TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Investing in private markets has long been reserved for the ultra-rich. Ben Miller founded Fundrise in 2012 to give retail investors access to the private real estate market, and the company has since become one of the top 20 investors by size in that space, Miller, who serves as CEO, told TechCrunch in an interview.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

South African startup Flow wants to change how real estate agencies, developers and agents interact with their end customers. With its APIs, Flow connects to the websites of estate agencies and property developers and automates advertising for them on social media channels like Instagram and Facebook.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

Side , a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, has raised “$50 million-plus” in a funding round that doubles its valuation to $2 billion. The company plans to enter 15 new states by year’s end.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Groundfloor , the first real estate crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval, announced today that it raised its first round of institutional capital since 2015. Groundfloor’s platform offers investments in real estate debt to its 150,000+ users, with a minimum investment of $10.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Startups that are catering to homebuyers are struggling as interest rates and inflation have climbed and inventory shortages continue in many markets. . Their goal was to make “the real estate buying and selling process more transparent, honest and professional.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Over $500 million worth of real estate was sold on the top four metaverse platforms in 2021, data shows. Traditional real estate companies are amongst the many investors flocking to stake their claim on plots of land in virtual worlds like Decentraland and Sandbox.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As teammates at buy now, pay later fintech Affirm, Stella Han and Carlos Treviño bonded over their shared background of growing up in real estate families. Fractional , a San Francisco-based startup, wants to make real estate ownership more accessible. Community is the new AI.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 28, 2022

As we all know, the housing market goes through cycles. Higher interest rates mean far fewer purchases and refinances — and lots of business for fintechs operating in the real estate industry. At the same time, as the venture market slowed dramatically and suddenly, raising capital was much harder. Fintech for good?

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

The public data that we acquire, the data we ingest from users, and the data that we build ourselves has allowed us to build the most robust and unique actionable real estate data set in the U.S.,” In general, Richards believes that residential real estate is one of the biggest spend categories in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

The stealthy startup is trying to reinvent real estate (again), but instead of commercial properties, which WeWork focused on, Neumann is looking into revolutionizing rental properties. As far as visions go, renovating the rental real estate market isn’t a unique idea. It’s a playbook that they never change.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, announced today that it has raised $400 million a Series D round that propels the company to “unicorn status.” Interestingly, Veev Group started its life as a traditional real estate developer and asset manager.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It has a robotic camera, combined with a subscription service, which enables real estate agents and brokers to generate high-resolution photos of properties, floor plans and virtual tours. Giraffe360 was a no-brainer, and is really well suited to meet the needs of the market from both the hardware and software front.”.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

But this doesn’t mean AI can do everything, cautions Rudy Wolfs, CTO at Anywhere Real Estate. AI to enable better listings According to Wolfs, Anywhere Real Estate’s Listing Concierge offering gives agents a highly intuitive toolset to promote listings.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

We previously wrote about Propy using blockchain technology to smooth real-world real estate sales by introducing the concept of smart contracts. Now the company is pushing the boundaries again, by auctioning a real apartment as an NFT. The NFT created by Propy will, it says, transfer real ownership of the property.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

Last year we covered how early blockchain startup Propy planned to use the technology to smooth real-world real estate sales by introducing the concept of smart contracts. Propy’s plan is to scale this offering globally, providing a single framework for purchasing real estate using blockchain technology.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Kunal Lunawat Contributor Share on Twitter Kunal Lunawat is co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on real estate tech, blockchain, AI and sustainability. We believe this represents a significant opportunity for real estate tech entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2022

At Linktree, Olson will focus on United States market expansion. Linktree also just brought on Mike Olson as president — most recently, he was senior vice president of Growth Initiatives at Twitch. “We’re based in Australia and the majority of our team is here, but most of our users are in the U.S.,”

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AUGUST 31, 2022

It’s safe to say that millions of Americans dream of becoming real estate investors but can’t or don’t due to a variety of challenges, including lack of accreditation, capital and time. CEO Yishai Cohen and CTO Amit Assaraf started Landa in 2020 in an effort to make real estate ownership more inclusive. residents. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The country’s highly leveraged real estate market has taken blows thanks to changing regulations and a history of debt-fueled expansion, the price of which eventually came due. Can China’s venture capital market help it reignite growth?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

