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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Better.com is launching Equity Unlocker , a program that allows employees to use their vested equity as collateral for a down payment when trying to buy homes. Current and ex-workers can also use the mortgage tool for secondary vacation homes or investment properties. There is a catch, however. Want more fintech news in your inbox?

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Remember Ballie, Samsung’s spherical home robot from CES 2020? I sure didn’t — until Samsung brought it back at this year’s keynote with a few on-trend AI upgrades.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The company already offers a broad range of at-home tests and launched a new test that can detect urinary tract infections (UTIs). Vivoo’s At-Home UTI Test streamlines the diagnostic process for UTIs, which affect an […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Vivoo is no exception. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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APRIL 19, 2023

After all, Airbnb is a high-profile example of people turning vacation homes, for example, into revenue generators when they’re not using them. Opendoor alums Justine Palefsky and Tasneem Amina teamed up in 2021 to start a company, Kindred , with the goal of giving people the choice of booking lodging through a unique home-swapping model.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

MoKo Home + Living , a Kenya-based home furniture manufacturer and omnichannel retailer, saw this gap and over several years set out to bridge it through quality and guarantees. The startup says it has grown five-fold over the last three years, and its products are currently in more than 370,000 homes in Kenya.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

The company will first offer a home insurance product. In its home market, Getsafe originally started with a home contents insurance product. On the French market, the company is going to offer an all-in-one home insurance product. It also includes home liability insurance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

But it turns out that it’s possible to manufacture closer to home. You can probably manufacture closer to home than you think by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch You manufacture there, assemble somewhere else, and finally approve and get to market in the United States.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

And now, the startup is moving into an operator role with its latest product, Anyplace Select, which is designed for remote workers and corporate travelers to be able to work from anywhere with furnished apartments that include a “fully equipped” home office. Wi-Fi speed will never be an issue either, as all units have gigabit internet.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A new bankruptcy filing, first reported by CNBC , shows that FTX’s corporate funds were used to purchase homes in the Bahamas among other personal items. The document states that corporate funds of the FTX group were used to purchase homes and other personal items for employees and advisors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Energy prices have been soaring of late, and while Sense’s primary selling point is helping homes lower emissions, if you can manage to cut a few ConEd bills along the way, that’s a win-win in my book. Honestly, it doesn’t bode well for someone who just installed a window air conditioning unit ahead of another climate change-fueled summer.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

If you live in France and you want to add a security system to your home, you don’t have a ton of options. You can contact a home security company like Verisure and Homiris. But, in that case, there won’t be anyone monitoring your home for you. Qiara wants to modernize the good old home security market with live agents.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Atmos , a startup which has built an online marketplace that teams up homebuyers with builders and land developers to design and build custom homes, has emerged from stealth today with $12.5 First, it assists buyers with getting a survey and soil test, and then designing a home based on their individual preferences.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Thumbtack , a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter. Founded in 2016, Setter provides its customers with video home checkups conducted by experts, then offers personalized plans for how to address any issues.

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MAY 8, 2022

During the worst days of the pandemic, when people were stuck at home and starving for some form of entertainment beyond streaming yet another TV series, many turned to DIY home improvement projects. Additionally, it provides services that help users to connect with more than 5,000 home remodeling firms. billion in 2021.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

As companies unveil their new smart home devices at the 2022 CES tech show, underway now in Las Vegas, much of the hype involves Matter , an open-source connectivity standard built around a shared belief that smart home devices should seamlessly integrate with other systems and be secure and reliable.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

With the Purple, Firewalla, which was founded in 2015, is filling a hole in its lineup, which until now included 100 Mbps and 500 Mbps devices for home and small business users with prices ranging from $129 to $199, as well as a $458 3 Gbps+ device for larger businesses. Image Credits: Firewalla.

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JULY 5, 2021

The company operates an e-commerce platform focused on DIY, home improvement and gardening products. and Germany in particular — they are Europe’s two biggest markets for home improvement and gardening. While ManoMano has 7 million clients, sales of home improvement and gardening items still mostly happen in brick-and-mortar stores.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Sitting down to a homemade meal is not always easy, but DishDivvy has come online to make it more of a reality, and at the same time provide home cooks with a way to make money from their creations. and though both of her parents were busy engineers, Torosyan recalls growing up with a home-cooked meal on the table everyday.

