TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Sunlight Financial, which offers point-of-sale financing for residential solar systems, has raised north of $700 million in venture capital, private equity and debt. Keyless locks = Peloton for real estate. As Chamath tweeted this morning, Latch is merging with TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp , or $TSIA.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

When asked if InsurGrid ever had plans to offer its own insurance, similar to insurtech giants Hippo, Lemonade and Root, Beach said that it is solely working on innovating around the sales process for now. million in pre-seed financing to help it fulfill its goal to be the “underdog for the underdogs,” Beach said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Naval Academy graduate and former fighter pilot, Herman saw real estate as the only avenue to true wealth creation open to him and his family given their years on the road and lack of available investment capital. After the Navy, Herman went to Harvard Business School and met his co-founder Louis Wilson.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

AIOX Apex Angel Fund is a prominent angel innovation fund guided and advised by a team of international multi-disciplinary professionals. Their expertise spans real estate, finance, manufacturing, blockchain, energy, biotechnology, marketing technology, sharing economy businesses, and more.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

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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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

financing back in 2005, “climate change” was some future event. While technological progress has been on an encouraging trajectory in energy and in transportation thus far, we are nowhere near done, especially in real estate and critical infrastructure. Contributor. Share on Twitter. I know it is a capital-intensive sector.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The new funds will be used to support license applications in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, go-to-market plans, technology development as well as to expand the company’s innovation capabilities. The post Digital asset exchange DigiFT scores $10.5m

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Real estate consumes 40% of all energy. Financing the future startup nation. ” Climate resiliency .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

They’re the ones innovating, so we believe that big trend is going to be the driver, more than anything.”. The firm, which is geographically agnostic, can help with funding their assets; for example, houses, options on real estate and regulatory capital often used by insurtech companies.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It had been written that NYC was built by industries of zero sum games like finance and real estate, and that DNA wouldn’t work in the startup community. Early stage VC’s are also aligned around turning over every rock when it comes to finding innovation hubs and being the connectors between them and the rest of the community.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Existing backers Tiger Global, Thayer Ventures, JLL, Trinity Ventures, Sound Ventures and Cooley LLP, among others, also participated in the financing, which brings the company’s total raised since its 2017 inception to just over $100 million. But we had a really fast feedback loop that allows us to innovate really quickly.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate. There’s just some product innovation that we are coming out with that will make that a lot easier for most folks,” Satz said. “I

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Point says that last year, it received over $1 billion in new capital commitments from real estate and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) investors. The way it works is that Point first evaluates the finances of applicants and makes a provisional offer. My weekly fintech newsletter, The Interchange, launched on May 1!

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

The real estate sales market has been in an upswing this year, and today a startup that’s addressing one of homeowners’ biggest needs — repair and maintenance services, and specifically the stress of sorting these out when things break down — is announcing some funding on the heels of strong growth.

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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. Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. Founders can apply to the program here. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Real estate fintech Redfin announced on November 9 that it was laying off 13% of its staff , or 862 people, in response to the continued slowing of the housing market. Interestingly, Kelman appears to be putting his own personal bets into real estate markets outside the U.S. But I digress. Weekly News.

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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

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. Which products or services are innovating? billion in revenue last year.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2023

The approvals made at this month’s Board meeting make critical investments in New Jersey’s entrepreneurs of color, affordable housing, child care facilities, our innovation economy, and our life sciences industry,” said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan. The QVFs will be able to apply and access up to $12.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

Particularly in industries where supply is scarce, or in old-guard industries where innovation in the underlying product or service is slow, a digitized marketplace — even when managed — can produce underwhelming experiences for consumers. The end-to-end approach makes the most sense when disrupting very large markets.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

So far, Penn has invested in five startups across a range of sectors including real estate, food, apparel and finance. . And, part of the value of having this group is then we can accumulate a bunch of smaller checks to then write one larger check for a company.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

The stealthy startup is trying to reinvent real estate (again), but instead of commercial properties, which WeWork focused on, Neumann is looking into revolutionizing rental properties. It is unclear how the deal is structured between equity financing or debt financing. It’s a playbook that they never change.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

Real estate, hedge funds, derivatives, all kinds of assets. This supply/demand shift that provides founders more leverage in conversations has catalyzed some innovation in venture. Also, more venture firms and startups are choosing debt as a non-dilutive financing alternative. In the 2000s, a wave of PE funds went public.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2019

The consolidation of big banks and decline of community banks has made it much more difficult for entrepreneurs to receive financing (less than 1 percent receive venture capital and only 16 percent receive bank loans or other private loans). What happens when the entrepreneurial spirit and sense of innovation diminish?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI, excluding real estate) skyrocketed in 2016 as Chinese investors seek diversification out of their domestic markets. With oil prices dropping it’s clear that the region also had to diversity assets and also bring innovation back to their doorsteps. But it’s not just China and Singapore.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In March 2019, SoftBank Group International made headlines when it announced the SoftBank Innovation Fund, which started out with a $2 billion commitment to invest in tech startups in Latin America. He also served as the CEO of Adianta, a Brazilian B2B invoice financing company. QuintoAndar , a Brazilian real estate marketplace.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

in my alternative financing panel next week for TC Sessions: Justice. And next week, they are putting together a piece on the changes on the real estate and proptech side. The Startup Act is the first piece of dedicated legislation meant to help create tech innovation within Spain. Does YC care at all?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

In practice, however, sales development representatives (SDRs) do most of the work required to land new customers, “making cold calls, writing email outreach, or sending outbound mail,” says GTM strategist Mike Tong. .”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

It’s a good thing when state leaders recognize the strategic importance of innovation in job and wealth creation. 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. By Scott Meacham.

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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

JUNE 28, 2022

Property technology has radically impacted the way we live and travel, but the real estate industry has successfully resisted most attempts to innovate.

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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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Concreit , a company that wants to open real estate investing to a broader group of people, announced today that it has closed $6 million in a seed funding round led by Matrix Partners. . Concreit gives everyone access to a real estate portfolio and the ability to have access to withdrawals when they need them.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. Or worse yet they may never get financed. many ancillary businesses (legal, real estate, services) are affected. I believe that. Have a cushion.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. Absolutely not.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Some of their initial investments went into companies like Goalsetter , a children and family finance tool, MoCaFi, a mobile-first banking platform for financially underserved communities and rare sneaker collectible startup Rares. We want to have as many LPs as we can,” Sayani added. “We

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Impact Hub

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We must bet on the triple bottom line: impact economies, a more ethical financial market and the financing of companies committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) ”. Spaces like Impact Hubs were until now the natural ecosystem of startups, SMEs, entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations, and will continue to be.

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