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Proptech startup Knock secures $20M to grow SaaS platform for property managers

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Knock’s goal is to provide CRM tools to modernize front office operations for these companies so they can do things like offer virtual tours and communicate with renters via text, email or social media from “a single conversation screen.” For renters, it offers an easier way to communicate and engage with landlords. .

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Twitter invests in avatar startup Facemoji

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Apple is increasingly interested in avatar representations through Memoji, Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be a metaverse company and platforms like Roblox, where users enter a virtual world and buy accessories for their character, have never been more popular. Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad.

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Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users

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While Facebook, now Meta, never claimed to have already built the metaverse, the word soon began to be used much more casually to describe nearly any immersive online environment where people interact with one another as virtual selves. Startups began to describe themselves as metaverse companies.

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Pancake aims to make customers flip for its virtual home design platform

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This includes marketing tests on social media platforms that yielded a respectable return on investment, he added. He said that he doesn’t typically invest at the seed stage, but was impressed with the progress Pancake has made in a short period of time.

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From food delivery to housing: Former Favor founders raise millions for Sunroom Rentals

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Real estate tech startup Sunroom Rentals , which leases units on behalf of property managers and apartment owners, has raised $11 million in a Series A round of funding led by Gigafund. COVID-19 has led to more renters wanting virtual ways to explore and secure rental units.

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The Landing is bringing shoppable social and collaboration to interior design

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As more users think of shopping as a social, digital-first activity, The Landing , a seed-stage startup coming out of stealth, is hoping to win over those who have an affinity for designing homes and spaces. There’s also Modsy, which has raised north of $70 million to date , which helps users virtually redesign their homes.

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Docker nabs $23M Series B as as new developer focus takes shape

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As a result, he sees going virtual first, even after it’s safe to reopen offices. “We’ll be virtual first, but then with the savings of the real estate that we’re no longer paying for, we’re going to bring people together and make sure we have that social glue,” he said. .