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Global Founders Capital leads $9.3M investment into Awning, a real estate brokerage for individual investors

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And today, the San Francisco-based real estate brokerage is coming out of stealth with $9.3 So far, the platform has helped facilitate the sale of $5 million in real estate. It makes money by taking a commission from the seller, just as other real estate brokerages do, and doesn’t charge any additional fees.

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Sequoia, Jay-Z, Will Smith back Landis’ $165M debt, equity round toward making homeownership accessible to everyone

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Landis acquires real estate startup GoldenKey. The New York-based fintech company receives referrals from real estate agents and mortgage lenders to work with prospective homeowners, who are typically unable to qualify for a mortgage due to poor credit, lack of down payment savings or debt.

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Hiring top startup talent on a budget during the Great Resignation

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The catchphrase “always be closing” originated in a drama about high-pressure real estate sales tactics, but it’s also a mantra for early-stage founders in team-building mode. “They’re not hiring by gut instinct — they have actual facts that they can tie back to why this person will be a good hire.”.

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a16z-backed Tellus wants to give you higher yields on your savings

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Its retail customers are able to earn interest on a daily basis, while getting help with things such as budgeting funds and setting financial goals. Despite a challenging real estate market, the company says it grew its revenue by 55% in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of 2022, according to co-founder T Zhu.

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Gable raises the roof (and $12M) for better remote working options

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From the employers’ side, remote recruitment gives an opportunity to build the strongest team that’s the best fit for their company, but the negatives mean that as well as wanting to maintain engagement and workforce satisfaction, they also need to manage their budgets and figure out how to extract value for money from their existing premises.

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Finary wants to create the wealth management dashboard for the next generation

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Meet Finary , a new French startup that wants to change how you manage your savings, investments, mortgage, real estate assets and cryptocurrencies. When you create a Finary account, you can connect it with all your other accounts — bank accounts, brokerage accounts, mortgage and real estate, gold, cryptocurrencies, etc.

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How CIOs are stepping up as business strategists

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Jai Prakash Sharma, Executive VP Technology at Info Edge states that technology is a key business differentiator of digital-first businesses like online job portals, matrimony platforms, ed-tech solutions, and real estate marketplaces. Any solution or product comes with an expiration date.