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CREtech
David Kolada, Managing Partner of Greensoil PropTech Ventures discusses their new $100m green PropTech fund, what types of investments they will be making and some of the startups they have invested in. David also shares insights into scaling climate tech in the built environment.
CREtech
March 22 and 23rd In-Person Conference Will Be CREtech’s Sole West Coast Conference In 2022 New York, NY (February 7, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced that Dallas Tanner, President & CEO of Invitation Homes and Travis Putnam, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Navitas Capital, will take the stage at CREtech San Diego, this March 22-23 to discuss how they are reshaping the fut…
TechCrunch
Online interior design startup Havenly is acquiring direct-to-consumer home furnishing brand The Inside, the company announced on Thursday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the terms of the deal, Havenly has acquired the key assets of The Inside, including its intellectual property and inventory. The Inside co-founder Danielle Walish will join Havenly to manage the transition and to integrate The Inside assets into Havenly. All current employees of The Inside will also b…
Bisnow
Finally it happened: The crossover moment has occurred. Some signs of the old normal are back. One of the most conspicuous Covid winners — videoconferencing group Zoom — has now fallen to parity with one of the pandemic’s most conspicuous sufferers, hotel group Hilton. …
TechCrunch
Thrive Capital, the venture firm founded in 2009 by a then-25-year-old Joshua Kushner, says it has closed its eighth fund with approximately $3 billion in capital commitments, $500 of which it plans to invest in early-stage startups and another $2.5 billion that it has earmarked for later-stage companies.
Smart Cities World
A report from European innovation engine EIT Digital explores whether digital transformation helps reduce non-green energy use or enhance consumption of non-green energy in the overall economy. …
GlobeSt
McKinsey Global Institute has issued a new report on the global cost of transitioning to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 that says the world will need to spend $275 trillion, or an average of $9.2 trillion per year in new capital spending to transition physical assets for energy and land use in order to achieve the goal.
The Real Deal
Natural disasters caused $56.9 billion in property damage in 2021, according to a new climate change catastrophe report from CoreLogic. Wildfires, floods, twisters and winter freezes hit nearly every major market with no signs of slowing down.
Bisnow
The National Capital Planning Commission reviewed plans Wednesday to reimagine Pennsylvania Avenue as a more pedestrian-friendly gathering space. Marketing the mile-long section of road running between the White House and the U.S. Capitol as an “an extraordinary national special event destination,” the plans are designed to bring more pedestrians, event space and other amenities to the corridor and spark a vibrant next chapter for the southern portion of Downtown D.C. …
Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — withco, the first commercial property ownership platform for small businesses, has hired two commercial real estate veterans to join its team. Karl Baum, the Founder & Former CTO of VTS has joined as an engineer. Leah Stearns, the Former CFO of CBRE and American Tower’s US division, has joined as interim CFO. These key hires come after withco announced raising $30M+ in equity funding last week….
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