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Camber Creek closes $155M fund
Camber Creek — an early backer of proptech startups including VTS and WhyHotel — has raised $155 million from investors for its third and largest fund. The venture capital firm said the fund was...
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Benchmark’s Bill Gurley: We’ll now back startups without offices
No office, no problem, according to one of Silicon Valley’s major tech investors. In a concerning turn for commercial...
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MetaProp set out to raise $100M for proptech investing. It’s been slow going
Fifteen months ago, MetaProp, one of the early venture-capital players in proptech, set itself an ambitious goal: raise $100...
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Raising Covid cash: How proptech firms struck deals in lockdown
It’s one thing to raise money during a pandemic. But what about raising money during a pandemic while simultaneously...
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The REInterview: Real estate’s biggest VC on the industry’s existential shifts
Think about the word “landlord.” It connotes a relationship in which the power dynamic is very much tilted in...
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You can’t sit with us: How Side’s elite-agent model could upend the resi brokerage game
Guy Gal believes real estate has a quality control problem. In his view, most agents are simply “hucksters and charlatans.” “Nine out of every...
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DJ duo Chainsmokers leads funding round for mortgage-lending startup
Popular DJ duo Chainsmokers is switching tracks with a plan to invest in startups — beginning with $10 million...
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“The relationship between landlord and tenant needs to change”: Fifth Wall’s Brendan Wallace on the need for a retail bailout
The head of the largest real estate-focused venture capital fund is advocating for a $30 billion government bailout of the retail industry, warning that...
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Sonder investors bet $150M more on hospitality startup
Hospitality startup Sonder is in talks for a funding round between $150 million to $175 million, The Real Deal...
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Fifth Wall closes $100M fund to bring online retailers into physical stores
A new generation of e-tailers are looking to make their first, risky step into the world of physical real...