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WeWork Cos. is launching a venture fund to invest in “the future of work” and other startups, according to people familiar with the plans. Emily Keeton, who joined WeWork last year as global head of mergers and acquisitions, is now managing director at WeWork Creator Fund. Ms. Keeton is planning to assemble a team of about five people behind the effort, according to a person familiar with t...

We are happy to announce a $2.8 million seed round led by Hetz Ventures alongside JLL Spark, MetaProp Ventures, GroundUp Ventures and 500 Startups.

A year ago, when Apple rolled out the iPhone X, one of their most touted features was facial ID. You no longer needed to press a home button or use a passcode. You could unlock your phone with your face. It was the first time I’d really seen facial recognition software being practically used. You probably use something every day with facial recognition software even if you don’t realize it—I...

There is something new in Kentish Town, an up-and-coming north London neighborhood. Many of the distinctive, brown delivery vans coming out of a UPS depot in the area are silent except for a humming sound as they roll down the high street past the craft shop London Bead Company and the Middle Eastern food emporium Phoenicia.

Some of the city’s most prominent brokerages are teaming up to use a new data platform. The group is leading the launch of NYC Buyer Graph, a tool that gives buyers, sellers and agents exclusive data to collaborate on deals, Inman reported. The platform was started by real estate technology company RealScout.

KiwiTech, LLC, a startup accelerator and technology services company, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with PadLink, an online platform that aims to make it more seamless to manage the entire off-campus housing process.

New York’s Department of City Planning is partnering with Florida-based Gridics to test the company’s 3D zoning and planning software. The program allows users to click on any lot within a 3D rendering of a city, and instantly create hypothetical buildings within the parameters of what local zoning allows. By visualizing the zoning code, Gridics hopes to make it more understandable.

Just days after announcing its status as Manhattan’s largest office tenant, WeWork notched another new lease, signing on for 60,000 square feet at