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Robot delivery startup Udelv partners with Walmart and Baidu

CRETech January 11, 2019

Udelv, a self-driving delivery startup, announced that it was teaming up with Walmart to pilot an autonomous grocery delivery service. The Burlingame, California-based company said it was also partnering with Baidu to pilot the Chinese search giant’s latest autonomous driving open platform, Apollo 3.5.

It’s the latest in a series of announcements centered on ...

London tech saw 29% drop in VC funding but still raised more than any other EU city in 2018

CRETech January 11, 2019

Investments in London-based technology companies fell by 29 percent in 2018, but tech firms in the U.K. capital still managed to attract nearly double the amount raised by their counterparts in other European cities. The annual findings were published by London’s promotional firm London & Partners, in tandem with data and research company PItchBook.

Warehouses Test a New Breed of AI Robots

CRETech January 11, 2019

Machine learning is creating a new era of automation in warehouses as more operators test artificial-intelligence-powered robots to help speed up e-commerce orders.

Logistics providers and retailers are using mobile robots to cut down on the number of steps workers take and are deploying AI-aided mechanical arms for more nuanced tasks long deemed possible only for human h...

Managed by Q ends 2018 with a fresh $25 million in funding

CRETech January 11, 2019

Managed by Q, the office management platform that launched back in 2013, has today revealed that it raised an additional $25 million as a part of its Series C, led by existing investors RRE and Google Ventures, with participation from new investors DivCo West...

JLL property management launches JLL Curae Approach

CRETech January 11, 2019

CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 2019 – JLL Property Management announced today the launch of the JLL Curae Approach: a service philosophy and integrated suite of products offering a variety of experience management programming, all with the goal of making life better for our clients, tenants and employees acro...

Avail Reaches 100,000 Landlords and Establishes Itself as Largest Online Rental Platform for Independent Landlords

CRETech January 10, 2019

Sets sights on future growth and new features

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 3, 2018 -- Avail, an online rental platform, rang in the New Year by surpassing 100,000 landlord users, nearly doubling their user base from this time last year. As user growth accelerates, Avail is setting its sights on aggressive signup goals in the next 18 months, while planning ne...

Technology Leverages Data to Inform Property Managers

CRETech January 10, 2019

SEATTLE—The sheer size of the vacation rental market has triggered meteoric growth and innovation across the entry/exit management systems space as US revenue was projected to exceed 13 billion in 2018. As vacation rental demands increase, the number of business and individuals transforming additional owned properties into all-year vacation rental properties will increase correspondingly.

It’s the golden age of traditional retail, not its end days

CRETech January 10, 2019

A lot of people will say that traditional retail is dying. They’ll point to the rising prominence of e-commerce, which accounts for less than 10 percent of total retail in the U.S. and a whopping 15 percent or more of total retail in China, as diminishing opportunities for traditional retail. But the reality is that, thanks to technology, the future of traditional retail has never been brighter.

PSFK Retail Conference Preview: How A Venture Capital Firm Helps Brands Like Macerich Corner The Market On Next-Gen Omnichannel Retail

CRETech January 10, 2019

Ahead of speaking at PSFK's Future of Retail 2019 Conference on January 16, Fifth Wall partner Natalie Bruss shares insight from the firm's unique vantage point as the connective tissue between real estate companies and digitally native vertical brands

The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2018

CRETech January 10, 2019

This time of year marks a familiar tradition here at the Review, one that’s spent compiling a list. It’s not just any list, (in our eyes at least, but hopefully our readers agree). Rather, it’s an attempt to tie a bow on the past year by assembling a time-capsule-like toolkit, full of the best tactical wisdom that seasoned company builders had to offer in the last year. To that end, we parse...