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Real estate CIOs drive deals with data

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The residential real estate industry may not be perceived to be as digitally aggressive as Wall Street titans and multinational manufacturing conglomerates. As for Keller Williams, Chief Technology and Digital Officer Chris Cox sees the cloud as an engine for innovation. “We minutes from the moment the property is listed.

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Real estate investing giant Fundrise breaks into venture capital

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Fundrise , a company that allows anyone to invest in real estate with a minimum investment of just $10, is making a splashy entry into the venture capital market with the goal of raising a new $1 billion growth equity fund to invest in late-stage tech startups, it announced today. Fundrise manages over $2.8 Fundrise manages over $2.8

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South Africa’s Flow gets funding to automate social media advertising for real estate agencies

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South African startup Flow wants to change how real estate agencies, developers and agents interact with their end customers. With its APIs, Flow connects to the websites of estate agencies and property developers and automates advertising for them on social media channels like Instagram and Facebook.

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Vontive wants to be the Palantir of real estate investing

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residential real estate market has been booming because of the pandemic. Vontive , an embedded mortgage platform for investment real estate that just came out of stealth, is trying to streamline some of those processes by helping mortgage lenders upgrade their tech. housing crisis.

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JLL, Khosla lead Jones’ $12.5M Series A for real estate vendor compliance

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Commercial real estate tenants and property managers have to abide by strict liability rules that any vendor entering the property must have insurance certificates and meet other requirements. Its technology can process an insurance certificate in less than an hour and reduce the overall vendor approval time to 2.5 Enter Jones.

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Groundfloor steps up its real estate debt crowdfunding platform with fresh capital

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Groundfloor , the first real estate crowdfunding platform to gain regulatory approval, announced today that it raised its first round of institutional capital since 2015. Groundfloor’s platform offers investments in real estate debt to its 150,000+ users, with a minimum investment of $10. in convertible notes.

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Singapore-based Propseller uses data to take the hassle out of real estate transactions

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Headquartered in Singapore, proptech startup Propseller is on a mission to make real estate transactions more efficient and data-driven for sellers and buyers alike. Jorge became interested in real estate while growing up in Nice, France. Propseller’s team.