A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

USV recently invested in a company called Patch Homes and they are announcing that financing today along with some other important information on their business. I call this fractionalizing home equity. In the existing home finance world, the only thing you can do with your home equity is borrow against it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Better.com is launching Equity Unlocker , a program that allows employees to use their vested equity as collateral for a down payment when trying to buy homes. Current and ex-workers can also use the mortgage tool for secondary vacation homes or investment properties. There is a catch, however. Want more fintech news in your inbox?

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2022

the proptech company seizing an untapped opportunity within the $85B pre-sale home improvement market and the latest addition to the Revolution Growth portfolio. What They’re Solving For: Today’s consumers want a move-in-ready home. and every seller to unlock the value in their home. That’s why we founded Curbio?—?to

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We have been back in NYC for about a week after being away for the entire pandemic. We were in LA when the pandemic hit and then spent the summer on the east end of Long Island. Like everyone, we have read the horror stories of NYC being a wasteland of homelessness, crime, shuttered storefronts, filthy streets, and more.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Register Stilt Studios , the Indonesian startup renowned for its innovative prefabricated modular homes, has successfully concluded a series A funding round, raising $10 million through a blend of debt and equity investments. Based in Bali, Indonesia , Stilt Studios specializes in creating sustainable and modular homes.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

MoKo Home + Living , a Kenya-based home furniture manufacturer and omnichannel retailer, saw this gap and over several years set out to bridge it through quality and guarantees. The startup says it has grown five-fold over the last three years, and its products are currently in more than 370,000 homes in Kenya.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The technology grants patients the freedom to undergo dialysis treatments in the comfort of their homes or while on the move, alleviating the need for long hours of stationary therapy and connections to large dialysis machines in clinical settings.

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Venture Well

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Hear from Ana Cornell about her E-Team Acorn Genetics, which is developing a low-cost, at-home DNA testing kit that enables users to privately test for genetic conditions. The post At-Home DNA Testing: A Q&A with Ana Cornell of Acorn Genetics appeared first on VentureWell.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2022

During the worst days of the pandemic, when people were stuck at home and starving for some form of entertainment beyond streaming yet another TV series, many turned to DIY home improvement projects. Additionally, it provides services that help users to connect with more than 5,000 home remodeling firms. billion in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

As companies unveil their new smart home devices at the 2022 CES tech show, underway now in Las Vegas, much of the hype involves Matter , an open-source connectivity standard built around a shared belief that smart home devices should seamlessly integrate with other systems and be secure and reliable.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While many had already been considering the switch (by implementing schedule flexibility or experimenting with work-from-home days), the current push toward remote work is unprecedented. Related: 5 Work from Home Tips I Used to Create a Successful Business. Across the globe, companies have swiftly adopted remote work.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2021

The company operates an e-commerce platform focused on DIY, home improvement and gardening products. and Germany in particular — they are Europe’s two biggest markets for home improvement and gardening. While ManoMano has 7 million clients, sales of home improvement and gardening items still mostly happen in brick-and-mortar stores.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Thumbtack , a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter. Founded in 2016, Setter provides its customers with video home checkups conducted by experts, then offers personalized plans for how to address any issues.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

After all, Airbnb is a high-profile example of people turning vacation homes, for example, into revenue generators when they’re not using them. Opendoor alums Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina teamed up in 2021 to start a company, Kindred , with the goal of giving people the choice of booking lodging through a unique home-swapping model.

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Feedough

APRIL 9, 2021

In recent years, with changing technology and increasing consumer awareness, out-of-home advertising has vastly evolved. Therefore, this article will discuss what out-of-home advertising is, its types, emerging trends, and its future scope. Advertisement What Is Out-Of-Home Advertising? Major Types Of Out Of Home Advertising.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

What’s needed is a simple way for consumers to engage with the issue around how much energy their home needs, how to manage that, and, crucially, how to finance the changes needed. An example of this out of New York is Sealed , a climate tech company that designs, manages, and finances home weatherization and electrification projects.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

startup that makes it easier for housing developers, architects and construction firms to configure and design modular homes to address the ongoing housing crisis , has raised £10 million ($11.7 Indeed, modular homes are substantively built in controlled, off-site environments, while the assembly-line approach means less material waste.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Connecting with experts across the state on the subject of “first the pandemic, then what,” I am struck that the first thing everyone mentions is the pandemic phenomenon of telecommuting and work-from-home. Working from home has blown up old cybersecurity paradigms for many. But we need to mitigate the new risks, too.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

