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….

This startup wants to use technology to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem

Homebound has raised about $73 million over the years from the likes of Google Ventures, Fifth Wall, Khosla, Sound Ventures, Atomic and Thrive Capital. It raised a $35 million Series B last April and then closed on a $20 million convertible note late last year. CEO Nikki Pechet and Atomic managing partner Jack Abraham founded the company in 2017 after Abraham lost his home to wildfires. …

Amenify announces $4.8 million capital raise for expansion

DENVER, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Amenify Corporation, the leading technology for powering in-home services within multifamily residential properties, announced the closing of a $4.8 million financing to enable activation of approximately 320,000 units of Class A multifamily properties – which will include approximately 15 new markets for the company. Dana Zeff, the founder of LeaseLabs, joined Amenify’s Board of Directors in connection with the financing. Her focus will be to help the …

Reverse Migration: Moving to Cities While Others Flee

Kelly Shoul and Alex White spent years trying to get out of their house in York, Pa., only to be told repeatedly by real estate brokers that their only option was to sell at a loss. But when Covid-19 hit and upended the market, they were able to not just sell their home, they could make $30,000 in the process.