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Real estate developer turned prefab home builder Veev closes on $400M in fresh funding

TechCrunch

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.” ” The financing brings the San Mateo, California-based company’s total raised since its 2008 inception to $600 million.

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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. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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What Is Going To Happen In 2021

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

As I wrote yesterday , I think the trends that were accelerated in 2020 will not reverse in 2021, although the slope of the adoption curves will likely flatten a fair bit. In the US, we have racial equity issues that are longstanding, real and demanding to be addressed. We will see it accelerate in 2021.

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Nigerian proptech Spleet gets $2.6M led by MaC VC to scale its property management products

TechCrunch

While Adesanmi worked for years in Nigeria’s banking and fintech space, his family’s real estate background pushed him to establish a startup in proptech. Then in July, it became the first African startup to join New York’s MetaProp Accelerator. monthly to finance rent payments. The proptech has processed over $3.5

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Gigstreem Raises $59 Million in Funding to Accelerate Growing National Presence as a Leader in Managed Wi-Fi for Multifamily Properties

American Entrepreneurship

Crestline”) and included participation from real estate technology venture capital firm RET Ventures and multifamily industry leaders Essex Property Trust and UDR, Inc. (“UDR”); Crestline specializes in opportunistic and credit investments, including financing and restructuring solutions for mature private equity funds.

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

TechCrunch

Two firms stuck out in recent days, including Urban Innovation Fund , which closed with commitments of $101 million for its Fund III and $20 million Opportunity Fund, and VMG Catalyst ‘s $400 million Fund II. Both firms are led by women, Clara Brenner and Julie Lein at Urban Innovation Fund, and Brooke Kiley over at VMG.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.