But it turns out that it’s possible to manufacture closer to home. You can probably manufacture closer to home than you think by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch You manufacture there, assemble somewhere else, and finally approve and get to market in the United States.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

million in seed funding for its “digital one-stop shop” for small businesses and independent contractors, while Puls Technologies raised $15 million for its mobile app connecting tradespeople with on-demand home repair services. This has caused a tailwind for home and commercial services, and multiple players can be here. “The

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Now, as remote work continues and the pandemic persists, scores of entrepreneurs are working from home around the world. Now that they can work from literally anywhere, many entrepreneurs are forming homes with other founders. Michael Houck , a former product manager at Airbnb and Uber, rented a home in Tulum, Mexico in May 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The diagnostic market has also made a big shift to at-home, driven by companies like Everlywell , and supplemented by startups all over the world, including Senzo , Healthtracka , TBD Health , Starling Medical and Hormona. Simple HealthKit is operating in a global diabetes diagnostic market expected to reach $42.4

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You’ve plunged into starting a solo business venture from home. Without a specific plan for using the time in your day wisely, running a business from home can feel like holding a tiger by the tail. Separate home and work. Running a business from home requires a wide array of skills. Separate them as much as possible.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

And now, the startup is moving into an operator role with its latest product, Anyplace Select, which is designed for remote workers and corporate travelers to be able to work from anywhere with furnished apartments that include a “fully equipped” home office. Wi-Fi speed will never be an issue either, as all units have gigabit internet.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Home-cooked food delivery service WoodSpoon is planning an expansion after raising $14 million in Series A funding. They began reaching out to local home chefs in the area and gathered them together in a marketplace where they could share their culture and passion of food with others. billion in 2021, and then reach $192.16

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Energy prices have been soaring of late, and while Sense’s primary selling point is helping homes lower emissions, if you can manage to cut a few ConEd bills along the way, that’s a win-win in my book. Honestly, it doesn’t bode well for someone who just installed a window air conditioning unit ahead of another climate change-fueled summer.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

Meal delivery services can save time, and typically money, but imagine getting a Michelin-star meal delivered to your home. Ghost kitchens ride into college campuses on the backs of delivery bots Fine-dining meals delivered to your home are just an Entrée order away by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Online interior design startup Havenly is acquiring direct-to-consumer home furnishing brand The Inside , the company announced on Thursday. It notes that both brands share a similar mission to make home design an accessible and personalized experience. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

The startup plans to use the funding to expand into new markets, to hire more people and to continue adding more maintenance/repair services and partnerships into its wider home-warranty-by-subscription proposition. Jobber raises $60M as its platform for home services professionals hits 100K users.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Historically, homeowners could only tap into the equity of their homes by taking out a home equity loan or refinancing. But a new category of startups have emerged in recent years to give homeowners more options to cash in on their homes in exchange for a share of the future value of their homes.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Conversations about the effects of the pandemic with more than a dozen of Oklahoma’s thought leaders really brought that home for me. Regardless of industry or type or size of organization, whether business or non-profit, the first pandemic effect that everyone wanted to talk about was the change from working at work to working from home.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

A third of healthcare costs are incurred at hospitals , though at-home models can be more effective and affordable. We can improve both outcomes and costs by moving care from the hospital back to the place it started — at home. Right now in-home care accounts for only 3% of the healthcare market. In-home care is nothing new.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

For many of us, our home is by far our biggest asset, and in the world of fintech, that’s led to a logical extension: when you need money, borrow against that biggest asset. market is ready to be taken and the size is massive,” Fenwick said, estimating the potential asset base for homes in the country at $30 billion.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Not every country has a Multiple Listing Service to aid in buying and selling a home. Property technology startup Nomad Homes is working to change that by creating a personalized real estate buying experience in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a region that represents $20 trillion in real estate, company CEO Helen Chen told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Sitting down to a homemade meal is not always easy, but DishDivvy has come online to make it more of a reality, and at the same time provide home cooks with a way to make money from their creations. and though both of her parents were busy engineers, Torosyan recalls growing up with a home-cooked meal on the table everyday.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

million in seed funding, wants to give women a platform to start and grow their home-based businesses. With West Tenth , the goal is to encourage this sort of entrepreneurship — and more broadly, to help women understand that the many of the talents they’ve developed at home are, in fact, potential businesses.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Now, buoyed by $12 million in Series A funding, the one-year-old company is expanding into e-commerce to become what co-founder Leo Seigal referred to as “Farfetch for home.”. This new expansion, dubbed Showroom, will launch this summer with over 60 home brands, including Crate and Barrel, Apparatus, Schumacher and Waterworks.

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