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Neighborhoods.com and 55places.com get funding

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Long Ridge Equity Partners funds both sites with an undisclosed amount, and former Zillow Group exec Dan Hang has joined the board. Continue reading →

Groundfloor gets $3M more from individual real estate investors

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Crowdfunded investment platform Groundfloor raises $3 million more and doubles year-over-year revenue. Continue reading →

More venture capitalists are coming for real estate

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More and more investors are coming around to real estate startups and companies that focus on property-oriented technology. Continue reading →

Fifth Wall Ventures announces new $500M proptech fund

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Fifth Wall Ventures announced today it successfully hit its $500 million goal for a second proptech fund. The Opendoor and Blend-backer now has 48 global limited partners across a number of proptech subsectors, giving startups access to some of the ind… Continue reading →

What is Compass’ endgame?

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In real estate, optimizing the commission split and generating revenue by selling mortgages is what brokerages have been doing for years. But investors didn’t pump over $1 billion of venture capital in Compass to build a basic brokerage. So, what is Co… Continue reading →

Mortgage tech startup Blend raises $130M, adds Pixar vet to board

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Digital mortgage lending startup Blend announced Monday its raised an additional $130 million in venture capital funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $310 million. The company plans to use the capital to further grow its team of nearly 400 … Continue reading →

Why the money pouring into real estate tech is ‘stupid’

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In a wide-ranging interview, Patrick Stone, founder of the Williston Financial Group, shares his thoughts on real estate technology and his previous life as an oyster diver. Continue reading →

Metaprop is raising $100M real estate tech fund

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This will be the third fund for the venture capital firm, which previously has invested in technology related to everything from AI to property management and appraisals. Continue reading →

Trulia founder Pete Flint’s venture firm NFX raises $275M

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NFX splits its investments equally between business-to-business companies and business-to-consumer companies, but said that out of 3,000 firms seeking money this year it will ultimately only fund 0.5 percent. Continue reading →

Rental brokerage Keyo will pay landlords even if tenants default

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The ‘Keyo Guarantee’ is currently available in New York City and ensures landlords will get up to 2 months rent if a tenant breaks or defaults on a lease. Continue reading →