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The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

We have witnessed the likes of WeWork, Convene, and Airbnb reimagine working and living, all while catalyzing momentum for further investments across the real estate technology landscape. quickly making real estate technology one of the fastest growing venture asset classes. The connective thread here is the use of technology.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

” On the flip side, he predicts that corporates with venture capital arms that are “committed to the insurance sector will likely step up their involvement.” ” This also seems true more broadly of venture funds with a strong insurtech thesis. tourist investors”) have left the space. That hasn’t changed.

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Big Tech is now worth so much we’ve forgotten to be shocked by the numbers

TechCrunch

This time we’ll hear from Accel’s John Locke regarding his investments in The Zebra — which recently raised even more capital — and the insurtech space more broadly. Locke said that the venture market for insurtech investments is “definitely more aggressive” this year than last. Fair enough.

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

TechCrunch

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. LG continued pushing envelopes — albeit to mixed effect. Thanks very much for reading — I hope you have a fantastic weekend. Walter Thompson.

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Daily Crunch: Months after rejecting a $17B bid, Zendesk sells to private equity group for $10.2B

TechCrunch

billion transaction — led by Permira and Hellman & Friedman — gave investors a way to get some return on their investment, albeit below the $17 billion offer they got in February. Reactions have been mixed, Jacquelyn reports. Ron notes that the $10.2 Who needs megapixels when you have Benjamins? Leica makes great digital cameras.

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Founded by Google’s former head of ads, Neeva brings its ad-free search engine to Europe

TechCrunch

market in June last year , later going on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. He left in 2018 to join esteemed venture capital (VC) firm Greylock Partners, a role he continues in today, albeit in a reduced capacity. France and Germany. Neeva search engine. Tripadvisor.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Here are the investors in their own words, for any TechCrunch reader who is interested in hiring, investing or founding a company in the country. Tal Slobodkin , partner, StageOne Ventures . Boaz Dinte, Qumra Capital. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? Oh, and one more thing. More than 50%?

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