COWORKING IS THE NEW NORMAL, AND THESE STATS PROVE IT

Coworking is here to stay. It was here to stay before the coronavirus pandemic; but the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has solidified coworking’s standing as a preferable workspace solution.  In the early days of coworking, many argued it was nothing more than a movement and trend that would eventually fade away.

Carbon farmers help to lower Sydney’s inner city emissions

Press release: Construction technology company GBuilder raises €2M for international expansion

Finnish ConTech company GBuilder has completed a €2M financing round led by Amavi Capital with participation from existing investors Butterfly Ventures and Vendep Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate international expansion in their target markets which include the UK and DACH.

Sustainability’s Role in the Evolution of Proptech

In episode 53 of Fly on the Wall, Brendan sits down with Michael Beckerman, the CEO of CREtech & CREtech Climate. Brendan and Michael share their experience in proptech over the course of the last several years and Michael explains why real estate owners whose technology strategy does not include climate tech will fall behind the curve.

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.