App-based brokerage Torii closes on more funding, launches LA operations

Most Torii real estate agents are salaried employees with benefits and full marketing support. The company is focused on becoming a single provider for all homebuyer needs. Continue reading

Marketing content manager Aryeo raises $3.65M

Aryeo, the 2021 class member of NAR’s REACH program, started in real estate photography before graduating to the greater need of helping agents control their data and content. Continue reading

Better is the latest mortgage company to go public

The parent company of Better Mortgage is going public through a merger with a blank-check firm, raising $778 million it can use to grow not only its mortgage business but also its real estate brokerage and title insurance businesses. Continue reading

Home renovation valuation app raises $6.5M, launches in Seattle

Inman was provided an early look at the Plunk app, which is member of NAR’s Reach Accelerator Class of 2021. The funding will be used to further hone the app’s first national iteration Continue reading

NAR’s venture capital fund picks Knock, other startups for REACH program

Second City Ventures, which is an arm of NAR, has chosen Knock and seven other startups to be a part of the 2021 REACH scale-up program. Continue reading

SmartRent inks $2.2B merger deal with Fifth Wall SPAC

Once closed, the merger would mark one of the biggest deals between a proptech firm and a special-purpose acquisition company to date. Continue reading

Guaranteed rent model property management firm Doorstead secures $12.5M

Doorstead’s model is predicated on providing its landlord customers with a patent-pending rent analysis solution that identifies the ideal rate after processing more than an 11 million market data points. Continue reading

Self-tour company Rently raises cash in industry ‘ripe for disruption’

The funding amount was undisclosed, but McCarthy Capital typically makes equity investments of between $15 million and $75 million. Continue reading