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CRETech June 18, 2018
Reonomy has its sights set on Canada and Western Europe, after it secured $30 million in a new fundraising round. The Series C funding round led by Sapphire Ventures brings the company’s total fundraising to $68.4 million, and comes just months after a $16 million Series B funding round. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and
CRETech June 18, 2018
What does it take to convince a corporate executive to surrender his or her corner office with a view? Evidence backed by data to support the argument that flexible and collaborative workspace is more efficient than traditionally closed offices.  To design office spaces centered around an enjoyable work environment, having a deep understanding of how the staff makes use of that space is cruci...
CRETech June 18, 2018
In a major reorganization, the retail veterans who once decided what to sell on the site have lost out to the marketplace data scientists. Amazon.com Inc. has long used robots to help humans move merchandise around its warehouses. Now automation is transforming Amazon’s white-collar workforce, too. The people who command six-figure salaries to negotiate multimillion-dollar deals with m...
CRETech June 18, 2018
As the labor shortage worsens and productivity stagnates in construction, tech companies and construction firms are finding ways to improve job-site performance and productivity. Construction tech company PlanGrid unveiled several new products meant to improve construction productivity during its inaugural PlanGrid Construction Summit in San Francisco on Monday. PlanGrid CEO and co-founder Trac...
CRETech June 18, 2018
Managed by Q, the office management platform based out of NYC, today announced its acquisition of NVS. Founded by Jason Havens in 2011, NVS is an office space planning and project ma...
CRETech June 18, 2018
You won’t hear this often, but let’s talk about office buildings. They’re pretty awful. Most office buildings waste energy and productivity, use rooms and desks inefficiently and the air quality and the sedentary office lifestyle are often detrimental to employee health. But it doesn’t have to be like that.
CRETech June 15, 2018
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with five offices across the country, TenantBase is growing its business with a recent $10.7 million funding round. Led by Stonecutter TenantBase Investors LLC, an affiliate of New York-based Stonecutter Capital, the round includes previous investors. The tech-enabled brokerage firm aims to serve small to medium-sized business owners in find...
CRETech June 15, 2018
In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Luke Cohler, co-founder and President of Jetty. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the Co-Founder and President of Jetty, an insurtech startup based in New York City. Together with my Co-Founder, Mike Rudoy, we started Jetty to solve some of the frustration we had...
CRETech June 15, 2018
Stepping inside Instagram's brand-new New York City headquarters is like walking into a perfectly curated Instagram feed. There's the pastel-colored juice and gelato bar where you can get a fruity beverage served in a coconut, complete with an umbrella. There's a living wall that stretches up to the second story where you can recline on a brightly colored pouf and gaze out the large windows ...
CRETech June 15, 2018
Macy’s has partnered with b8ta, the retail-as-a-service startup that originally started as a way to let people try out new tech products. Macy’s has acquired a minority stake in b8ta and will use the startup to enhance The Market, an ex...