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If you are of a certain age it's the only thing you want to look at. If you are of a certain gender it's what you use to get most of your product recommendations. If you are hardcore #CRE you may be like me and have said: “why in the hell would I get on Instagram?” But as we sit here today Instagram has over 700 million registered users. Linkedin has 500 million. Twitter comes in at ...

Joanna Glasner Contributor Joanna Glasner is a reporter for Crunchbase. More posts by this contributor: Not a minimalist? Startups will gladly store, manage and deliver your items The state of the unicorn Over the last couple of decades, online streaming, shopping and social networking startups have revolutionized the art of sitting around the house. Now, a new generation of internet entrepreneu...

Being on the road a lot lately visiting with startups, attending conferences and also meeting with the large brokerage firms/developers and their top tech people, has convinced me of one thing for certain about CRE tech… only the strongest will survive! And to survive you need a company! Like a real company. Strong leadership at the top. Deep bench. On staff programmers and developers. Real deal...

class="article-title speakable"> Uber considers backing out of Oakland headquarters by Heather Kelly   @heatherkelly August 25, 2017: 7:56 PM ET Timeline: Uber's management crisis Uber is considering selling the massive Oakland office building that was supposed to be its new headquarters. In 2015, the ride-hailing company paid $123.5 million for the historic former Sears buildin...

Blend, a Silicon Valley-based technology company that seeks to make the lending process for buyers and lenders faster and more straightforward, has raised $100M in Series D funding. “We saw a massive opportunity in Blend and the work they are doing to deliver transparent, frictionless, accessible mortgages for everyone,” said Jerry Chen, partner at Greylock Partners in a statement. “Banks an...

Uber may not move into Oakland after all. The transportation company is now exploring other options, including sale, for the former Sears building it purchased in downtown Oakland, The San Francisco Business first reported and has since been confirmed by TechCrunch. “As we look to strengthen our financial position so we can better serve riders and drivers for the long term, we’re exploring sev...

This guest post comes to us from Susan Freeman, Partner at Mishcon de Reya.  The writing on the wall couldn't really be clearer: the real estate world, not generally seen as being in the vanguard of change, is having to adapt to fast-moving technological advancements. Whether it's online listings, virtual reality, machine learning, drones, big data or crowdsourcing, ignoring the tsunami...

LEVERTON signs funding round with DAH and Anyon LEVERTON, an intelligent information extraction and document management platform, has secured a funding round of up to € 10 million (c. US$ 11.2 million) with DAH Beteiligungs GmbH (“DAH“) and Anyon Holding GmbH (“Anyon”). LEVERTON is the leading artificial intelligence platform for smart data and document management for corporate documents...

Real estate tech startup Amitree is making life easier for real estate agents, which it hopes will make life even easier for the homebuyers they work with. The company has raised $7 million to grow its Folio assistant for real estate agents. It’s been a long, strange trip for Amitree. The company originally launched with a consumer-facing tool to help usher homebuyers through the closing process...

The National Association of Realtors has released its long awaited Commercial Real Estate ALERT which analyzes the latest trends in CRE. We’re breaking down some of their top findings with 4 compelling statistics: 1. 84% Of CRE executives see technology as the answer to industry complexity This was the finding of a global survey conducted by KMPG. The day of “mom and pops” managing regionall...