The Great SPAC Attack in Proptech Retreats. Now What?
Commercial Observer
For Latch, a leading proptech company with sought-after smart-lock solutions, it seemed like things had truly clicked.
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Applications Open for the 9th Annual Real Estate Tech Awards (RETAs)
CREtech
9th Annual Real Estate Tech Awards (RETAs) Recognizes Best-In-Class Technology Providers From Across the Globe New York, NY (June 1, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, announced today that they are now accepting applications for the 9th Annual Real Estate Tech Awards (RETAs). The RETAs are the leading international award honoring the most innovative and cutting-edge companies who have played an inte…
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IWG Adding Up to 700 US Flex Office Sites
GlobeSt
Switzerland-based coworking pioneer IWG is planning to add as many as 700 new flexible-office locations to its US portfolio, which includes offices in 300 cities primarily under the Regus and Spaces brands. In an interview with The National Observer, IWG CEO Mark Dixon said the hybrid work model that rapidly is becoming the consensus choice among businesses for post-pandemic office models “is a totally different way of working” that is “fundamentally changing the (labor market) geography of t…
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CoStar takes action against meme account; fired employees allege retribution
TheRealDeal
The joke seems to have been lost on CoStar’s leadership. The real estate data giant, which has come under fire recently for its allegedly draconian managerial style that is said to have included surveilling remote workers, is now seeking an injunction to stop an ex-employee from mocking the company on social media.
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Apple Starts Connecting the Dots for Its Next Big Thing
New York Times
The company has enlisted Hollywood directors like Jon Favreau to help its effort to create products that blend the physical and virtual worlds.
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Is a backlash brewing against ESG?
PlaceTech
While parts of the real estate industry – including PlaceTech – spent several days in Copenhagen for the first CREtech Climate conference, more critical comments on ESG policies flooded headlines. “Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years? Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and it’s a really nice place. We will cope with it,” said Stuart Kirk, HSBC Asset Management’s global head of responsible investing, at a Financial Times event last week.
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Cherre Adds President of Microsoft’s Developer Division, Julia Liuson, to Board of Directors
cherre
Cherre, the industry’s leading real estate data management and analytics platform, today announced the addition of Julia Liuson, President of Microsoft’s Developer Division to its Board of Directors. Julia pioneered Microsoft’s journey in embracing the open source ecosystem and reinforced Microsoft as a critical partner to the open source community. Julia received the Asian American Executive of the Year Award in 2013 and was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 20…
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The Clean Fight is Now Accepting Applications for Energy Storage Solutions Under its Third Cohort
The Clean Fight
The Clean Fight, a non-profit accelerator that helps scale growth0stage climate tech companies in New York, today announced applications are open for its third cohort. The new cohort is intended for companies focused on energy storage solutions that can help reach New York State’s goal of 6 gigawatts of installed energy storage by 2030 to achieve 100 percent zero-emission electricity by 2040. It will also help meet the Department of Energy’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge, which accelerates the …
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‘Stripe for real estate’ debuts Tuesday to fund Power Buyer deals
inman
Setpoint is the latest venture from Ben Rubenstein, a former executive of Opcity and Realtor.com
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Blackstone Innovation, Others Invest $10M in Proptech Firm cove
GlobeSt
The proptech firm cove today announced that it had received a $10 million investment. Leading the round was Blackstone Innovations Investments and other investors like Kastle Systems. One previous investor is Second Century Ventures. “The way people engage with the built environment is changing and we have developed our software to create a seamless experience for the user — whether tenant or operator,” CEO Adam Segal, referring to office spaces and corporate tenants, said in prepared remarks…
