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JPMorgan cashed in almost $100 million of its stake in WeWork shortly before the company’s failed attempt to go public. The banking giant — a lead advisor on WeWork’s botched initial public offering effort — sold its shares last year, soon before the office giant descended in...

Digital Base Capital Co., Ltd. (Head Quarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, General Partner: Shun Sakurai) announces that Ehime Bank, Ltd. has decided to invest in “Digital Base Capital No.1 Investment Limited Partnership”, the first PropTech focused fund in Japan to invest in startups in the real estate, construction and financial sectors.

Coronavirus-prompted social distancing is testing the limits of businesses' workplace continuity and remote work plans. Meanwhile, some analysts are predicting a Great Recession-size hit to commercial real estate as tenants struggle to pay.

The Wing was riding high early last year. The network of women-focused clubs and co-working spaces was rolling out new locations around the U.S. and had secured new funding led by venture-capital powerhouse Sequoia Capital.

The real estate tech venture capital market was riding a wave of accelerated growth in the past two years. Record-setting figures in both deal volume and capital had the young industry on track to set new records with impending IPO’s, notable exits and continued capital growth. However, in the wake of the global pandemic and tightening economic conditions, real estate tech startups, and their VC...