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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

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We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. Spending on getting the world’s real estate to net zero will require $1.7 That’s what matters.

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OptioLend launches new marketplace to become ‘the LendingTree of commercial real estate’

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The commercial real estate industry is facing its share of challenges, considering the fact that so many people are working from home (and not in offices) and retail is riding a slippery slope as more people shop online. In other words, the company’s self-proclaimed mission is to become the “LendingTree for commercial real estate.” (For

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YC-backed Homebase is an alternative to traditional mortgages for home buyers in Vietnam

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Co-founders Junyuan Tan and Phillip An originally started Homebase in Singapore, but decided to focus on Vietnam because Tan had lived there while working on his previous startups, RePrice Technologies and Atlantis Lab. Tan wanted to buy a home, but found bank mortgages charged high interest rates even on short-term loans.

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Biosafety startup R-Zero acquires CoWorkr to create an ‘OS for the workplace’

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R-Zero now has about 1,000 private and public sector clients that range from correctional facilities to the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics, to the South San Francisco Unified School District. . As companies scrambled for ways to sanitize buildings, the company racked up a total of $58.8 million in funding at a $256.5 million valuation.

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Equi is building a family office for non-billionaires

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These billionaires and ultra-high net worth individuals often work with family offices that manage their investments. Equi offers a range of them in its flagship investment fund, including hedge funds, private equity, private real estate and venture capital. For the paltry sum of $350,000, or just over five times the median U.S.

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When fundraising, New Zealand startup founders should play the ‘Kiwi card’

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New Zealand, a country of 5 million people in the South Pacific, has witnessed a shifting tech startup landscape over the last couple of years. Founders and VCs in New Zealand are hopeful that the increase in funding from multiple sources is a signal that technology might just become the country’s next big industry.

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Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market

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By drawing on multiplayer gaming culture, the startups are using spatial technology, animations and productivity tools to create a metaverse dedicated to work. Succulents and spatial technology. Both founders, since the age of 15, have spent time building Minecraft servers to sell to gamers, netting each thousands of dollars a month.