Effectiveness Of Technology Is Now A Deciding Factor For Multifamily Tenants

Keeping commercial real estate assets competitive after the coronavirus outbreak will require a stronger commitment to technology that connects tenants and owners while integrating with existing software to ensure processing efficiencies, experts said while speaking at Bisnow’s Protecting Your Assets & Creating a Competitive Advantage webinar. …

This Pipe-ing hot startup just raised $50M to be the ‘Nasdaq for revenue’

A little over one year ago, Pipe raised a $6 million seed round led by Craft Ventures to help it pursue its mission of giving SaaS companies a funding alternative outside of equity or venture debt. The buzzy startup’s goal with the money was to give SaaS companies a way to get their revenue upfront by pairing them with investors on a marketplace that pays a discounted rate for the annual value of those contracts. (Pipe describes its buy-side participants as “a vetted group of financial instituti…

Mark Grinis And Minta Kay Named Event Co-Chairs Of CREtech’s Upcoming CREtechU Virtual Summit

New York, NY (March 10, 2021) — CREtech (cretech.com), the largest media company devoted to covering the real estate technology sector, announced today that Mark Grinis, Global Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction Leader at EY and Minta Kay, Chair of Goodwin’s Global Real Estate Industry Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s PropTech practice will Co-Chair CREtechU Virtual Summit on April 20-22….

WATCH NOW! A Disciplined Approach to Bold New Tech, Part 2

David Eisenberg, Founding Partner at Zigg Capital shares advice for people looking to build a career in real estate tech, key lessons he has learned as a tech investor, and Zigg Capital’s evaluation process when looking at new investment opportunities in Part 2 of A Disciplined Approach to Bold New Tech.

Mayors call on the G20 to deliver green, just and local recovery

This Husband-And-Wife Duo Increased The Valuation Of Their Startup 10x To $220 Million In Eight Months

Entrepreneurs Niji Sabharwal and Jenn Knight had it much easier raising funding recently than during their seed round in June 2020. Then, the AgentSync founders had just showed up in Denver – a city where they’d previously only spent a long weekend – with a loaded-up minivan and a new empty house. Knight, the startups’ CTO, was pregnant. “I knocked on neighbors’ doors to get a WiFi password,” says Sabharwal, its CEO.

As a flex operator, you must be a pig – not a chicken

I have a lengthy presentation about #SpaceAsAService, including eight factors critical to success. Number one, in the prime spot, asks: are you a chicken or a pig? This riffs on the joke: ‘What is the difference between a chicken and a pig in a bacon and egg sandwich?’ To which the answer is: ‘One is involved, but the other is committed’.

Paying it forward

About Scott Sidman, Executive Vice President, Business & Corporate Development. Scott drives strategic growth for Building Engines through mergers and acquisitions as well as partnership development. He is also responsible for the successful integration of acquired companies. In his role, Scott collaborates with all departments and customers on opportunities for market expansion while enhancing product, company and customer value. Scott has led sales, marketing and strategy in his career at …

While eyeing a SPAC, Swedish autonomous EV company Einride nears $75 million in new funding

Swedish autonomous electric vehicle startup Einride is aiming to continue the momentum sparked by partnerships with Oatly and Lidl by seeking additional capital, TechCrunch has learned. …

72% of Workers Don’t Want to Return to Office Full Time, Report Finds

As the forced, large-scale, work-from-home experiment caused by the coronavirus pandemic continues, the vast majority of workers don’t want to return to the office full time, a new report found. A JLL survey of 2,000 workers around the world found that 72 percent of employees want to be able to work from home more during the workweek, while 66 percent want a hybrid model that incorporates the office, home and a third place, like a coworking facility or coffee shop….