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Proptech startup Lessen raises $35M in Series A funding
Lessen, a rental property management platform, raised $35 million in Series A funding. The two-year-old company connects single-family and...
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Fifth Wall, Robert Downey invest in climate tech financing firm
Venture capital firm Fifth Wall and actor Robert Downey Jr. are investing in a firm that offers financing incentives...
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Unicorn founders hold court on proptech’s resi revolution
Home is where the heart is. Often, for U.S. homeowners, it is also where the heartbreak is. The process...
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Construction startup raises $20M in round led by Fifth Wall
A Denver-based startup that hopes to streamline the construction process is getting backing from some big investors. Fifth Wall...
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What SmartRent’s $2.2B SPAC means for multifamily
As pandemic-challenged apartment landlords scrambled to cut costs, SmartRent CEO Lucas Haldeman’s phone lit up. The owners were eager...
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SmartRent to go public via Fifth Wall SPAC
Another proptech company is joining the SPAC game. Home technology startup SmartRent plans to go public in a merger with one of Fifth Wall Ventures’ special-purpose acquisition companies in a deal that would value...
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Fifth Wall launches third SPAC to raise $250M
Venture capital firm Fifth Wall is launching another blank-check company — the third the company has founded since the...
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Watch: Real estate brought the planet to the brink. Can it now save it?
There’s a triple threat for real estate players who take a head-in-the-sand approach to climate change, according to Brendan...
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The REInterview: Real estate’s climate reckoning, with Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace and Greg Smithies
Real estate is the quiet sinner in the climate crisis. The industry might not be the Disney villain of greenhouse gases, cackling as it...
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Storage-sharing startup Neighbor snags $53M in Series B
Neighbor.com CEO Joseph Woodbury. A company looking to become the Airbnb for storage has raised $53 million in a...