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NOW LIVE: Creating Lasting Change in the Built Environment, Part 2

Lauren May 11, 2021

Travis Connors, Co-founder of Building Ventures, speaks on what common mistakes to avoid for founders and startups, and the pillars of what it takes to be a successful tech investor.

Final-mile fulfillment startup parcelLab closes $112M Series C funding led by Insight Partners

Lauren May 11, 2021

Munich-based parcelLab, which offers a final-mile fulfillment service for online retailers, has closed a $112 million (GB£80 million) Series C funding round led by the U.S. VC/PE firm Insight Partners.

Mortgage Startup Better to Go Public in SPAC Merger

Lauren May 11, 2021

Startup mortgage lender Better plans to go public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, according to people familiar with the matter. Better Holdco Inc. plans to merge with Aurora Acquisition Corp.

Self-driving truck startup Plus to go public through $3.3 bln SPAC deal

Lauren May 11, 2021

Plus said on Monday it would go public through a merger with blank-check company Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V

COVID-19 scatters tech hubs for young talent

Lauren May 11, 2021

Young engineers and recent college graduates see Miami, Houston and Philadelphia — not San Francisco, New York or Seattle — as the hot new places to jumpstart a technology or creative economy career.

Software Firm Procore Targets $616 Million for IPO Raise

Lauren May 11, 2021

Procore Technologies Inc., a cloud-based construction software company, is seeking to raise as much as $616 million in an initial public offering. Procore, which is restarting its IPO plans after they were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, said in a

Streamline device connectivity with an on-demand building systems network assessment

Lauren May 11, 2021

Switch Automation is excited to unveil the latest update of Switch Dx³ (Digital Device Discovery), updated to provide greater insight into what factors are keeping you from leveraging an open, flexible building operating system. A plug-and-play appliance continuously scans for all compatible systems, firmware versions, sensors and devices—highlighting connectivity, ...

WATCH NOW: The Importance of Human Centered Change, Part 2

Lauren May 10, 2021

Kristen Magni, Managing Partner of hyrUP, talks about what factors she prioritizes when deciding on new technology to adopt, and why it is vitally important for companies to invest time into a structured change management strategy.

Slowly, WFH Fatigue is Setting In Among Some Employees

Lauren May 10, 2021

When JLL surveyed workers in April 2020, people said they want to work from home two days a week. When it asked the same question of 3,300 employees this March, people said they wanted to work 1.5 days from home. A third of workers have no desire to work from home.

Flex Office Users Are Taking Less Space For a Shorter Term

Lauren May 10, 2021

Office occupiers demanded agility in office space selection last year, according to a new report—a trend that drove the average flex workspace requirement size down by 29% and dropped average initial term length by a month.