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Developer Alterra, Tech Company Embark Partnering On Autonomous Trucking Hubs Across The U.S.

Bisnow
3/7/2022

Real estate owner and developer Alterra Property Group has formed a partnership with autonomous truck company Embark Trucks to buy sites nationwide near large metro markets. The sites will serve as transfer points between autonomous trucks, which will drive more rural sections of highways, and human-driven trucks that will take goods from facilities into the nearby metro areas. The facilities will also be places to store the AV trucks. …

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Amazon Set to Close Bookstores, Other Shops in Retail Shift to Groceries, Fashion

Wall Street Journal
3/7/2022

Amazon. AMZN -5.24% com Inc. is planning to close dozens of bookstores and other retail locations it had opened in recent years to highlight bestselling products, part of a broader shift the tech giant is making in its physical retail strategy….

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Benioff-backed NCX nabs $50M for global expansion

Axios
3/7/2022

NCX, the carbon marketplace backed by billionaire Salesforce founder Marc Benioff, raised $50 million in a Series B to help fund international expansion, Axios’ Alan Neuhauser reports. Why it matters: The funding will fuel NCX’s planned drive outside the U.S., likely first with planned pilots in Mexico and Canada, a spokesperson tells Axios.

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Zapkey raises USD 2 mn from Gruhas Proptech, DLF Family Office, others

India Times
3/7/2022

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Prop tech startup Zapkey that helps its customers with guaranteed home sales, has secured USD 2 million in funding.

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Finding Value in the Collective Wisdom, Part 1

CREtech
3/7/2022

Alex Shtarkman, Vice President of Revolution Ventures, shares how he knows if a founder will be successful or not, and what he considers the most important criteria when evaluating investment opportunities.

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SIOR promotes proptech scaling with REACH partnership

Fin Ledger
3/7/2022

Today, the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), announced forming a partnership with REACH Commercial, a scale-up program for commercial real estate (CRE) -focused tech companies, according to a press release.

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Americans Are Going Everywhere Except Back to the Office

Bloomberg
3/7/2022

Remote workers are clinging to work-from-home arrangements not out of fear of Covid, but because they like work-life balance.

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Emily Wright, Head of Content, EG, to Interview Sandeep Davé, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, CBRE at CREtech London 2022 Conference

CREtech
3/7/2022

Industry leaders, Sandeep Davé and Emily Wright, to deliver Keynote Fireside Chat on Main Stage at Europe’s most important PropTech networking event, CREtech London, this April 27-28 New York, NY (March 7, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced that Sandeep Davé, Chief Digital & Technology Officer at CBRE and Emily Wright, Head of Content, will take center stage at CREtech London, t…

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5 Tactical Takeaways for Nonprofits on the road to Digital Transformation

LinkedIn
3/5/2022

I will never forget my first glimpse into the nonprofit world from a Fintech perspective.

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JPMorgan bets metaverse is a $1 trillion yearly opportunity as it becomes first bank to open in virtual world

Fortune
3/5/2022

Investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase has set up shop in the Metajuku mall. The bank’s lounge features a spiral staircase, a live tiger, and an illuminated portrait of CEO Jamie Dimon.

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