Doorstead, a Full-Service Property Manager That Provides Cash-Flow Certainty to Residential Landlords with Its Upfront Rental Guarantee, Raises $12.5 Million in Series A Funding

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Doorstead, a technology-operations company that specializes in full-service property management, announced today that it has raised $12.5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Madrona Venture Group, an early investor in tech-enabled residential real estate brokerage Redfin. The oversubscribed round also included operating executives from OpenDoor, Uber, and Docusign….

MIT startup Pickle raises $5.75M for its package-picking robot

There’s no doubt this past year has been a major watershed moment for the robotics industry. Warehouse and logistics have been a particular target for an automation push, as companies have worked to keep the lights on amidst stay at home orders and other labor shortages.

NOW LIVE! Do More With Less: Adopting Tech to Future-Proof Your Business, Part 2

Chris Rising, Founder of Rising Realty Partners examines the challenges that come with adopting new technology, as well as the future of the office.

Robotics Startup Canvas Raises $24 Million To Revitalize Construction

Canvas, a San Francisco-based construction robotics company that focuses on drywall installation, announced today that it has raised a $24 million Series B. The round is led by Menlo Ventures, and will be used to expand the startup’s fleet of robots and develop new applications for its technology.

Big landlords invest $60M in “tenant experience” startup HqO

Commercial real estate firms Cushman & Wakefield, JLL and DivcoWest are betting on a “tenant experience” startup to help get workers back to their offices.  

Zero-energy office building that adapts to the climate opened in Switzerland

Grocery Owners May Struggle to Match Last Year’s Success

Owners of grocery stores were among the biggest real estate winners last year. Now, some property owners worry that the business looks poised to slip this year. Pandemic lockdowns forced restaurants to close and then limit service, but supermarkets and grocery stores were spared because they were deemed essential. Customers stocked up on food and other goods. Those dynamics helped boost U.S. grocery sales by 11% in 2020, more than triple the growth of the previous two years, according to data fr…

Market Update: U.S. PropTech Q1 2021

Q1 2021 was the most active quarter in growth capital and M&A activity in the Proptech market since GCA began tracking the space in 2017.

CoStar to buy Homes.com for $156M

The data giant announced Wednesday it had reached an agreement to buy residential listing platform Homes.com for $156 million in cash. Homes.com platform claims to have more than 1.8 million listings with feeds from 90 percent of the Multiple Listing Services across the country.

Former Head Of Global Real Estate At CBRE Joins Proptech Firm Density

A proptech firm with a product tailored to the prevailing office real estate question of the day has made a splashy hire. Peter Van Emburgh has joined Density as head of industry strategy, the company announced in a letter on its website from CEO and co-founder Andrew Farah published on Tuesday. Van Emburgh had been CBRE’s global head of corporate real estate, managing the commercial real estate services firm’s own office footprint….