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  • REBNY to Extend Reach With Global PropTech Contest

    Real Estate Investors HQ

    The Real Estate Board of New York is planning a property technology contest open to global innovators, marking the first worldwide initiative by the 122-year-old organization, Commercial Observer has learned. It will be the organization’s second real estate technology contest, following its “hackathon” event last year (which ended with the winners competing in a “gauntlet challenge” last month). REBNY’s PropTech Challenge will offer a payout of $200,000 (from REBNY members and sponsors), split b…

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  • Blockchain Capital Closes Fund IV at $150 Million

    PR Newswire – Commercial Real Estate

    SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/– Blockchain Capital, the premier venture capital firm focused exclusively on the blockchain technology sector and crypto ecosystem, today announced the closing of Blockchain Capital IV, LP a $150 million fund. This is the firm’s largest fund raised to date and brings assets under management to $250 million. The fund was oversubscribed at its hard cap with institutional limited partners representing fund of funds, foundations, strategic investors and fa…

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  • Skyline AI raises $3M from Sequoia Capital to help real estate investors make better decisions

    TechCrunch – All Stories

    Skyline AI, an Israeli startup that uses machine learning to help real estate investors identify promising properties, announced today that it has raised $3 million in seed funding from Sequoia Capital. The round will be used to build its tech platform and hire experts in data science and machine learning. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Skyline AI predicts future property values and also analyzes the real estate market to help investors make important decisions such as when to ra…

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  • Google Is Working on Its Own Blockchain-Related Technology

    Bloomberg

    Google is working on blockchain-related technology to support its cloud business and head off competition from emerging startups that use the heavily-hyped technology to operate online in new ways, according to people familiar with the situation. Companies use blockchain and other so-called digital ledgers to securely record transactions and process other data over the internet — a service Google could use, for example, to reassure customers that their information is protected when stored on t…

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  • One of the Best Signs that Commercial Real Estate is Really Gaining Momentum

    CRETech

    Just look at the caliber of entrepreneurs entering the space!!! Q and A with Wen Sang, Co-Founder and CEO at Smarking.com. Thanks to my friend and new event partner Steve Weikel of The MIT Center for Real Estate, I had the pleasure of meeting one of the most impressive young entrepreneurs I have met to date in the commercial real estate tech space. Wen Sang is exactly the type of visionary and innovator that will take this young sector to the next level. MIT…Obsessed with solving big…

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  • Related Beal Ties Up Seaport Center, (Again); Eastdil Listing Could Hit $260M

    The Real Reporter

    BOSTON—Investors cannot seem to get enough of Seaport Center—especially Related Beal—or so it would seem amidst industry rumors claiming that CRE powerhouse is about to acquire the 477,000-sf Class B office building for the second time in a dozen years … MORE

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  • They first targeted the brokers. Now Zillow’s looking to make a buck off developers

    The Real Deal

    Zillow Group has quietly started charging builders and their agents for listings that were previously free on its website, causing some agents to worry what revenue stream the company may try to tap next. Homebuilders, or their agents, with 150 closings per year or more are required to join Zillow’s Promoted Communities program, Inman reported. Under the program, the builder must pay a monthly fee to have listings from MLS and elsewhere appear on Zillow’s sites, which include Zillow.com and T…

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  • Let’s say Elon Musk’s Hyperloop actually happens. Here’s where it could go in NYC

    The Real Deal

    Elon Musk’s fabled Hyperloop got some good news recently when, rather than a vague tweet from Musk saying he had “verbal govt approval” for the project, the effort received an actual permit from the Washington D.C. government to do some excavation work. And while the project itself is still very far off from happening, with many developers expressing doubt that it ever will, The Real Dealdecided to take a look at some sites in New York where a station could conceivably go. Our list of sites is b…

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  • Knotel Hires Marketing Veteran Rachel Meranus as First-Ever Chief Marketing Officer

    Business Wire

    Knotel, the flexible workspace provider that creates custom offices for growing businesses, announced today that Rachel Meranus joins the executive team as Chief Marketing Officer. In this role, Rachel will lead the marketing effort to change the way in which modern companies work and think about workspaces. “Knotel is knocking down the walls of an age-old industry and solving a real problem for businesses, which is exciting to be a part of” Rachel is a seasoned industry vete…

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  • This Alphabet-Backed Startup Wants Cities To Make Better Use Of Curbs

    Bisnow

    A new startup backed by Alphabet and funded by Sidewalk Labs could help cities leverage their curbs. Unsplash/Jonathan Riley Named Coord, the startup uses technology to map cities in order to provide municipalities and transportation companies like ride-hail, bike-share and car-share providers with a detailed guide of how curbs can be used, Fast Company reports. Rather than using street imagery, Coord collects data by walking the streets of cities like San Francisco and recording information on …

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