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Lauren July 16, 2020
The Luxembourg-based construction tech company, which uses naturally reinforced timber to create sustainable buildings, has hired ex-BlackBerry and Tesla executive Margareta Sailer as chief people officer. Originally from Austria, Sailer has spent a major part of her career in the UK. She has gained experience with the pace of rapidly growing startups since 2006, when she helped scale BlackBerry d...
Lauren July 16, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the game for U.S. businesses, pushing forward years-long shifts in workplaces, technology and buying habits — and forcing small businesses to fight just to survive. Why it matters: These changes are providing an almost insurmountable advantage to big companies, which are positioned to come out of the recession stronger and with greater ma...
Lauren July 16, 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic turned Zoom into a presence in millions of households. Now the videoconferencing provider is betting it will stay there for the long-haul with remote work shifting to a more enduring setup. 
Lauren July 16, 2020
Cherre, the NYC-based real estate data and analytics platform, today announced a new data partnership with Upsuite, a leading provider of coworking and flexible office space data. As part of this partnership, Upsuite will...
Lauren July 16, 2020
Three weeks after detailing how Airbnb almost “lost everything” after the pandemic hit, CEO Brian Chesky is reviving plans for a 2020 public offering. ... The message came after Chesky earlier announced that the president of Airbnb's Homes division, Greg Greeley, would step down after two years with the company.
Lauren July 16, 2020
The world of property software CRMs has been shaken this morning following the resignation of Reapit CEO Gary Barker who is to join Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce’s new proptech business. The 43-year-old’s departure follows 13 years leading Reapit and before that senior roles within Countrywide’s finance and IT teams.
Lauren July 16, 2020
CREtech (cretech.com) and FUTURE PropTech, the largest intelligence platforms devoted to Reimagining Real Estate, announced today that Sineesh Keshav, Chief...
Lauren July 16, 2020
Openpath, a security startup specializing in modern mobile access control for the built world, today announced it’s closed a Series C funding round of $36M, led by Greycroft, with participation from Okta Ventures, Lincoln Properties, Allegion and Sentre, including follow-on from existing investors.
Lauren July 15, 2020
Tech was the first industry to send its workers home when COVID-19 first hit the U.S., and it has been among the most cautious in bringing workers back. Even still, many companies are realizing that their reopening plans from as recently as a few weeks ago are now too optimistic.
Lauren July 15, 2020

Parking lots, of all places, are turning into bigger sources of revenue for some mall owners during the coronavirus pandemic. Brookfield Properties has signed a deal with entertainment company Kilburn Live to turn the parking lots at a number of its malls in the U.S. into drive-in t...