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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. The soundbite: “The long-term value of real estate is primarily driven by work — where you work, how you get to work, and how much you get paid at work. Cultivate a super team, not a superstar.

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The fintech layoffs just keep on coming

TechCrunch

Opendoor co-founder and CEO Eric Wu said his company, a publicly traded real estate fintech, was navigating “one of the most challenging real estate markets in 40 years.”. How can finance-focused proptech startups survive the downturn? Opendoor announced it was letting go of 18% of its staff.

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Formwork Labs aims to build ‘the YC of construction tech’

TechCrunch

But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another. Fixing a foundation after the superstructure is built is a costly, disruptive and sometimes impossible task,” Bechtel said. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar

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BNPL in 2022: 4 fintech investors discuss regulation, trends and how to stand out

TechCrunch

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as the go-to method of financing for a variety of purchases, particularly online. This financing model has primarily been available to customers shopping online, but customers outside the U.S. have already dipped their toes into similar alternatives at brick-and-mortar stores.

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Effective tax policies can boost state investment

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Oklahoma’s Technology Business Finance Program (TBFP) Seed Fund is a nationally recognized best practices example of legislated early stage capital that has stood a 20-plus year test of time. Certain industries, for example real estate or finance, may be excluded. Some credits are transferable.

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Varo’s bank charter milestone, more corporate cards and BNPL under a microscope

TechCrunch

While we’re on the topic of payments, Goldman Sachs and Modern Treasury announced they are partnering “to accelerate the shift to embedded payments, helping joint customers embed and scale payments into products.” Residential real estate marketplace Sundae last week conducted its second layoff this year. See you next week!

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. Most of those are product buys to drive or accelerate revenue growth with the secondary benefit of getting new talent, Ruark said. Today the U.S. As a result, they may have to sell.”. And elsewhere.