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Profitable proptech Place raises $100M at a $1B valuation as Goldman Sachs leads its first round of funding

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Many real estate technology companies are developing technology that is in competition with, or could potentially replace, real estate agents. In a nutshell, Place wants to help real estate salespeople — regardless of what brokerage they are affiliated with — become business owners. and Canada.

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Founders – Pitch to VCs at TC Early Stage

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Prior to 1SV, Ginny led Ventures at Jamestown, a $12Bn real estate private equity firm. She has also worked on real estate technology initiatives at Apple, Fifth Wall Ventures, and Harvard University after starting her career in product design. Tambe, TechCrunch Akin to an in-house VC, Neesha A.

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Arrenda emerges with Adelanta, a financing offering for landlords in Latin America

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Arrenda , a Mexico City-based fintech company, is offering digital financial services to the real estate market of Latin America and closed on $26.5 Joe Merullo, founder and CEO, grew up in Boston and started his first business in real estate at 19 years old. million in a pre-seed round of equity and debt.

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South Korean online secondhand marketplace Danggeun Market raises $162M at a $2.7B valuation

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Danggeun Market, the publisher of South Korea’s hyperlocal community app Karrot, announced it has raised $162 million in a Series D round of funding with a valuation of $2.7 The latest funding officially makes Danggeun Market a unicorn, with $205 million total raised. By the way, Danggeun means carrot in Korean.). Canada and Japan.

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Hiring top startup talent on a budget during the Great Resignation

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To learn more about how founders can optimize the recruiting and hiring process, find and develop talent, and uncover some best practices for closing candidates, I spoke with Glen Evans, a partner on Greylock’s core talent team, at TechCrunch Early Stage. Create a structured, repeatable recruiting process (and keep it simple).

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Retail Zipline raises $30M as it helps retailers adapt to the pandemic

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The round was led by real estate-focused firm Fifth Wall, with partner Dan Wenhold joining the board of directors. The opportunity for Zipline within real estate could lie with organizations whose HQ office must communicate daily with field operations workers, such as more traditional brokers with a geographic focus (e.g.,

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 key hiring metrics, building SDR teams, insurtech investor survey

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The expense involved in recruiting, training and onboarding a new employee who turns out to be a poor fit could be equivalent to 50% of that person’s first-year salary. “You can’t blame the YC companies for leaning into AI,” she writes.

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