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CRETech August 15, 2019
Nick Romito got his first surfing sponsor at age 12, and was well on his way to a sun-drenched career riding the waves.

But when his college years rolled in, Romito, who would go on to co-found and become the CEO of VTS (formerly known as View the Space), received a sponsorship offer that left him with a difficult deci...

CRETech August 15, 2019
Travelers have to face a new reality—their faces are rapidly becoming their IDs and boarding passes at airports.
Facial recognition is rolling out at boarding gates for international flights at big airports in Europe, Asia and the U.S., even as privacy concerns about the technology grow. JetBlue is doing it in New York; Delta...
CRETech August 15, 2019
Amid an iBuying craze, Keller Williams and Offerpad are teaming up to buy and sell more homes. Through a new partnership, Keller agents will steer sellers seeking all-cash offers to Offerpad, the companies announced Wednesday. Offerpad, which looks to flip homes within a week to 10 days, will then enlist Keller agents to market the properties. In an increasingly crowded field of iBuyers, the...
CRETech August 15, 2019
[New York, USA] Equiem, the global leader in tenant experience technology and services for commercial real estate, has announced the completion of its largest ever capital raise, securing more than $8.4 ...
CRETech August 15, 2019
A startup that maps construction sites raised $14 million on Tuesday, marking the latest infusion of capital into construction-technology companies by major players in the industry. OpenSpace, which creates 360-degree photo representations of job sites using artificial intelligence, raised $14 million in Series A funding, the company announced on Tuesday. Lux Capital led the round, joined by Go...
CRETech August 14, 2019
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CRETech August 14, 2019
Download CREtech's Monthly Funding Snapshot Report on venture capital investments for July 2019.  The heatwave of venture funding continued in July 2019. Investments in private real estate tech companies reached $2.5 billion, a 126% month-to-month increase.  During the same period, t...
CRETech August 14, 2019

Like a Soviets-versus-U.S. space race, New York landlords have to figure out which side of the Iron Curtain they want to be on: WeWork’s or Knotel’s.

WeWork and Knotel are the two biggest flexible office space providers in the city, competing for tenants and offices with relatively few overt acts ...

CRETech August 14, 2019
In the residential market, more—not less—people are using brokers to buy a home, despite online tools. In fact, more buyers are looking online and following up with expert advice from a broker. The trend is a good sign for the commercial market that technology won’t replace the human touch of the real estate industry. Technology, instead, is becoming a part of the process along with human br...
CRETech August 14, 2019

WeWork, now known as The We Company, released its IPO prospectusWednesday morning months after filing confidentially to go public. The company indicated plans to raise $1 billion in what is ...