers start to call vaccinated workers back into their offices. Why it matters: Some employees simply don’t want to go back to the office; some are desperate to. Some are struggling to rearrange their routines yet again; some don’t have that flexibility. And everyone — employers and employees alike — is figuring out on the fly how to make it work.

Your next meeting at WeWork could be with life-size holograms

Austin real estate tech startup AnthemIQ raises $10 million for growth

Austin-based startup AnthemIQ, which makes a real estate transaction platform, has raised $10 million and plans to double its employee headcount, according to the company.

Buy now, pay later changed retail. Health care and rent are next.

Last March, in the midst of a nationwide lockdown that left millions out of work, the residents of Wasatch Property Management’s apartment complexes were presented with a solution to the impending problem of rent. It came from a little cartoon woman named Penny featured on Wasatch’s Facebook page. Through an app called Flex, Penny explained, tenants could pay rent in installments throughout the month, rather than a lump sum at the month’s start….

Why Office Density May No Longer Matter Post-COVID

Cherre Raises Another $50M for its Real Estate Data Management and Analytics Platform to Bring Disparate Data Together

Big data is transforming the real estate industry.  Real estate developers and investors are able to now integrate disconnected data like never before to understand things like a location’s risks, opportunities, and pricing. For example, properties within a quarter-mile of two specialty grocery store leads to higher property values but being within four of these stores correlates to lower pricing. An insight like this could be uncovered manually but it would take countless hours of sorting throu…

An Oversaturated Flex Space Market Could Easily Deflate

The flex office market already looks like it will see a comeback. Indicators range from the resurrection of WeWork into a publicly held company through a SPAC to a deal with JLL to market and lease co-working spaces in 38 locations across seven U.S. cities.

Exclusive: Kin Raises $63.9M In Series C Funding For Data-Driven Home Insurance

The idea behind Chicago-based Kin is that it’s too hard to get home insurance, especially for homes that are more complicated or risky—something that’s getting more common as homes get older and the climate changes, according to CEO Sean Harper.

NOW LIVE: Creating Lasting Change in the Built Environment, Part 2

Travis Connors, Co-founder of Building Ventures, speaks on what common mistakes to avoid for founders and startups, and the pillars of what it takes to be a successful tech investor.

Final-mile fulfillment startup parcelLab closes $112M Series C funding led by Insight Partners

Munich-based parcelLab, which offers a final-mile fulfillment service for online retailers, has closed a $112 million (GB£80 million) Series C funding round led by the U.S. VC/PE firm Insight Partners.