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The pandemic is raising the hurdles for entrepreneurs launching travel startups. Yet that hasn’t deterred venture capital firm Howzat Partners. The firm expects to raise up to $120 million (€100 million) for a new fund that will invest in travel startups and other digital businesses.

Cadre founder and CEO Ryan Williams says that his investment platform is "back in growth-and-offense mode," despite the coronavirus pandemic that is still gripping the world. The online commercial real estate marketplace has now launched an offering called Cadre Cash, which allows members who have already invested in real estate on Cadre's platform to establish a savings account, for which Cadre ...

For startups and venture-capital firms, investing used to be a decidedly low-tech exercise. They would try to draw attention at industry conferences, size each other up over long lunches, belly up to the bar or make their pitches during walks along San Francisco’s waterfront.

Blackstone Group said it is investing an initial $250m in ClearGen, a new portfolio company that will finance and own distributed sustainable energy infrastructure assets focused on commercial, industrial and institutional customers.

Seegrid, a Findlay-based company that develops autonomous vehicles for handling materials in factories and warehouses, announced it closed on a $52 million funding round Tuesday.

In episode 26 of Fly on the Wall, Brendan connects with Chris Marquis, a professor at Cornell's SC Johnson College of Business. The two discuss the ideas behind the B Corporation movement, how it has evolved since Chris began his work in 2007, and why much of the real estate industry has not yet caught on to the idea of stakeholder capitalism. They also delve into sustainability, covering the dire...

In this episode we talk to Mike Sroka of Dealpath and John Fitzpatrick of Blackstone about deals and investments within PropTech.

UPDATED: Sept. 15, 5:10 p.m.: iBuying startup Opendoor made its IPO plans official Tuesday, confirming a $4.8 billion deal with a blank-check company. The company’s