There’s no escaping SPACs for a bit, so if you are tired of watching blind pools rip private companies into the public markets, you are not going to have a very good next few months. There are nearly 300 SPACs in the market today looking for deals, and many will find one. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Many real estate technology companies are developing technology that is in competition with, or could potentially replace, real estate agents. In a nutshell, Place wants to help real estate salespeople — regardless of what brokerage they are affiliated with — become business owners. and Canada.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The concept of fractional ownership in real estate is not new, and in recent years we’ve seen a flurry of startups focused on the space. In the past 14 months alone, for example, TechCrunch has reported on Fractional and Fintor , which are also focused on residential real estate. And so Arrived was born.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

HomeLight , which operates a real estate technology platform, announced today that it has secured $100 million in a Series D round of funding and $263 million in debt financing. Over the years, like many other real estate tech platforms, HomeLight has evolved its model. ” Image Credits: HomeLight.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Invesco Real Estate led its previous round, a $40 million raise, and committed $5 billion to purchase and rent 20,000 single-family homes through Mynd over the next three years. Doug Brien and Colin Wiel started Mynd with the goal of making real estate investing more accessible. million since its 2016 inception.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

In an emailed statement, Loft — which says it uses technology to simplify and enable real estate and credit transactions — described the move as “a reorganization of its operation.” That would mean that Loft has let go of nearly 540 workers this year so far. It currently has about 3,200 employees.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Nawy is now set to introduce in its catalog a mortgage service for pre-owned property, to serve a market that is predominantly shunned by traditional lenders. If you go into the resale market, it’s primarily cash. That would kind of complete the suite of what we do — by offering core real estate products,” said El-Beltagy.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Most real estate agents charge a commission — in many cases up to 6% of the sale price of a home — for listing and selling a house on behalf of a homeowner. Enter HomeLister , a digital brokerage and real estate site that gives homeowners a way to list and sell their properties online, with support.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

La Haus , which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt financing. Like the US, a two-tier venture capital market is emerging in Latin America. Image credit: La Haus.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

The result is fewer homes on the market, which exacerbates existing housing shortages in already tight markets such as the San Francisco Bay Area. Sundae closes on $80M for residential real estate marketplace. Ironically, Aalto founder and CEO Nick Narodny is the son and brother of real estate agents.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

Danggeun Market, the publisher of South Korea’s hyperlocal community app Karrot, announced it has raised $162 million in a Series D round of funding with a valuation of $2.7 The latest funding officially makes Danggeun Market a unicorn, with $205 million total raised. Danggeun Market launched Karrot in Canada and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

The feed shows videos of homes on the market, as well as a price tag. As you scroll, you can guess whether the price Playhouse showed you is higher or lower than the actual listing price, helping to educate future buyers about the market (… and also it’s fun, even if you’re not looking to buy a $2 million home in San Francisco).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2022

Saltbox , a company providing co-working and warehousing space for up-and-coming e-commerce businesses, said it is working with Fundrise, a real estate investment firm, to expand nationally. Brandon Jenkins, COO of Fundrise, told TechCrunch that his company liked the approach Saltbox was taking to open up access to real estate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Publicly traded Zillow today has a market cap of $32.9 9 top real estate and proptech investors: Cities and offices still have a future. The company then partners with local real estate agents to market the properties. Real estate tech startup Offerpad to go public via SPAC merger in $3B deal.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The brothers had dreams of finding their own financial freedom through investing in real estate, but didn’t have enough individual capital to go into business alone. “On We really had to look at the market and think about what we would have done differently. And the truth was, we would have done everything differently.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Going after very large markets. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets. In the graphic above, notice that most of these companies play in the largest, but notoriously archaic industries like banking, insurance, real estate, healthcare, etc.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Co-founder and CEO Honghao Deng said that the proceeds will support product development and expanding Butlr’s 50-person workforce, specifically its go-to-market team. Deng asserts that many companies are flying blind when it comes to real estate. ” To date, Burlingame-based Butlr has raised $29.1

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Even when parking lot owners try to modernize — using an app, for example, or a credit card machine to take payment — they must deal with a whole array of providers to manage hardware, payment processing and marketing, all separately. That’s where AirGarage comes in.

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