Airbnb Founders Go It Alone in China After Refusing Merger Offer
Bloomberg
Some investors oppose the strategy and would prefer the company to tie up with local home-sharing leader Tujia.
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Former Amex chief backs immigrant credit score provider
Financial Times
The former American Express chief Ken Chenault is backing a start-up company that provides credit scores for immigrants who struggle to rent apartments and access other basic services upon their arrival in the US.
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WeWork Property Fund Raises $400M, Giving It Huge War Chest To Buy Buildings
Bisnow
A property fund set up by flexible workspace giant WeWork has raised $400M, giving it a platform to potentially buy billions of dollars in assets.
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Need a Lunchtime Companion at Work? Check the Office App
WSJ
A new weapon is emerging in the amenities arms race among office landlords: workplace apps for tenants. Order food, schedule a gym class, book a meeting room, and more.
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PropTech’s Biggest Fund Manager Is Targeting Retail
Bisnow
Fifth Wall Ventures has raised $60M for a new PropTech fund and has a target of $200M for its new venture, which appears to be focused on retail.
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6 Energy Management Apps for Commercial Real Estate Buildings
CRETech
Management apps are not just convenient to have, they save thousands and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars each year. Companies from all over the world are competing for space among those startups honored last year by the Stockholm based Memoori Business Intelligence for their innovations in Smart building technology. Holistic Approaches to Commercial Building Energy Management The highest ranked startups in the Smart building sector include energy management apps for commercial real …
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Realogy shifts investment strategy toward real estate technology
Inman
After 2 recent investments, Realogy is putting its money behind tech startups
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Fifth Wall Podcast
iTunes
The Fifth Wall Podcast covers built world technology, curating an interesting and diverse selection of our LPs, portfolio companies, and other high level influencers for in depth conversations about trends in the vertical, problems our industry is facing, and other topics in the cross section of real estate and technology. This podcast is produced by Fifth Wall Ventures, which connects the world’s largest owners and operators of physical space with the entrepreneurs and innovators redefining how…
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Software’s symbiosis with brokers
The Real Deal
With new data-harnessing tools, retail real estate brokers have the power to go from global to granular in just a few clicks, offering tenants, developers and owners more insight than ever before….
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City Planners, Property Developers Fuel Push for Driverless Vehicles
WSJ
Increasing autonomous ride-sharing could reduce the need for parking spaces—and make denser, more profitable developments possible
