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YAHOOFINANCE
In line with their recent launch of the new service, InventoryBase Workstreams, the industry-leading proptech specialists have now appointed a new commercial manager as the business continues to grow. Warrick Swift will be responsible for the commercial development and marketing of all Radweb products, operations and business development.
CRETECH
New York, NY (February 21, 2020) —CREtech (cretech.com), the leading global conference and research company devoted to innovation in the built world, will feature a Smart City panel at its first event of 2020 to be held in Austin, Texas on April 22 and 23rd. . This ground-breaking panel will discuss how technology will play a key role in the future of cities and highlight the innovation taking place at the intersection of real estate and infrastructure.
YOUTUBE
Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman (@andrewackerman) will be speaking with Camber Creek General Partner Jeffrey Berman (@Camber_Creek) about all things real estate tech. Berman is a bona fide member of the proptech old guard, investing actively in real estate startups well before it became (even remotely) hot with some of the most well-known startups that are reshaping the real estate industry in his portfolio. Berman has a bird’s eye view into what forces are changing the industry and …
CRETECH
CREtech (cretech.com), the leading global conference and research company devoted to innovation in the Built World, will showcase a panel of startup founders who have successfully scaled and sold their businesses at their first event in 2020. To be held in Austin, Texas on April 22nd and 23rd, the event will feature Dave Eisenberg, Founding Partner at Zigg Capital and former Founder/CEO of Flooredalong with several other founders who have successfully scaled and sold their startups in the real e…
COMMERCIALOBSERVER
Ackman-Ziff has a new chief operating officer, and she means business. Andrea Jang was previously Americas Head of Growth at JLL Spark, where she focused on real estate venture investments. Prior to that, she was a senior vice president on JLL’s corporate development team. Now, she’s tasked with driving operational effectiveness and efficiencies across another of New York City’s top advisory firms. Commercial Observer lunched with Jang to learn more about her first few weeks in the new role, th…
BETAKIT
Real estate firm Colliers and Techstars have opened applications for the third year of their jointly-run proptech accelerator, which is intended to help Colliers source and invest in new solutions across the real estate value chain Since the program’s launch, Colliers has launched 19 pilots and partnerships with its program alumni. Hosted in Toronto, the program is aimed to help startups fine-tune business plans, gain a global real estate perspective, and explore pilots and partnerships with Col…
CIO
Today, 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and that number is expected to grow to 68 percent by 2050, according to estimates from the United Nations. Projections show that continued urbanization — or the gradual shift from rural to urban areas — combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050.
CRETECH
Tune in to our live Virtual Demo Day on Tuesday, March 10 webinar to experience demos from the most innovative tech companies in commercial real estate. Virtual Demo Day is the best way to discover startups that you need to know about without leaving your desk. Plus, it’s FREE! Present at Virtual Demo Day Want to demo your product at CREtech’s next Virtual Demo Day? Click here to apply and learn more.
CRETech
DRIVING HEADLINES This week witnessed a high deal volume across North America, Europe, India and Brazil. The more notable rounds of capital went to companies in the hospitality, mortgage tech, flexible workspace and construction industries. The largest round went to Limehome, a Munich-based apartment rental platform, raised $23.3 million from HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Lakestar and Picus Capital. Limehome stated that it will use the funds to further develop and scale its platform in Germany a…
PLACETECH
Cherre, the NYC-based real estate data and analytics platform which boasts large real estate businesses Keller Williams and Oxford Property Group among its clients, has raised $16m in growth funding in a round led by Intel Capital. The latest investment brings the total capital raised to date to $25m. Other participants in the round included Navitas Capital, Carthona Capital, Zigg Capital, Dreamit Ventures, and a new growth debt relationship with Silicon Valley Bank. Cherre’s platform empowers l…
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