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Masayoshi Son makes big bets. Over nearly four decades, the chief executive of SoftBank Group of Japan has spent vast amounts of money to build an investment empire that spans countries and industries and that has increasingly shaken up the technology world.

On Wednesday, Mr. Son, 62, defended that legacy in the face of his biggest...

Normally, there is a negative implication when people say “it doesn’t fit anymore”, but this implication does not apply when it comes to outgrowing office space! In commercial real estate (CRE), flourishing companies contribute to 75 percent of the leases that are signed every year.  SquareFoot is the CRE company that is dedicated to helping growing companies find office sp...

Today we have with us Ash Zandieh, the CREtech and PropTech visionary and guru, who seemingly made it his mission to channel the song by hip-hop heartthrob Drake, namely that of “Started from the Bottom” as to the acquisition of his real estate knowledge base. Ash continues that mission in a myriad of ways, including that of helping the commercial real estate tech sector grow into a thriving e...

Mobileye, the autonomous vehicle systems developer that Intel paid $15.3 billion to acquire in March 2017, held its first post-acquisition investor summit today, and it was as eventful as might be expected. The Tel Aviv company unveiled a collaboration with Chinese automaker NIO to develop “highly automated” electric cars for consumer markets, and it laid out strategic business pillars and its...

Listen now to episode 3 of The Real Crowd's podcast interview series, "Fundamentals of Commercial Real Estate Investing" at CREtech New York 2019 featuring Karen Hollinger, Senior Vice President, AvalonBay; Kia Nejatian, Senior Ventures Associate, Real Estate & Construction, Plug and Play; MJ Cootsona, Co-Director, Real Estate & Construction, Plug and Play; Minta Kay, Partner, Chair, Real...

SoftBank Group Corp.’s longtime strategy of dumping mountains of cash on promising young companies to create big winners failed dramatically at WeWork, and is showing cracks at a number of its other investments. SoftBank’s nearly $100 billion Vision Fund gave companies like dog-walking app Wag and indoor farm Plenty more cash than they wanted, but the in...

Workplace provider Industrious has announced another agreement with property owner Coretrust Capital Partners for a new coworking location in Pasadena, Calif., on the heels of a similar deal in July. The company will take approximately 29,000 square feet at Corporate Center Pasadena — the largest office campus in Pasadena occupying a full six-acre city block with more tha...

Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt to keep warm and grabs a radio to talk to his coworkers. He was recently given a new piece of equipment to wear, which he attaches to a harness over his shoulders. It’s a black device about the size of a smartphone that tracks his every move.

Katerra CEO Michael Marks strolled onto the Las Vegas stage, his name and title projected onto a giant black screen. In a style that’s become a cliché among Silicon Valley startups, he was about to unveil the construction firm’s new products to an audience of more than 200 people.

“We’ve been working hard, quietly behind the scenes for the last few years,�...

RenoRun, a construction material delivery service, has raised US$17.1 million (CA$22.5 million) in Series A funding co-led by Inovia Capital and Obvious Ventures. ScaleUP Ventures, Real Ventures, Maple VC, and Silicon Valley Bank also participated in the financing. It comes on the heels of a $3 million seed round that was raised from Real Ventures and ScaleUP Ventures in July, bringing its total ...