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Republic’s metaverse real estate arm spins off, rebrands as Everyrealm

TechCrunch

Over $500 million worth of real estate was sold on the top four metaverse platforms in 2021, data shows. Traditional real estate companies are amongst the many investors flocking to stake their claim on plots of land in virtual worlds like Decentraland and Sandbox. 3 views: Is the metaverse for work or play?

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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Carving through peaks and valleys At 23, Adriaanse joined and later served as CEO of Private Property, a real estate technology platform.

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How Azibo’s Vikas Gupta is on a Mission to Streamline Property Management for Independent Real…

Jason Malki

How Azibo’s Vikas Gupta is on a Mission to Streamline Property Management for Independent Real Estate Investors I had the pleasure of interviewing Vikas Gupta the CEO of Azibo , a unified financial and property management platform for independent real investors. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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Meet 5 YLAI Fellows Traveling as Youth Delegates to the Summit of the Americas

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Georgia is the strategic leader of an educational enterprise that stands for the social mobility of Afro-descendant women. A professional architect with a background in entrepreneurship, Gerardo runs one of the fastest-growing architecture firms in the Dominican Republic, specializing in real estate development.

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

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. Many climate-focused industries and technologies are so new that policymakers are still learning what they are, making education and proactive outreach essential.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

The local tech community is figuring this out, not surprisingly, way before the academic institutions are—and where it is being discovered by academia, it’s being done on a one-off basis by educational revolutionaries in the innovation space who aren’t stopping to ask their schools for permission or to change curricula.

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Playhouse is TikTok meets Zillow for the next generation of homeowners

TechCrunch

As you scroll, you can guess whether the price Playhouse showed you is higher or lower than the actual listing price, helping to educate future buyers about the market (… and also it’s fun, even if you’re not looking to buy a $2 million home in San Francisco). We don’t need to look online for real estate anymore,’” explained Perelman.