Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Connected Real Estate Magazine
Property technology, or proptech, startup companies have seen an influx of venture capital, due to an increase in tech that can track carbon emissions and decarbonize buildings, GlobeSt. reports. The recent scale is due to new Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosures.
TechCrunch
If you’ve ever had to get a construction permit, you know that the process can be very painful and time-consuming. There are many reasons for this, and they vary depending on where you are located and what you are trying to get built.
Crunchbase
Sequoia Capital gathered its founders on Zoom to address this “crucible moment.” In its presentation, the firm said “the cost of capital has fundamentally increased.” It also noted that crossover funds active in funding private companies are significantly impacted and “are tending to wounds in their public portfolios, which have been hit hard.” …
PlaceTech
Make it easy | Decarbonising the built environment is clearly not easy, and can overwhelm those that confront the challenge for the first time. We need to make it seem easy to encourage change. Look for ready-to-go technology. One thing we don’t have is time on our side. Complacency, apathy, greed are arguably the biggest blockers, not the necessary tech, all of which has been invented.
Axios
It’s no secret that Americans’ newfound remote work lifestyles drove demand for larger homes with more comfortable workspaces. What’s new: That demand may be responsible for more than half of the surge in real estate prices during the pandemic, according to a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research….
Cision
Airtower Networks (“Airtower”), a leading developer, owner, and operator of wireless digital infrastructure and DIF Capital Partners (“DIF”) are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement for DIF to be Airtower’s growth capital partner and support the management team in achieving its strategic vision in building a nation-wide platform. This transaction will be the first investment in the DIF CIF III fund.
ESG Today
A new research report released today by Deloitte highlights the stark economic differences between taking a coordinated global approach to climate action and failure to act, with inaction on climate change poised to lead to as much as $178 trillion in GDP destruction over the next 50 years, while achieving global climate goals could result in $43 trillion of economic benefit over the same period.
EGi
The trick to getting an industry like real estate to address climate change is to make it easy. So said NREP and sustainable urbanism VC 2150 founder Mikkel Bülow-Lehnsby at CREtech Climate in Copenhagen this week. Speaking to a room of key players from across the world on how the
PlaceTech
How do you start figuring out what tech your offices, shops or warehouses need when there are thousands of startups in the industry? PlaceTech speaks to JLL Spark’s Raj Singh for his advice on getting it right. Although there are significant benefits to adopting tech – whether in cutting emissions or making spaces more valuable to prospective tenants – Singh, managing partner at JLL’s VC arm, starts with a warning.
TechCrunch
Roofstock co-founder and chairman Gregor Watson and real estate investor Rob Bloemker started the venture firm in 2021, and had their first close last year. The pair say the fund was “oversubscribed.” For the unacquainted, Roofstock is an online marketplace for investing in leased single-family rental homes that in March raised $240 million at a $1.9 billion valuation. …
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