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brandonlin September 10, 2021
Arecently as July, visions of reoccupied desks and packed commuter lines danced in the heads of employers and office landlords, who clung to hopes that a widespread return to the workplace after Labor Day might still be in the cards.
brandonlin September 10, 2021
Billionaire activist and finance vet Tom Steyer just launched a new investment platform to stake clean tech while funneling a cut of the profits to advocacy groups, Ben writes. Driving the news: Galvanize Climate Solutions, which brings together several longtime investment pros, plans to finance companies that can "produce and scale" emissions-cutti...
brandonlin September 10, 2021
Breton Birkhofer of DivcoWest discusses the importance of adopting a learning mindset when approaching difficult decisions in CRE investments, and shares what he’s most excited about for the future of PropTech.
brandonlin September 10, 2021
LEED-certified U.S. office buildings have achieved higher rents overall since 2015 than their noncertified counterparts, according to a 
brandonlin September 10, 2021
Colin Angle, the CEO and founder of iRobot, believes that tech giants have botched the smart home.
Systems like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple HomeKit, and Samsung SmartThings all boast thousands of device integrations, but getting those disparate parts to work well in concert can be 
brandonlin September 10, 2021
Orchard’s IPO is off the table — for now. The proptech startup, the subject of speculation this summer that it would soon go public, said it raised $100 million from new and existing investors, valuing the company at more than $1 billion. An IPO isn’t likely soon, the CEO said.
brandonlin September 09, 2021
Bandwidth Inc. (NASDAQ: BAND), a leading global enterprise communications platform and cloud-nat...
brandonlin September 09, 2021
After 18 months of working from home, it’s second nature to duck into a side room to get some privacy for a video call. A new product, a customized modular room for video calls, hopes that when returning workers need to do the same thing at the office, it’s a much more enjoyable experience.
brandonlin September 09, 2021

Juno, a proptech startup that aims to build more sustainable and affordable apartment buildings, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round.

Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception. JLL Spar...
brandonlin September 09, 2021
Buildings are getting smarter, and that opens them up to a host of new cybersecurity risks. In recent years, building managers increasingly have relied on internet connections and computer networks to manage pretty much any part of a building you can think of—including elevators and escalators; ventilation, heating and air conditioning systems; office machines like printers and conference-roo...