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brandonlin July 25, 2021
As the pandemic emptied out Main Streets and normalized telework, many experts
brandonlin July 25, 2021
WeWork handed over management of the two WeLive locations, in Northern Virginia's Crystal City neighborhood and on Wall Street in Manhattan, to t...
brandonlin July 25, 2021
Instacart Inc. is entering the warehouse business, seeking to expand its reach in an increasingly competitive food delivery market. The grocery delivery company said it would start building fulfillment centers for supermarkets over the next 12 months, in partnership with technology company Fabric, in or near grocery stores, with capacity for 10,000 to 50,000 items.
brandonlin July 25, 2021
Index Ventures has closed a trio of new funds: a $900 million early-stage fund, a $2 billion growth-stage fund and a previously announced $200 million seed-stage fund. The close gives Index $3 billion in new capital, its largest tranche yet, to deploy into emerging startups and existing portfolio companies, which include the...
brandonlin July 25, 2021
Executives have to prioritize whether to experiment with cutting-edge technologies or wait to see results from other implementations first, Airbnb chief technology officer Vanja Josifovski said in a conversation with VentureBeat founder and CEO Matt Marshall at
brandonlin July 25, 2021
Funding to venture-backed proptech companies has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, according to Crunchbase data, with construction tech and property management startups leading the way. VC-backed real estate companies have raised $10.6 billion so far this year, up from the $8.3 billion that was raised during the same period last year, and higher than any year in that period in the past deca...
brandonlin July 22, 2021
It was hard enough to build apartments in high-cost cities like San Francisco before the pandemic triggered an exodus from urban neighborhoods, and now the economics are even tougher. But that's giving smaller cities a chance to catch up to the rental boom that previously lifted other non-coastal metros like Austin and Denver. For builders, it's a riskier calculation.
brandonlin July 22, 2021
Having announced a strategic partnership with Fifth Wall earlier this year after investing $85m in four of the VC firm’s funds, Ivanhoé Cambridge is a company determined to grasp the digital future of real estate. But for François Lacoursière, the company’s senior vice president of innovation, it’s not specifically a question of tech. “We shouldn’t be obsessed with tech,” he says...
brandonlin July 22, 2021
The modular housing company is to build the UK’s largest low-rise modular housing development – a 622-home scheme in Beeston, Nottingham. Health and beauty retailer Boots selected ilke Homes to unlock a 43-acre site close to its UK headquarters, which has been allocated for residential development since 2014.
brandonlin July 22, 2021
BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wunderflats, the leading platform for temporary furnished housing in Germany, announces a $21 million growth funding round to further pursue their vision to be Europe’s most customer-centric housing company where you can simply rent homes online.