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brandonlin January 05, 2022
Venture funding in 2021 broke records across the board, Crunchbase data shows, with investment last year up more than 10x what it was a decade earlier.
brandonlin January 05, 2022
Miro, a visual collaboration and online whiteboarding platform used by companies like Dell, Cisco, and Deloitte, has raised $400 million in a series C round of funding at a whopping $17.5 billion valuation.
brandonlin January 05, 2022
My first experience in a virtual world was in 1991 as a PhD student working in a virtual reality lab at NASA. I was using a variety of early VR systems to model interocular di...
brandonlin January 05, 2022
Tata Communications and Zain KSA are already working together on a smart street lighting solution for one of the key cities in the kingdom with smart waste and smart mobility also on the agenda.
brandonlin January 05, 2022
There’s an intrinsic tension between technology companies and the world. Tech wants to push forward through innovation and business opportunity and the world often interrupts to point out that sometimes solutions can incorporate significant problems. Navigating the spaces offers challenges, according to Christopher Yip, a partner at RET Ventures, a VC firm actively investing in technology in the...
brandonlin January 05, 2022
Industrial warehouse giant Prologis is putting more resources behind its climate goals with a key hire. San Francisco-based Prologis has appointed Susan Uthayakumar as the firm’s new chief sustainability and energy officer, the firm announced Tuesday, placing her in charge of the company’s wide-ranging effo...
brandonlin January 05, 2022
Door manufacturer Masonite is showcasing the first residential smart door at CES 2022, highlighting the home building industry’s shift toward embracing connected technology. The concept was announced earlier in 2021, but CES is the first chance most will have to see the door in action.
brandonlin January 05, 2022

Overhaul of 1980s office complex in Virginia raises prospect that America’s office-building surplus could be ripe for apartment conversion

brandonlin January 05, 2022
Leading Proptech platform Plentific’s suite of digital property management solutions continues to expand. Today, the company announced its acquisition of TouchRight Software, an award-winning reporting app that helps real estate professionals and contractors produce fast, paperless and high-quality inspection reports.
brandonlin January 05, 2022
CBRE Group announced it has acquired Buildingi, a leading provider of occupancy planning and technology services, to meet growing occupier demand for holistic occupancy management services. Buildingi will fully integrate with CBRE’s Occupancy Management team and initially transition to “Buildingi from CBRE.”