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Location data analytics startup Placer.ai raises $50M Series B

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It’s been a very tough year for Placer.ai ’s core customer segments of retail and commercial real estate, to put it mildly. But the foot traffic and location analytics startup saw growth in new categories, including consumer packaged goods (CPG) and hedge funds that use its tech to perform due diligence.

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Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation

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It’s being led by Josh Buckley (the CEO of Product Hunt), with participation from WndrCo (Disney/Dreamworks’ supremo Jeffrey Katzenberg’s investment firm), Lachy Groom, MMC Technology Ventures LLC, Fifth Wall Ventures and Array Ventures, as well as a swathe of real estate names, including J.M.

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YC, Khosla-backed Atmos lands $12.5M to design custom dream homes

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Atmos , a startup which has built an online marketplace that teams up homebuyers with builders and land developers to design and build custom homes, has emerged from stealth today with $12.5 It then teams up buyers with a “vetted builder partner.” . million raised in Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures.

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Daily Crunch: After buying Twitter, will Musk bite back at Apple’s in-app purchase fees?

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99 Twitter problems, and Apple might have one : It’s no secret that Elon Musk thinks Apple’s 30% IAP (“inventor assistance program” to those of us not up on tech lingo) transaction charge to developers is “a lot.” I promise you two things, you promise me two, too : Make 4 promises to hire better staff for your startup team , by Haje.

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Roofstock founder closes on $90M fund to back early-stage proptech startups

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Roofstock co-founder and chairman Gregor Watson and real estate investor Rob Bloemker started the venture firm in 2021, and had their first close last year. The new firm will invest in 30 to 40 early-stage companies in the real estate technology world, with check sizes ranging from $500,000 to $2 million.

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Urban Innovation Fund, VMG Catalyst among female-led firms raising new funds

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Prior to starting Urban Innovation Fund, Brenner was in commercial real estate development and met Lein, who was doing political polling and consulting, at business school at MIT. Urban Innovation Fund is a 100% woman-owned firm and 77% of the companies it backs have had a woman or a person of color on the founding team.

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Blockchain in Real Estate: A Comprehensive Overview of Use Cases and Benefits

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The real estate industry is one of the most highly anticipated uses of blockchain. Historically, the real estate industry has been slow to adopt new technologies, but this is not due to a lack of desire to improve. How is Blockchain Changing Real Estate? What is Blockchain?