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MARCH 18, 2022

Now, buoyed by $12 million in Series A funding, the one-year-old company is expanding into e-commerce to become what co-founder Leo Seigal referred to as “Farfetch for home.”. This new expansion, dubbed Showroom, will launch this summer with over 60 home brands, including Crate and Barrel, Apparatus, Schumacher and Waterworks.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

What’s needed is a simple way for consumers to engage with the issue around how much energy their home needs, how to manage that, and, crucially, how to finance the changes needed. An example of this out of New York is Sealed , a climate tech company that designs, manages, and finances home weatherization and electrification projects.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Equipt is a home medical equipment company; it aims to streamline the process for providers and patients to access medical equipment needed for care. The at-home sleep test offered by Equipt through Helio Sleep. The at-home sleep test offered by Equipt through Helio Sleep. Image Credits: Equipt Health.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

startup that makes it easier for housing developers, architects and construction firms to configure and design modular homes to address the ongoing housing crisis , has raised £10 million ($11.7 Indeed, modular homes are substantively built in controlled, off-site environments, while the assembly-line approach means less material waste.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For Fink, this is his second attempt at a home-centric startup. His previous company, Streem , aimed to build a digital twin of the home by using phone cameras and augmented reality. The idea here was to connect home owners with remote experts. “The home has been left behind while the rest of the world is being digitized.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2023

” Both Caulfield and Dracon made Boston home and started companies in the area. To them, the area’s rich history in deep tech explains why high-tech startups, from biotech to cybersecurity companies, find success in the region. .”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

With the climate increasingly warming, millions of home just in the United States alone are sitting in zones at high risk for wildfires. SF-based Firemaps has a bold vision for rapidly scaling up and solving the problem of home hardening by making a complicated and time-consuming process as simple as possible.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Like many “solopreneurs,” home service professionals have to balance doing the work while also managing a business. In talking with them and home improvement retailers that he previously worked with, he and Kay realized just how much these businesses were relying on pen and paper. Topline Pro co-founders Shannon Kay and Nick Ornitz.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Every home air conditioner comes with a sticker on the side with detailed information about its refrigerant. Could we use AI to invent a new refrigerant that can ‘vaccinate’ today’s home air conditioners from potent greenhouse gas emissions? But home air conditioners remain a gap in this legislation. In 2021, the U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When you live in a home, something always breaks. Puls raises $50 million for in-home technical support. Puls allows users to gain more coverage for most home appliances at a reasonable price. And it can be difficult to know who to call and if you can afford the repairs. That’s where Puls Technologies come in.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

million in seed funding for its “digital one-stop shop” for small businesses and independent contractors, while Puls Technologies raised $15 million for its mobile app connecting tradespeople with on-demand home repair services. This has caused a tailwind for home and commercial services, and multiple players can be here. “The

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The diagnostic market has also made a big shift to at-home, driven by companies like Everlywell , and supplemented by startups all over the world, including Senzo , Healthtracka , TBD Health , Starling Medical and Hormona. Simple HealthKit is operating in a global diabetes diagnostic market expected to reach $42.4

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MARCH 3, 2022

New York-based MyPlace , a social network designed to help friends share their private homes, has raised $5.8 The platform was originally launched in 2019 by entrepreneurs Zach Bell and Rameet Chawla as a way for them to share their private homes with their friends. million in seed funding led by Freestyle Ventures.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Home-cooked food delivery service WoodSpoon is planning an expansion after raising $14 million in Series A funding. They began reaching out to local home chefs in the area and gathered them together in a marketplace where they could share their culture and passion of food with others. billion in 2021, and then reach $192.16

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JULY 14, 2021

The company has been building a marketplace for home care and wellness. The startup originally specialized in hairdressing at home. This isn’t the only marketplace focused on home care and wellness in France. Blisce is leading the funding round with existing investors Serena, ISAI and Frédéric Mazzella also participating.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

As people continue staying home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is introducing a smart home cooking appliance with multiple functions. Yo-Kai Express’ smart home cooking appliance Takumi. But the company is adapting as people stay home.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Regaining the use of affected limbs and capabilities is a long road, but one that can be shortened by intensive rehabilitation efforts — which Neurofenix has shown can take place in the home rather than during frequent trips to the hospital. The Neuroball at rest beside its tablet interface in a person’s home.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Online interior design startup Havenly is acquiring direct-to-consumer home furnishing brand The Inside , the company announced on Thursday. It notes that both brands share a similar mission to make home design an accessible and personalized experience. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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