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Accacia tackles the real estate industry’s massive carbon emissions problem

TechCrunch

The real estate and infrastructure sectors contribute about 40% of global carbon emissions , and part of solving the climate crisis is fixing how those industries work. Accacia gives large property owners a way to track their carbon impact in real-time by integrating with ERPs and property management systems like Yardi.

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Fractional lands $5.5 million to let friends (and strangers) invest in real estate together

TechCrunch

As teammates at buy now, pay later fintech Affirm, Stella Han and Carlos Treviño bonded over their shared background of growing up in real estate families. Fractional , a San Francisco-based startup, wants to make real estate ownership more accessible. Community is the new AI. Or another refuses to upgrade the kitchen?

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Burn, baby, burn. Real estate-focused fintech startups feel the heat

TechCrunch

Higher interest rates mean far fewer purchases and refinances — and lots of business for fintechs operating in the real estate industry. Layoffs in the sector began — and they took place in a range of real estate tech companies, big and small. Low interest rates mean more purchases and refinances.

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ReadySpaces, which offers co-warehousing spaces to corporate customers, secures $20M in debt

TechCrunch

Petrovic posits that co-warehousing lets businesses insure against economic uncertainty and busy periods, such as holidays, by providing affordable, scalable storage for reserve inventory. “There are numerous major shifts in the industrial real estate market happening now due to robust demand and high development costs,” he added.

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Proptech: the disruption of real estate

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Real Estate Technology or Property Technology is often referred to as RE Tech or PropTech. Basically, it is a use of technology in the real estate industry to make transactions more efficient. Software & Scalability. So, what is PropTech? Proptech benefits & opportunities. Virtual reality.

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The ‘art’ of VC startup valuations is a forgery

TechCrunch

At this stage, now a company must prove the new product or service can be turned into a scalable business. In fact, a good analogy for how this works may come from real estate. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist in 1992, I worked as a real estate appraiser. This is why DCF isn’t used to value startups.

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Tangible wants to scale up construction decarbonization

TechCrunch

The real estate industry is a bit of a greenhouse gas powerhouse, responsible for 40% of all global emissions. ” “We’ve been hearing from real estate investors and owners that they’re receiving pressure from investors, upcoming regulation and green building standards to decarbonize their developments.