TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

But in the past few decades, the lens through which we view real estate and property development has slowly blurred. We spoke to a diverse array of investors about finance-focused proptech and the move towards greener proptech. Building and owning a home has been part of human life for as long as civilization itself.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Infra.Market, an Indian startup that is helping construction and real estate companies in the world’s second-most populated nation procure materials and handle logistics for their projects, said on Tuesday it has secured its third financing round in the past nine months.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

He grew up on a farm, but has degrees in finance, economics and mechanical engineering. A lot of the very traditional industries are ready for disruption, and that’s going to challenge and change society at its core. I’m not the kind of person to sit there and keep the status quo. It’s not my thing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Financial entrepreneurs have launched a number of products, from SaaS securitization to debt-based financing, to help founders avoid that dilution, particularly when they have recurring revenues clocked on the books. SaaS securitization will disrupt VC’s biggest returns this coming decade.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2021

Kaszek Ventures, QED Investors and Greenoaks Capital also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised to $36.7 In particular, Cora wants to go even deeper in certain segments such as B2B professional services such as law and accounting firms; real estate brokerage and education.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

A startup that is improving the way construction and real estate companies in India procure materials and handle logistics for their projects has received the backing of three new investors. Mumbai-headquartered Infra.Market said on Thursday it has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

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. Going after very large markets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Like many other online real estate brokerages, Homie pledged lower commissions and a more streamlined process. Also, like many other real estate brokerages, it has attempted to become a one-stop shop for home buyers and sellers by branching out into loan, insurance and title services. . YC-backed Duplo raised a $1.3M

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

He also served as the CEO of Adianta, a Brazilian B2B invoice financing company. In August, Shu Nyatta, a managing partner at SoftBank who co-leads its $5 billion Latin America Fund, pointed out a dynamic that might seem obvious but is rarely articulated: Technology in LatAm is often more about inclusion rather than disruption.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

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

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

in my alternative financing panel next week for TC Sessions: Justice. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 07: Coinbase Co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong speaks onstage during Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Does YC care at all? Mobility-as-a-service.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

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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Smart Hustle Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

They will take more accounting, marketing, or finance courses or read up on industry specifics. In 2013, recognizing a need for disruptive distribution and retail changes in the 100-billion-dollar U.S. Many will look to expand their knowledge in the area of their business expertise.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

While many of my friends bragged about their 5 condos in Florida I kept talking about how the real estate market was in a bubble – their gains an illusion. I pointed to several Economist articles I had read that mapped historical prices of real estate for 400 years and how on average property values grow at no more 1.5%

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. For years, the real estate technology company has touted itself as using its pricing technology to provide “more accurate offers and lower costs,” said the FTC. Today the U.S. And elsewhere.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Residential real estate marketplace Sundae last week conducted its second layoff this year. FIS has launched Worldpay for Platforms, an embedded finance solution aimed at SMBs. Redfin CEO, DoorDash co-founder invest in new startup, Far Homes, which is building a portal for Mexico real estate. See you next week!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

InvestNext is a Detroit fintech startup that has created a platform to streamline how real estate investment firms raise and manage capital. Credibly is a Detroit fintech startup helping small businesses receive loans and financing by leveraging data and technology. In late 2021 RoboTire raised $7.5 InvestNext.

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OurCrowd

MAY 7, 2021

By financing small agroforestry projects, Treedom provides income opportunities for local farming communities in 17 countries. This breakthrough allows automation to be deployed at a more nimble scale, and will completely disrupt high-speed time-to-market manufacturing forever. Treedom has already planted 1.8M Register Here.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 10, 2021

However, numerous alternative financing lenders offer a wide array of potential financing options that are accessible to startup founders. Lines of credit are a flexible form of financing and can fund many business expenditures, from short-term costs to long-term projects. Business line of credit. Asset-based lending.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Brex co-CEO and Henrique Dubugras admitted as much onstage at Disrupt.) Adam Neumann’s latest startup, residential real estate upstart Flow , is partnering with fintech startup Bond to create a digital wallet for Flow’s residents. Ocho wants to rethink (and rebrand) personal finance for business owners. in seed round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As one of the least-digitized sectors of our economy, construction is ripe for technology disruption. How it works today: During a project’s conception, asset owners and/or developers develop site proposals and may work with lenders to manage the project financing. This question is as relevant today as it was in April.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Lightrock is delighted to be backing such an innovative team and looks forward to supporting Selina as it disrupts traditionally inflexible lenders.”. Selina Finance’s HELOC product is innovative, and bridges the gap between the consumer credit and mortgage markets,” added Anna Montvai, executive director at Goldman Sachs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2021

Spain’s Glovo inks real estate tie-up to add more dark stores for speedy urban delivery. At the end of the day, as it plays out for finances, the company (and others) are negotiating and hoping that to claw in some expenses while conceding others. Earlier in March, Rohlik out of the Czech Republic bagged $230 million.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. AI has also begun to play a bigger role in the construction supply chain, production scheduling, labor management, insurance and financing, risk assessment etc. This is an indication that the industry is ready for disruption. Any other thoughts you want to share with TechCrunch readers?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

It’s seen big spikes in demand from the real estate, financial services, retail and automotive sectors. “In Notarize’s success comes after a difficult 2019, when the company saw “critical financing” fall through and had to lay off staff, according to Kinsel. In 2020, the world rushed to digitize.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Finance and Insurance: a maximum of 1,500 employees, and a maximum of $32.5 Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing: a maximum of $7.5 Innovation: A unique feature of a startup is disruptive innovation. Information: a maximum of 500 to 1,500 employees, and a maximum of $7.5 million to $38.5 million in average annual receipts.

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OurCrowd

JULY 17, 2019

Furthermore, the disruptions the world faces, whether social, economic, health or education- related, affect us all. We’re proud to be partnered with Social Finance Israel, a global leader in impact advisory. Prior to Davidson Kempner, Richard spent four years at H/2 Capital Partners investing in commercial real estate credit.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 20, 2023

And not to get too far ahead of myself, but some (including me) have maintained that a disruption in some part of the US financial system in 2023 was going to force the Fed to reverse the tightening cycle we’ve been in for the past year — and it would appear that we’re right on track. But, those assets must be purchased in physical form.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

We are now seeing the second-order effects of the fintech boom, as the same set of conditions arise in other soon-to-be disrupted sectors. In the insurance space, similar changes are giving way to innovative models like 180 o in Brazil and Betterfly in Chile.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). Whereas New York City had people living in close clusters , Chicago and Washington D.C.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It’s not just e-commerce: New restrictions on data sharing and collection will raise customer acquisition costs for everything from auto sales to real estate. Remote’ is fundamentally disadvantaged,” said Phil Libin, founder and CEO of startup studio All Turtles and mmhmm at TechCrunch Disrupt.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Latch CFO Garth Mitchell, who discussed his startup’s merger with real estate SPAC $TSIA. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. So what’s the roll-up hype about?

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