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The Role of Alternative Funding in Startups

StartupNation

Startup Incubators and Accelerators Startup incubators and accelerators are relatively recent innovations that can help new businesses get off the ground. Accelerators are a faster and scaled-down version of incubators, offering short and intensive mentorship programs and funding. Capital can come from various sources.

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Blackstone Makes $25B+ Investment in Pennsylvania’s Digital and Energy Infrastructure

American Entrepreneurship

The funds from Blackstone Infrastructure and Blackstone Real Estate are expected to draw in an additional $60 billion in private investment, accelerating the State’s Innovation Ecosystem. We look forward to engaging with communities and leaders across the Commonwealth.”

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The Proptech Startups Using VR & AR to Reshape Real Estate

Dream It

billion will be specifically for real estate. Over the past week, Zillow announced the rollout of their 3D Home tool, which lets real estate agents show immersive VC views of homes for sale. Matterport has the largest repository of 3D space models in the world and is the leader in virtual reality for real estate.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

This is going to be BIG.

Back in the late 90's, a lot of money and real estate brokering went into trying to make it so, however. Techstars and other accelerators have also become major network hubs in the NYC ecosystem, bringing investors together from all across the country. I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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São Paulo’s QuintoAndar real estate platform raises $120M, now valued at $5.1B

TechCrunch

evolve into a one-stop real estate shop that also offers mortgage, title insurance and escrow services. To that end, e arlier this month, the startup acquired Atta Franchising, a 7-year-old São Paulo-based independent real estate mortgage broker. Last year, it also expanded into connecting home buyers to sellers.

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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

To care about this issue, you have to believe one thing—that the presence of full time, professional investors in an ecosystem catalyzes funding rounds better than a collection of part time angels, accelerators, and/or government entities that usually don’t lead deals.

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Today’s Tech Hubs: Labor and Housing Dynamics in the Post-Pandemic Era

Revolution

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Marketplace Senior Reporter, Stephanie Hughes The conversation: How a new generation of startup hubs can accelerate their entrepreneurial momentum The takeaways: The three most important buckets for creating a winning startup ecosystem are talent, capital, and collaboration.