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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.

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Real estate platform Loft raises $425M at a $2.2B valuation in one of Brazil’s largest venture rounds

TechCrunch

Buying and selling residential real estate is a complex business, no matter where you live. But in Brazil, where no MLS exists, the challenge of digitizing real estate is even greater. real estate tech company with the closest model to Loft’s is probably Zillow, according to Pencz.

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Serving the Multifamily Real Estate Industry with Software

Andreessen Horowitz

Multifamily real estate in the U.S., which includes apartment buildings, condominiums, townhouses, and mixed-use developments, is one of the largest asset classes in the world.

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The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

Image courtesy of Mint House Real estate lies at the core of our everyday lives?—?it Yet, technology adoption within the real estate community as a means to fundamentally disrupt how physical assets behave and how transactions occur was lagging up until the last couple of years.

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Arrenda emerges with Adelanta, a financing offering for landlords in Latin America

TechCrunch

Arrenda , a Mexico City-based fintech company, is offering digital financial services to the real estate market of Latin America and closed on $26.5 The funding round was a mix of $1.5 Joe Merullo, founder and CEO, grew up in Boston and started his first business in real estate at 19 years old.

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Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation

TechCrunch

Many of us are moving around these days a lot less than we used to — because of COVID, we’re working from home instead of an office; and we are traveling and going out less. The round is coming from an interesting mix of strategic and financial investors. Placer has confirmed that the round values it at $1 billion.

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Location data analytics startup Placer.ai raises $50M Series B

TechCrunch

It’s been a very tough year for Placer.ai ’s core customer segments of retail and commercial real estate, to put it mildly. But the foot traffic and location analytics startup saw growth in new categories, including consumer packaged goods (CPG) and hedge funds that use its tech to perform due diligence.