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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/-- Women Who Tech, a U.S.-based nonprofit that advocates to close the funding gap for women in the technology and startup industry, today announced the 10 finalists selected for the sixth Women Startup Challenge who will pitch their startup in a "Shark Tank-style" competition to top investors and an audience of tech industry executives at Google...
SmartHR, a startup helping Japanese employers run HR and staffing smarter — because that’s of course its name — has raised a JPY 1.5 billion ($13.3 million) Series B round led by 500 Startups Japan. The startup is perhaps comparable to the likes of Zenefits and Gusto in the U.S. — it aims to drag Japanese HR departments into today’s digital era. “In Japan few companies think about doin...
The real estate industry has changed a lot over the last decade, and new technologies are having a surprising amount of an impact on the way that real estate agents do their jobs. At the same time, comparison sites and other newcomers to the industry are giving consumers more choice when it comes to buying and selling property. All of this means that the industry as a whole is coming to terms with...
In 2017, publicly-traded REITs in the industrial, data center and infrastructure sectors outperformed the other general REIT categories. Among REITs last year, the I’s—industrial, information and infrastructure—had it, and had it in a big way. But will those sectors repeat their great feats in 2018? Or will other sectors bypass them in terms of performance? In 2017, publicly-traded REITs in ...
I've written about real estate accelerators before, and even questioned how many of them the industry can support. The real estate accelerator space got a tad more crowded last week. The clear leader in accelerators, Techstars, is partnering with Colliers to launch the Colliers PropTech Accelerator Powered by Techstars. My biggest questions: “Proptech” is a massively broad category encomp...
(CNN Money) — The race is on: Amazon has announced its list of 20 cities that are finalists to host its second headquarters. But who will — and who should — win? CNN Opinion teamed up with CNNMoney to ask experts and thinkers for their views. Related: Boston Among Amazon HQ2 Finalists Roxanne Jones Who will win: Austin, Texas, seems hot right now for the tech giants. Considering the Amazon-o...
Bloomfield Capital, a leading real estate private equity firm, announced that it recently closed its third fund, raising $100 million in total capital commitments. The Fund, Bloomfield Capital Income Fund III (BCIF III), was oversubscribed and closed above its target of $75 million. This is the largest fund raised to date by Bloomfield, which closed its second fund (BCIF II) in 2014 with $60 mil...
Amazon Chooses 20 Finalists for Second Headquarters By NICK WINGFIELDJAN. 18, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story Photo Employees working alongside robots in an Amazon warehouse in Florence, N.J. The state offered Amazon a commitment of up to $7 billion in tax incentives to bring Amazon’s second headquarters to Newark. Credit Bryan Anselm for The ...
By Richard Pickering, Head of Futures Strategy Happy New Year? The year seems to be off to a good start. The pound is at a high since the referendum ($1.37); economists are more optimistic about GDP growth (1.8%); and inflation may have peaked (3.0%). Although the ONS cautions against premature conclusions, the Bank of England believes that the worst inflation is behind us, easing some of the pres...
Redfin went public, Amazon got the Key to your house, a new tax bill cut taxes on corporations and pass-through entities–and that doesn’t even begin to cover all the disruption that happened during 2017. Our industry grew closer through expanded events like CRE//Tech Intersect and Inman Connect. New companies became unicorns (OpenDoor) while other big names bit the dust (Xceligent). I’d say ...