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Lauren June 02, 2020
Vacasa, a wounded vacation rental unicorn, secured $108 million from a tech investor that helped bail out Airbnb in April. Private equity firm Silver Lake led Vacasa's Series D, with participation from existing investors Riverwood Capital and Level Equity, the companies said Tuesday
Lauren June 02, 2020
Trepp, CompStak form data-share partnership as their biggest competitor expands its reach. CoStar recently acquired Ten-X auction platform.
Lauren June 01, 2020
New York’s State of Mind: Conversation on Real Estate, Innovation and the Future of the City Join CREtech and REBNY for this new limited virtual series that will provide insight on how CRE might evolve over the next few months and years.  Learn from experts and leading REBNY members on what new strategies they are adopting and innovations they are embracing. L...
Lauren June 01, 2020
Social distancing and “stay at home” orders have meant tough times for many community management platforms. However, the New York based startup HOM (pronounced ‘home’) has managed not just to survive during the COVID era, but to thrive.
Lauren June 01, 2020
Aircall, which makes cloud-based software that can help businesses create virtual call centers, said it raised $65 million in its latest funding round as a surge in remote working makes its products more popular. The startup, whose product can be used to add analysis, routing, contact sharing and customer management functions to voice calls, will use the funds to add about 150 employees and expand...
Lauren June 01, 2020
Green Generation (GreenGen), a global provider of energy efficiency solutions, announced today its appoint...
Lauren June 01, 2020

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Lauren June 01, 2020
The rise of remote working could empower renters in places like New York City and San Francisco to finally buy homes—just not necessarily in those cities. That could be good news for major online real-estate companies such as Zillow 
Lauren June 01, 2020
Jeff Bezos is investing in U.K. digital freight forwarding and supply chain finance firm Beacon, the firm announced Monday. The Amazon CEO and world’s richest man is taking part in a Series A fundraising round worth $15 million for the British startup.
Lauren May 29, 2020
General Electric Co. is getting out of the business of making lightbulbs, selling a unit that defined the company for nearly a century and was its last direct link to consumers. GE said it would sell its lighting business to Savant Systems Inc., a seller of home-automation technology. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the transaction valued the unit at around $250 million, including assum...