Investment in UK proptech quadruples in 2021
Placetech
Driven by demand for sustainability, wellbeing, robotics and other concerns, proptech startups in the UK raised £1.6bn this year – up 360% on 2020.
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Female Founders in Short Supply at Enterprise Tech Startups
Wall Street Journal
Less than 2% of enterprise software startups in the U.S. have at least one female founder according to a new report.
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How Technology is Transforming ESG, Operations, and the Resident Experience Trailer
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Zillow Didn’t Really Downsize
Wall Street Journal
In today’s real-estate market, nothing should surprise you, but here’s an interesting one: As it exits iBuying after steep losses, Zillow Group Z -3.65% is now worth nearly twice as much as it was before going big into the once-hyped business….
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New buildings must go electric under City Council deal
The Real Deal
The City Council is poised to ban the use of gas in new buildings, requiring most to use electricity-powered heat and hot water.
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Office Tech’s Physical Footprint Shrinks as Its Impact Grows
Commercial Observer
As the presence and impact of technology on office space increases, its physical footprint is diminishing, according to experts from large engineering firms and smaller proptech startups.
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FlexIndex: A new, industry-defining view of the flex space market
officernd
The OfficeRnD data team recently analyzed data from 1000+ flex spaces worldwide. This massive project resulted in the creation of FlexIndex: an unprecedented composite index that tracks the flex space industry’s health, post-lockdown recovery and development. The index comprises 5 KPIs that are vital to both small and large flex space operators.
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Second Century Ventures Opens Applications for 2022 REACH U.S. Programs
National Association of Realtors
Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors®, opened applications today for the 2022 U.S. REACH and REACH Commercial scale-up programs. SCV, the most active global venture fund in real estate technology, operates the award-winning REACH technology scale-up program across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific.
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Jeff Bezos climate fund gives millions to energy efficiency start-up BlocPower
CNBC
The Bezos Earth Fund announced new donations of $443 million to a wide range of climate and environmental groups this week, including a $5.5 million grant to BlocPower, an energy efficiency technology start-up focused on building construction and retrofits in urban areas.
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The One About CREtech NYC – What major challenges are facing the industry and what can we do to overcome them?
Apple Podcasts
Coming on the heels of CRETech’s return to live events with an 1,800 person turnout in NYC on Oct 13 and 14th, Louisa sat down with three of the leaders who headlined the event. She spoke with Brad Greiwe, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Fifth Wall, Raj Singh, Managing Partner, JLL Spark and Sharad Rastogi, President of Revenue at JLL Technologies. They talked about their recent investments, the global movement towards sustainability in buildings and who the responsibility lies with to mak…
