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…
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Electric flight startup Joby gets closer to takeoff
Axios
Joby, the electric air taxi company that went public in August, is now certified to carry paying passengers aboard conventionally powered aircraft after receiving clearance from the FAA, the company tells Andrew….
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TODAY! Tune into our live Virtual Demo Day
CREtech
Tune in to our live Virtual Demo Day event on June 7th to experience demos from the most innovative tech companies in commercial real estate. Virtual Demo Day is the best way to discover startups that you need to know about without leaving your desk. Plus, it’s FREE!
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Look, ma, no hands — or diesel!
Axios
Autonomy startup SafeAI is partnering with German industrial titan Siemens to create electric, autonomous heavy trucks for Japanese construction giant Obayashi, Axios’ Joann Muller is first to report.
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REA backs proptech app Managed in $5.3 million raise
Startup Daily
The round was led by REA Group and Momentum Markets. The funds will be used to grow the sales, marketing and development teams, as the five-year-old startup looks to double its user base over the next year.
