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  • Is there value in quirky ‘green’ design features?

    PlaceTech

    Should we line buildings with recycled jeans for insulation – or would that be written off as a slick marketing ploy to get people talking? That’s not a hypothetical question. Recently over lunch, an architect asked me if I’d heard of a building in Amsterdam that did, in fact, use old jeans as insulation. The building in question was Circl – a mixed-use development built on the premise of packing in as much recycled materials as humanly possible. Even the on-site restaurant is in on it, us…

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  • Former UDR Exec Joins Proptech Investment Firm To Boost Housing Fund

    Bisnow

    Proptech investment firm RET Ventures has named Jerry Davis, a veteran of Colorado-based multifamily owner and manager UDR as a senior adviser, following the launch of the company’s Housing Impact Fund. Davis was president and chief operating officer of UDR, where he spent more than 30 years. In 2021, he stepped aside as COO but remained as president of the company until December 2021, when he retired from UDR entirely. …

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  • Decarbonising The Built World.

    A/O proptech

    A/O invests in companies decarbonising the built world. This means a core part of our investment thesis focuses on technology which digitises, streamlines and scales energy retrofits for existing buildings. In our first investment report, we outline Our approach to segmenting the retrofit technology market and analyse venture capital deal trends in Europe and the US.

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  • We all must be climate radicals

    Property Week

    We didn’t just want a pleasant backdrop to the meeting of minds we hoped the summit would be; rather we wanted it to be an inspiration in itself in our mission to decarbonise the built world. We wanted people to look out and think: “This is great; how do we bring these innovations to our communities, and how do we go even further?”

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  • Proptech searches for a new buzzword after stocks get kicked to the curb

    Crain’s New York

    Proptech needs a new name.

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  • Andreessen Horowitz And Tiger Global Most Active Investors In US Market Even As Slowdown Persists

    Crunchbase

    Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global led the way last month in investing in U.S.-based startups—both in total rounds participated in, as well as rounds led or co-led.

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  • Following a successful multimillion raise in Europe, JUUNOO heads to the US to speed up circular adoption in the construction industry

    manley

    Every year, $320 billion worth of partition walls are thrown out worldwide. JUUNOO, a Belgian startup taking the lead in circular building and construction, completed its Series A Financing round in Europe with a total capital increase of $3.8 million (supplemented by $3.2 million in additional loans and grants). The company now makes its way to the US.

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  • The world’s largest real-estate proptech VC just made its first metaverse investment. A partner at the firm breaks down 3 reasons why blockchain land development will attract ‘trillions’ over time.

    Business Insider

    Fifth Wall is the world’s largest real-estate-focused proptech VC, and has made its first metaverse investment in a startup called Parcel.

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  • Upwork co-founder launches Ergeon, a startup that builds fences

    TechCrunch

    If you had told me that this week I’d learn about a fence-building company that employs 350 people and raised a total of $53 million, I’d ask you to pass the bong, because I want some of what you’re smoking. But that’s exactly what Ergeon has been stealthily building over the past 4 years. It just launched in Georgia, in addition to Texas and California, and recently closed a Series B funding round.  

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  • Virtual Real Estate Marketplace, Parcel, Raises $4M in Round Led by Framework Ventures

    Businesswire

    Parcel, an NFT marketplace for virtual real estate, has raised $4 million in a seed round led by Framework Ventures, a venture capital firm known for its early entry into Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi). Additional participants in the round include Fifth Wall, Blizzard Fund (Avalanche), AVIV Group (Axel Springer), AppWorks, Great Oaks, and Serafund; as well as an impressive roster of angel investors including Aaron Wong (SoftBank), Sebastien Borget (The Sandbox), and Santiago Santos.

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