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Venture investors are rushing into crypto startups, while deal-making in other sectors slows.  

SoftBank, through its Vision Fund, is one of the most influential and disruptive forces in the venture capital and private equity markets, typically using that influence to push companies into hyper-growth mode before attempting to take them public. But some investors say its string of defeats hasn't just cost lots of rich people money, they have left deep fractures across the commercial real esta...

Stonal, the European property operations SaaS platform leader, has signed a new funding of $22 million led by RAISE Investissement to accelerate its expansion. This funding will enable Stonal to reach a $100 million revenue target on the European real estate SaaS market by 2027. Robin Rivaton, a recognized VC investor and proptech expert, joins the company as CEO.

In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million. Normally this would not make headlines, but in this case the land was virtual. It existed only in a metaverse platform called The Sandbox. By buying 792 non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, the firm then owned the equivalent of 1,200 city blocks.

Serendipity Labs Inc. has announced formation of a new wholly owned subsidiary, WorkplaceCloud LLC, that licenses its flexible office management services technology platform to landlords. WorkplaceCloud offers comprehensive end-to-end capabilities allowing asset owners to manage their own white label or private label flexible office and tenant amenity offerings.

Earth Day, April 22, is an opportunity to reflect on everything our planet and environment does for us — we wouldn’t be here without it after all.

The largest user of industrial space is launching a $1B fund to invest in companies that advance innovation in logistics and the supply chain, with an apparent focus on robotics.  

Clearing out the attic and that unoccupied bedroom may have new value for homeowners, landlords, and the planet, according to a proptech startup that looks to reduce the global carbon footprint by creating a self-storage marketplace for unused residential and commercial space.  

PropTech startup Bright Spaces launched its first subsidiary abroad, in the UK. The startup, which creates advanced, end-to-end digital leasing platforms for commercial and residential real estate, already has two clients from the UK.  

Convoy, the company behind a digital freight network and marketplace that connects shippers with truckers, has raised $260 million in funding, constituting a $160 million series E round and $100 million in venture-debt.