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HomeX nabs $90M to connect homeowners and repair techs
The burgeoning market for home-maintenance technology has crowned another winner. HomeX, a startup that connects homeowners with licensed technicians,...
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SoftBank buys $72M of Compass stock
SoftBank has upped its stake in Compass, shelling out $72 million to buy stock in the newly public company. The tech giant, already Compass’ largest shareholder, purchased 4 million shares on April 6 at...
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Just listed: A recap of Compass’ IPO
Compass’ first day as a publicly traded company is in the books. The result so far? Neither a rousing success nor an epic failure. After a tumultuous 36 hours, in which the residential brokerage...
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Compass makes public market debut at $7B valuation
With the push of a button, Robert Reffkin and Ori Allon rang the opening bell of the New York...
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Compass cuts valuation to $7B ahead of IPO
UPDATED, March 31, 2021, 3:48 p.m.: Compass has slashed the price of shares and reduced the size of its total stock offering ahead of its IPO. In an updated S-1 filed with the U.S....
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What you need to know about Compass’ IPO this week
Compass’ hotly anticipated IPO is finally (almost) here. The venture capital-backed residential firm is set to go public in...
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Zigg Capital nabs $225M to invest in proptech startups
Zigg Capital, a proptech venture capital firm co-founded by entrepreneur Dave Eisenberg, has raised $225 million to double down...
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E-notary startup Notarize triples valuation to $760M
Following a year of explosive growth, online notary startup Notarize has raised $130 million from investors — including Google’s...
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Compass and Side are both unicorns. How different are they?
No sooner did the venture capital-backed brokerage Side achieve unicorn status last week than the comparisons to Compass started...
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Spencer Rascoff’s Pacaso is worth $1B
Five months after launching, second-home startup Pacaso is a unicorn. The company, started by Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff and other former Zillow executives, said it raised $75 million at a $1 billion valuation —...