How and Why to Prioritize Digital Transformation, Part 1
CREtech
Eric Flohr of Berkadia takes us through the benefits he has seen and experienced by leaning heavily into technology to solve for internal and external communications.
Latest Trends and Insights in Real Estate Technology
Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
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Enpal closes out Series C with $174M from SoftBank for tech to make it easier for homeowners to make the switch to solar energy
TechCrunch
One of the gating factors for getting more homeowners to make the switch to solar energy has been that solar, as a business, is a hard one to get right, with many a company failing when they’ve been unable to strike the right balance between the technology working as it should, provisioning services in a cost-effective way, providing good customer service and handling their own overhead. Today, a startup that believes it has squared some of these problems away is announcing a big funding round a…
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How Blackstone Picks Proptech Firms To Fund And Where It Will Be Looking Next
Bisnow
Every quarter, Blackstone gathers heads across its portfolio companies and asks them something simple: Where are all the challenges in the business?
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Arden Group Appoints Poonam Sharma Mathis as Venture Partner and Board Member
Marketwatch
Arden Group (“Arden”), a fully integrated real estate company, today announced the appointment of Poonam Sharma Mathis as Board Member and Venture Partner. She will lead Arden’s venture capital initiative and investment efforts, which will focus on opportunities to invest in startups enhancing efficiency in the operations of real estate.
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Why Flex-Power Startup Blueprint Signed On With BP
Commercial Observer
Global energy giant BP has acquired Manhattan-based Blueprint Power, a proptech startup that has built proprietary software enabling real estate portfolios to become sources of cleaner flexible power, BP announced Thursday.
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JPMorgan’s Real Estate Banking Head Leaves To Launch Private Equity Firm
Bisnow
Chad Tredway, who has been the lead real estate lender at the world’s largest bank since 2017, has left to set up his own real estate investment shop. Tredway, formerly the group head and managing director of real estate banking at JPMorgan, is launching a new firm with $250M in equity from an unnamed investor to invest in U.S. real estate, he said this week….
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Pathr.ai Expands Beyond Retail; Unveils New Sensor Layer
Pathr.ai
Pathr.ai, the industry’s first and only Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered Spatial Intelligence platform, today unveiled its Sensor Layer v2.0 software and announced its expansion beyond the retail space to new verticals such as commercial real estate, grocers, manufacturing, industrial, and critical infrastructure. The new software integrates directly with a physical space’s existing infrastructure – delivering fast, cost-effective solutions to companies who want to understand how people move…
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Proptech ‘mission critical’ as JLL appoints cybersecurity lead
Placetech
In a move that recognises both the opportunities and risks of adopting tech in real estate, JLL has appointed a chief information security officer.
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Leveraging Data in Retail, Part 1
CREtech
Ami Ziff of Time Equities discusses new ways technology is evolving the way he does business from acquisitions to leasing to evaluating property performance.
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WILLOW FINALIZE CAPITAL RAISE TO SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF DIGITAL TWIN SOFTWARE
Willow
Willow, the leading provider of digital twin solutions for smart infrastructure and real estate, has successfully completed its latest funding round, raising in excess of US$43 million. The bridging round, which was finalized in August 2021, will enable the scaled deployment of Willow’s software to a global customer base. This follows their Series A in late 2019, in which they raised in excess of US$40 million. Many of Willow’s existing shareholders elected to increase their investment in the c…
