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Proptech startups are booming.
According to recent data from Crunchbase, VC-back real estate companies have raised nearly $11 billion this year, up about 22 percent from a year ago. That surge is being fueled by a number of important trends like low interest rates, a red-hot construction market, a...
Reading headlines around U.S. startup funding, a common theme for 2021 is that practically everything is up. Venture investment is at record highs. Sectors like crypto, security and telehealth are seeing multifold gains. Giant rounds and big exits keep piling up.
Earning passive income as an investor in single-family rental homes is a dream for many, but also something that can be intimidating to break into.
Awning is a startup that aims to make the process less intimidating through a platform designed to allow individuals to invest in single-family rental homes not just in the cities or ...
Last month in Brooklyn Park, MN., Taco Bell broke ground on what it billed as one of its most innovative restaurant designs yet — Taco Bell Defy. Set to open its doors to the public by summer 2022, the 3,000 square-foot, two-story model features four drive-through lanes. Taco Bell is not alone in this trend; in general, QSRs are paring down their footprints, especially the single-tenant drive-...
PropTech company June Homes, which uses algorithm technology to assist mom-and-pop owners and apartment residents find economically viable rental matches, announced this week that it has raised $50 million in total funding.
Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN 1.06% planned department stores will aim to boost its apparel sales by off...
The Covid-19 pandemic has supercharged the role of chief information officers, accelerating a shift from backroom technicians to front-office decisionmakers, as companies’ operations are increasingly shaped by technology.
The Collective, the co-living company with ambitions to build a 100,000-unit portfolio, is in line to be broken up by its lenders after falling into administration because it could not meet its liabilities.
The London-based company with a transatlantic portfolio co...
From more cost-effective designs to affordable workspace management, Sidewalk Labs is building up a suite of tools to make developers’ lives easier – and greener.
“What we do is develop products and places to radically improve quality of life in cities for all,” says Jesse Shapins, senior director of urban development at Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation arm of Google’s parent compa...
Travis Putnam of Navitas Capital discusses differentiating factors he sees in successful startups and founders, and why he believes it is so important to stay open to making mistakes.