Search Verified and Accurate Up-to-Date Listings

Digital listings are an essential real estate tool, and there’s more than one free-to-search commercial real estate marketplace available. So how do you decide which one to trust? With so many free-to-list sites and readily accessible APIs, accurate information on listing sites is harder to come by than ever. While most real estate marketplaces aggregate listings from numerous sources without double checking information listed, the newest CRE marketplace has implemented an important character…

Startups, Especially Software Startups, Are Raising Up Rounds At Near Record Pace

A few weeks back the Crunchbase News team published a raft of information regarding the global and U.S. venture capital markets, along with dives into popular markets like Texas domestically, China globally, and more. One data point that we don’t track, however, is the percentage of ‘up rounds’ versus ‘down rounds’ in the period. In English, that means we don’t keep tabs on how many startups out of 100 who raise more capital do so at a higher valuation (price increase) or lower valuation (pri…

A Growing Share Of Global VC Funding Is Going To North America

In recent years, the prevailing trend in global venture funding has been the movement of more capital to tech hubs outside the United States, to China in particular. However, data for the past two quarters indicates that the trend is reversing course. For the first two quarters of 2019, North American startups* pulled in 49 percent of total global venture investment, per Crunchbase projections, far above 2018 totals.

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DCA Live: NextGen Real Estate Leaders

Get back to business this fall by joining DCA Live and our host committee to celebrate the great emerging real estate talent in the DC region and the strong community that has supported their success.  We’ll honor this group of developers, brokers, designers, property managers, investors, lenders and all the others who are creating value and paving the way for continued growth in the region.  Come enjoy great food and drink and a chance to meet dozens of leaders from DC’s real estate and busines…

NMHC Launches 2019 Innovation Challenge and New Online Innovation Portal

Washington, D.C. – The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) today announced the opening of the second annual Apartment Industry Innovation Challenge, in conjunction with the launch of a new multifamily innovation web site. The site seeks to bring apartment operators, startups, legacy technology providers, venture capitalists and anyone interested in PropTech, RentTech, FinTech and ConstrucTech together. “As the leadership of the trillion-dollar apartment industry, NMHC is committed to …

MRI Software Acquires AI Real Estate Pioneer LEVERTON to Turn Unstructured Data into Business Insights

Acquisition of global PropTech innovator with market-leading lease abstraction solution strengthens MRI’s end-to-end offering, while saving clients time and money  Solon, Ohio – July 31, 2019 – MRI Software (“MRI”), a global leader in real estate software solutions, announces that it has acquired LEVERTON, a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-powered data extraction solution for real estate and corporate documents. The acquisition bolsters MRI’s comprehensive and flexible offering and gives p…

Elliman hires new chief marketer ahead of rebranding, lead-generation platform launch

Douglas Elliman’s got a new chief marketing executive on deck just in time for a companywide rebranding and the launch of a new digital platform for agents. Stephanie Garbarini, a fashion executive who’s worked at Barneys New York, J.Crew and, currently, Dressbarn, will be joining the brokerage’s corporate leadership team as vice president of marketing in August, according to Elliman’s COO Scott Durkin.

The Path to a Hyperconnected City

For this Present Value post, we asked our research coalition behind Building a Hyperconnected City to offer their perspectives on the future of smart city solutions. Businesses and residents are embracing technological innovation faster than many cities can reach. These professionals and thought leaders span multiple industries and locations across the globe, providing a holistic view to creating an interconnected urban ecosystem….

Toronto’s tech boom is transforming the city

The Canadian Encyclopedia notes that Toronto’s economy has gone through many phases over the city’s history: “commercial lake port, railway and industrial hub, financial nexus and high-level service and information centre.” Each phase has changed the shape of the city. Wharves sprang up along the harbourfront to handle shipping traffic, sprawling rail yards to handle the trains. Factories and warehouses rose for the booming furniture and textile industries. Decades later, when those industries …