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CRETech December 18, 2018
Real estate’s much-anticipated affair with blockchain technology seems to be becoming a reality. Just as investors in real estate investment trusts can buy shares that represent an ownership stake in a piece of large trophy assets, a digital security token offering functions much the sam...
CRETech December 18, 2018
One of the most successful tech incubators in New York City is growing its ambitions into the world of coworking and beyond. Grand Central Tech, which has grown from 15K SF to 130K SF at 335 Madison Ave. in the past five years, has been transformed into Company by co-founder Matthew Harrigan, Forbes reports. The new concept will take over the full building, which stretches between 43rd and 44th...
CRETech December 18, 2018
Cybersecurity protection solution provides software-based microagent for smart buildings, medical devices, and critical infrastructure. TORONTO, December 18, 2018 – Cybeats, a rapidly growing cybersecurity company protecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices, today announced it has raised $3 million to expand the team in Toronto and abroad. The round was le...
CRETech December 17, 2018
The three main UK property portals are now offering virtual tours through their listings. Zoopla, Rightmove and OnTheMarket have all now incorporated functionality to allow 3D tours using the Matterport technology. The technology was tested by Zoopla last year and incorporated over the course of this year, while Rightmove has rolled it out across all devices having previously only allowed it...
CRETech December 17, 2018
I entered the commercial real estate tech sector in 2012 in New York City. There were a handful of startups focused on the commercial real estate tech sector at the time. Maybe a dozen, max. According to statistics I was later able to get my hands on, approximately $30 million was being invested in the CREtech sector annually at that time.
CRETech December 17, 2018
Google is adding a new transit option to Maps: Lime scooters and bikes. Maps will now offer the option to direct you toward the nearest shared vehicle and factor that into your travel time.
Maps already offers a similar integration for services like Uber and Lyft. Google will give you Lime as an option, along with the location and estimated price,...
CRETech December 17, 2018
Compass is launching a technology campus in Seattle geared toward building “real estate’s first-ever end-to-end platform,” and plans to hire at least 100 engineers. The SoftBank-backed brokerage, which has been in expansion mode, announced the West Coast Product & Engineering Campus in a Facebook post this week, according to Geekwire. The move came about two weeks after Compass brough...
CRETech December 17, 2018

From student loans to co-working at home, these entrepreneurs have keen ideas for fixing at least some of what ails society most.

CRETech December 17, 2018
The company was formed as part of a digital security sale of a student housing complex. Harbor, a full-service platform for tokenized commercial real estate, investment funds and more has recently partnered Convexity Properties, the real estate investment division of DRW to launch the digital security token sale of a South Carolina housing complex.
CRETech December 17, 2018
Welcome to State of Startups, the annual survey where hundreds of venture-backed founders speak frankly about what it's like running a technology startup today. Over four years of State of Startups, we've collected 2,700+ submissions and nearly 150,000 data points, creating the industry's largest dataset on the founder and startup experience.