News Archives | Page 152 of 1021 | CREtech

Apple Wallet Touchless Entry Underscores the Need for Workplace Experience Solutions

brandonlin February 21, 2022
In today’s fast-moving and ever-changing market, mobile access and flexibility are paramount when selecting a workplace experience provider, particularly when it comes to touchless entry. Tenants and employees are no longer using physical keycards to access their buildings and they have come to expect convenient contactless entry. Much like how we all now rely on mobile boarding passes when flyi...
Read more

Founded by Opendoor and Twilio alums, Nomad closes on $20M to ‘transform the landlord-tenant experience’

brandonlin February 21, 2022
Nomad, a marketplace that aims to provide small-time rental property owners with “guaranteed rent,” has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Silicon Valley Bank Capital.
Read more

Sequoia Capital last fall disclosed plans to blow up the traditional VC model

brandonlin February 21, 2022
Sequoia Capital last fall disclosed plans to 
Read more

Livly Hires Multifamily Founder Devin Wirt as Vice President of Business Development

brandonlin February 21, 2022
Livly, the nation’s leading enterprise-grade resident experience platform for multifamily apartment communities, announced today the appointment of real estate executive Devin Wirt as its Vice President of Business Development. As the founder of Circuit Living (formerly TFLiving), which was a...
Read more

Carbon negative construction company LEKO LABS announces $21 million oversubscribed Series A, appoints new CEO

brandonlin February 21, 2022

LEKO Labs, the Luxembourg based carbon negative construction company, today announces a $21 million Series A funding round.

The investment is led by urban sustainability-focused fund 2150 with participation from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Tencent, AMAVI, Rise PropTech Fund, Extantia and...

Read more

Applying the World’s Best Tech to CRE, Part 3

brandonlin February 21, 2022
Niraj Patel, Chief Information Officer of Greystone, speaks to the ABC’s for the future of real estate technology: AI, Blockchain, Cloud and Data.
Read more

CREtech Climate Cast: Green Tech Investing featuring David Harris Kolada

brandonlin February 21, 2022
David Kolada, Managing Partner of Greensoil PropTech Ventures discusses their new $100m green PropTech fund, what types of investments they will be making and some of the startups they have invested in. David also shares insights into scaling climate tech in the built environment.
Read more

Havenly acquires direct-to-consumer home furnishing company The Inside

Lauren February 17, 2022

Online interior design startup Havenly is acquiring direct-to-consumer home furnishing brand The Inside, the company announced on Thursday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of the deal, Havenly ...

Read more

You’re On Mute: The Crossover Moment That Says The Old Normal Is Not Gone Forever

Lauren February 17, 2022
Finally it happened: The crossover moment has occurred. Some signs of the old normal are back. One of the most conspicuous Covid winners — videoconferencing group 
Read more

New York’s Thrive Capital closes its eighth fund with a whopping $3 billion

Lauren February 17, 2022

Thrive Capital, the venture firm founded in 2009 by a then-25-year-old Joshua Kushner, says it has closed its eighth fund with approximately $3 billion in capital commitments, $500 of which it plans to invest in early-stage startups and another $2.5 billion that it has earmarked for later-stage companies.

Read more