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Navitas Capital, a leading venture capital firm investing in technology solutions for the built environment, has announced that Michael Spies has joined as a Venture Partner. With Navitas, Michael will provide guidance as the firm begins investing from it’s third fund and will offer strategic support to its various portfolio ventures.
Two months later, with the spread of the coronavirus, business got even worse. The company laid off another 100 employees, asked those who remained ...
As a first-time attendee at the CREtech Global Summit, I was anxious to immerse myself in the real estate tech world at a conference center in Austin, TX. As with every other event like this, postponing and then eventually switching it to online-only was the safest choice. Fortunately, the organizers did a good job by putting together a schedule of top-notc...
The largest mall owner in the U.S. has been in talks with Amazon.com Inc., the company many retailers denounce as the mall industry’s biggest disrupter, to take over space left by ailing department stores. Simon Property Group
Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, said it would acquire mortgage-software firm Ellie Mae, a landmark bet by the exchange giant on the digitization of the U.S. mortgage industry. The deal between Atlanta-based ICE and private-equity firm Thoma Bravo is valued at about $11 billion, including $9.25 billion in newly issued debt and $1.75 billion in stock. It is ...
Japanese startup WealthPark has raised $8.5 million to further develop its property management software and expand into wealth management, Commercial Observer has learned. The startup wants to put more investment tools in the hands of property managers to help them leverage their position relative to landlords, WealthPark CFO Jumpei Shirasaki said.
PocketBuildings enables building owners and tenants to bundle, curate and share their virtual tours, building plans and rich media. Never struggle with locating or sharing your building content again.
Overall, Zillow's net loss widened to $84.4 million during the second quarter, compared to $71.9 million a year ago. The losses are tied to its expensive bet on iBuying, which Barton has described as its “moonshot” opportunity.
It's been slow going. Fifteen months ago, MetaProp, one of the early venture-capital players in proptech, set itself an ambitious goal: raise $100 million to back the next generation of startups. ... The new fund, dubbed MetaProp Growth Select I, has a target raise of $200 million, regulatory filings show.