CREtech Briefs June 1, 2022 - cove Raises Funding to Support the Growth, Blackstone Installs New CEO, COO At EQ Office +More
Today's Headlines
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NEWS | EQ Office
cove Raises Funding to Support the Growth of its Integrated Tenant Experience and Building OS Platform
cove Raises Funding to Support the Growth of its Integrated Tenant Experience and Building OS Platform Blackstone Innovations Investments leads round which underscores continued investment in the future of work and supports cove as a new Proptech category leader WASHINGTON D.C., May 25, 2022 – cove, a technology solution
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NEWS | PR Newswire
BuildOps Raises $43 Million in Series A Funding to Revolutionize Commercial Contracting
BuildOps, the only all-in-one management software built specifically for the modern commercial contractor, today announced $43 million in Series A funding, led by Next47, a global venture capital firm backed by Siemens specializing in building category defining B2B technology businesses, to further augment their growth as the market
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NEWS | Wayleadr
Wayleadr and MapsPeople team up to achieve a sustainable commute with digitized car lot management
Anyone who’s used to daily car commutes has at one point or another met the challenges of finding an available parking space after arriving at a car lot. And besides being time consuming and frustrating, the last mile of the commute especially contributes to greenhouse
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NEWS | Amro Partners
Ami Kotecha talks decarbonisation strategy with CREtech London
Joined by Richard Hamilton-Grey (Head of Sustainability, Europe & Asia Pacific, Nuveen), Carl Brooks (Head of Sustainability, CBRE), Andres Guzman (Head of ESG, Europe, Tishman Speyer) and panel moderator Sophie Chick (VP, Research & Advisory Service, Urban Land Institute), Ami emphasised the need for the
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NEWS | EGI
Property must stop preaching to the converted about climate change
In many ways, CREtech’s first climate conference was wasted on its attendees. As a statement devoid of context, I appreciate that this sounds harsh. But I am confident that most, if not all, of the 125 delegates who joined forces for the event in Copenhagen
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NEWS | Axios
1 big thing: Robot stores-on-wheels are making inroads
Robot vending machines may be coming soon to a mall, airport or theme park near you, Jennifer A. Kingson writes. Why it matters: While mobile robots may eventually help solve the last-mile home delivery problem, they may first prove their worth as cute onsite sales representatives — earning
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NEWS | Bisnow
Blackstone Installs New CEO, COO At EQ Office
Blackstone portfolio company EQ Office just announced a pair of key C-suite appointments, naming two executives most recently with Hudson Pacific Properties as the office owner's new CEO and chief operating officer.
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NEWS | Crunchbase
Under The Hood: Qualcomm Ventures Looks To 5G, IoT And Metaverse To Grow Ecosystem
In March, Qualcomm Ventures and its parent, Qualcomm, announced its new $100 million Snapdragon Metaverse Fund to invest in immersive experiences involving augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies as they relate to the metaverse.
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NEWS | Forbes
Good Proptech Tools Should Serve Revenue—Not Hype
Real estate's juggernaut has put proptech front and center. With both single-family home prices and apartment rents surging during the pandemic, a record $32 billion flooded this niche technology sector last year, a 28% increase from 2020, according to the Center for Real Estate Technology & Innovation.
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NEWS | TechCrunch
Bowery opens largest vertical farm to date in Pennsylvania
When I wrote my big TC1 on Bowery Farming late last year, there was a lot of talk of the company’s third commercial farming site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Today the facility finally comes online after a big press unveiling. The New Jersey–based vertical farming startup says
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