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  • GoContractor announces Series A financing with $5 million investment

    Go Contractor

    New York City, February 17th 2021:  GoContractor, the leader in the digitization of construction worker onboarding and compliance tracking, today announced a $5 million Series A round of funding led by Building Ventures and Ironspring in the U.S. with continued participation from existing investors. The new funding will allow GoContractor to further scale across the US and European markets, grow its sales, support and marketing teams, and increase investment in its research and development organ…

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  • Tech startup Leasecake gets investment to expand its software beyond real estate

    Bizjournals

    The Winter Park-based firm was founded in 2017 at entrepreneurship competition Startup Weekend Orlando as a property management platform. Leasecake since has expanded to offer “location management” software, which allows businesses to manage services related to their workspace, co-founder and CEO Taj Adhav told Orlando Business Journal. This includes insurance renewals, safety inspections and managing business licenses….

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  • Zillow Surfing 2.0: Real estate giant uses AI to beef up virtual touring tool

    GeekWire

    Zillow Group on Wednesday rolled out a new feature for its virtual tour experience that uses machine learning to pull together various media content with an interactive floor plan. The idea is to make it easier for homebuyers to get a feel for a property without actually visiting in person.

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  • Zero Net Energy Buildings Could Become The Norm … Eventually

    Bisnow

    The built environment is a crucial part of the equation to fight climate change and reach energy security, but there are challenges to achieving pervasive sustainability measures, especially for buildings targeting zero net energy status. In June 2015, the California Public Utilities Commission launched a new residential zero net energy action plan designed to make all new residential construction zero net energy by the beginning of 2020. The due date subsequently elapsed, and instead of the fin…

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  • Redfin to buy RentPath for $608M

    The Real Deal

    Making a major push into the rental market, Redfin has struck a deal to buy RentPath for $608 million, the brokerage said Friday. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, comes less than three months after RentPath called off its $588 million sale to commercial real estate giant CoStar. Federal regulators sued to block that deal on antitrust grounds.

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  • New CRE Platform on the Cutting Edge of Property Data & Listings Marketing

    CommercialEdge by Yardi

    Since the 1980s, Yardi has developed and supported leading software tailored for the ever-evolving real estate industry. Today, the global tech leader offers a vast suite of software solutions designed to meet the needs of real estate companies of all types and sizes, from entrepreneurial landlords to global corporations that operate millions of square feet of space. Powered by a global team of more than 7,000 employees across 45 offices worldwide, Yardi is always looking forward to new and bett…

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  • BREAKING: CREtech launches CREtech Climate

    CREtech Climate

    New York, NY (February 19, 2021) — CREtech, the largest media company devoted to covering the real estate technology sector, announced the official launch of CREtech Climate, a new platform devoted to educating and inspiring investment in climate tech, Sustainability, and ESG throughout the Built World. In collaboration with Fifth Wall and several leading real estate and advisory companies, CREtech Climate’s mission is to decarbonize the industry and promote sustainability and ESG…

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  • Discover The Hottest CREtech Startups LIVE at Virtual Demo Day

    CREtech

    Tune in to our live Virtual Demo Day on Tuesday, March 9 to experience demos from the most innovative tech companies in commercial real estate. Virtual Demo Day is the best way to discover startups that you need to know about without leaving your desk. Plus, it’s FREE! Register now.

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  • This Is What CoStar Will Do If It Wins CoreLogic

    GlobeSt

    In a letter to CoreLogic’s Board of Directors delivered yesterday morning, the chief executive officer of CoStar Group said the company was “stunned” to read that the company had been acquired by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners—and offered to buy CoreLogic at a higher value than its competitors. …

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  • As Legacy Automakers Rev Up Electric Vehicle Investments, Startups Are Ripe Acquisition Targets

    Crunchbase

    As large automakers like Ford and General Motors signal a future free from the combustion engine, more startups developing electric-vehicle technology could come into play as acquisition targets in the near future.

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