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  • Backed by the Nation’s Largest Multifamily Property Owners, RET Ventures Launches the First Early Stage Venture Fund Devoted to Transforming the Rent Tech Market

    REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES

    Founded by Industry Insider John Helm, Firm Unveils its First $108 Million Fund, Initial Investments and LP Ecosystem Representing Nearly One Million Rental Units  Park City, UT – November 13, 2018 –Real Estate Technology Ventures (RET Ventures),an industry-backed early stage venture capital firm, announced the final close of Real Estate Technology Ventures I, a $108 million fund complex (collectively, Fund I) focused on identifying and investing in disruptive real estate technology companies f…

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  • CREtech to Offer Matchmaking App For NYC Venture Conference on December 6

    CREtech

    Sixth Annual NYC CREtech event to partner with Brella for even more networking opportunities for over 700 attendees New York, NY (November 14, 2018) — CREtech (cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate industry will be returning to New York on December 6th, 2018 for the largest gathering of commercial real estate tech investors ever assembled. Based on popular demand, CREtech will offer attendees an exclusive matchmaking experience with an…

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  • SmartRent Raises $5M in Funding to Bring Smart Apartment Automation to the Multifamily Rental Industry

    SmartRent

    With More than 50,000 Apartments Being Brought Online by 2019, Series A Investment to Support SmartRent’s Rapid Growth and Large-Scale National Deployments  Phoenix, AZ – November 13, 2018– SmartRent, the smart home automation platform company for property managers and renters, today announced it has closed a $5 million funding round led by Real Estate Technology Ventures (RET Ventures). The round brings SmartRent’s total funding to more than $10 million to date to help fuel the company’s accel…

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  • Four things America’s clicks-to-bricks retailers have in common

    JLL REAL VIEWS

    So-called “clicks-to-bricks” retailers are set to open 850 stores over the next five years, according to JLL research. “Everyone is saying that physical retail is dying, but online brands are opening at a pretty fast and aggressive rate,” says Taylor Coyne, Research Manager of Retail for JLL. “It’s interesting to see that happen in the face of all the doomsday scenarios.”

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  • How Autonomous Vehicles Could Shape Future Development

    BISNOW

    Autonomous vehicles are poised to dramatically change cities’ roads, from congestion to safety to commuting patterns, but developers think the innovation will also have a profound impact on the types of buildings that can be constructed.

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  • With Demand on the Rise, Four Coworking Companies Have 212K SF of Deals Pending

    COMMERCIAL OBSERVER

    Los Angeles remains a hotbed of coworking operators with four major players on the verge of signing leases for space in Downtown Los Angeles by the end of the year, according to a source familiar with the transactions. The largest of the pending deals is a 150,000-square-foot deal with WeWork at The Western Pacific building at 1031 South Broadway in the marketed SoBro district of the city.

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  • No Longer A Test: More Companies Are Now Using Blockchain For CRE Investment

    BISNOW

    For Stephane De Baets, placing a percentage of the St. Regis Aspen luxury resort on the blockchain is an experimental gamble into the future. “We wanted to be one of the first to go through the motions because you learn so much,” De Baets said. “We see [blockchain] as an opportunity if you do it right.” It is always risky to walk out on the bleeding edge of a new trend — and blockchain-fueled investments are one of the hottest trends to hit the commercial real estate market in a long time.

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  • ACCELERATION: Forging the Future of Real Estate

    FIRST AMERICAN TITLE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES

    Discover how emerging technologies and subsequent disruption will impact CRE in our digital world. With change occurring in society and business at an ever-accelerating pace, how can the physical world of real estate adapt to an ever-shifting virtual world of bits and bytes? …

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  • Nestio Hires Industry Exec Tyler Christiansen

    NESTIO

    – Following the launch of its new platform, the company expands its leadership team with the appointment of Tyler Christiansen as CRO – Nestio, the real estate technology company that unlocks a modern leasing experience for multifamily owners and operators and their renters, announcedtoday that Tyler Christiansen has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Tyler comes to Nestio from property management software provider Entrata, where he was the Senior Vice President of Sales. Tyler will …

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  • HEYDAY CLOSES SERIES A FUNDRAISE WITH OVER $8 MILLION RAISED AS PART OF NATIONAL EXPANSION

    FIFTH WALL

    Investment led by Fifth Wall Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, M3 & others to expand locations nationwide New York, NY – (November 13, 2018) – Heyday, the top-rated facial shop disrupting the skincare industry and redefining self-care with its six locations across New York and Los Angeles,successfully closes its Series A funding by raising $8 million in capital. Spearheaded by Fifth Wall Ventures (ClassPass, Lime, Cotopaxi), Series A funding for the self-care brand includes participation from exi…

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