Dear MetaProp Community,
Applications for the 2021 MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University are open and well underway!
<<ZACH AARONS HAS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU>>
Our 22-week accelerator program is the global gold standard for PropTech startup acceleration, and we couldn’t be more excited to accelerate the next cohort building the future of Real Estate innovation.
If you are a PropTech entrepreneur looking to raise money and supercharge market penetration, or you know someone who is, complete an application today! Applications will be accepted through July 30, 2021.
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LAST CALL!
Are you a Startup CEO or an Investor interested in participating in the Mid-Year 2021 Global PropTech Confidence Index? If so, send us your information to ensure that you receive our survey and a copy of this major thought leadership report.
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The Global PropTech Confidence Index is a barometer of the health of the real estate technology market from the perspective of PropTech CEOs and Investors. The report has been covered extensively by the media, including Bloomberg, KBW, IREI, PlaceTech, Estates Gazette, and Inman.
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 Jones Closes $12.5M Series A for Real Estate Vendor Compliance
Jones recently announced its $12.5M Series A led by JLL Spark and Khosla Ventures. Strategic players include Rudin Management, DivcoWest and Sage Realty Corporation also joined the round. Read More.
Morty Raises $25M Series B Funding
Morty closed $25M in its Series B fundraise, bringing total investment to date to $38.4M. March Capital led the round with participation from existing investors and new investor Rethink Impact. Read More.
Abodu Raises $20M to Build Prefabricated Backyard Homes
Abodu, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Previous backer Initialized Capital also participated in the financing, along with Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, former Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs, GGV investor Hans Tung and Paradox Capital’s Kyle Tibbitts. Read More.
Serena Williams invests In Rent-Reporting FinTech Esusu
Serena Williams is investing an undisclosed amount in Esusu, a fintech start-up that allows renters to build and improve credit by reporting their rent payments to credit bureaus. Read More.
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Occupier is Named a Top 50 Seed Stage Company to Work For
This Top 50 list is an homage to the creators, makers, and shakers who are solving meaningful problems and doing it with deep regard for people and culture. While these 50 companies raised $230M+ in seed funding from some of the globe’s most high-profile investors, with a median valuation of $18M, this list was not determined solely by funding or revenue. Read More.
WhyHotel Announces Partnership With Alpha'a To Bring Locally Sourced Artwork To Pop-Up Hotels
WhyHotel, a hospitality platform and operator, today announced its partnership with Alpha'a, an online, community-oriented platform offering tailor-made art collections for businesses across several industries including hospitality, technology, and interior design, to curate artwork collections across WhyHotel's portfolio of existing and future pop-up hotel locations. Read More.
Zoom is Buying Cloud Contact Center Provider Five9 For $14.7B
Zoom announced on Sunday that it’s buying Five9, a provider of cloud contact center software, in an all-stock transaction valuing the company at $14.7 billion. The deal marks Zoom’s first billion-dollar acquisition and comes as the company prepares for a post-pandemic world with employees returning to the office. Read More.
STAY OPEN Opens 1st POD Co-Living Property In Venice, CA
The Los Angeles-based startup transforming unused commercial space into affordable, socially engaging POD hotels and co-living properties, has announced the opening of the brand’s first property, an oceanfront Frank Gehry-designed space in Venice, California which will offer its “Sleep As A Service” platform to residential stays of one month or longer. Read More.
Zebra Technologies To Acquire Fetch Robotics
Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA) agreed to buy Fetch Robotics, a San Jose, Calif.-based on-demand automation company, for $290 million in cash. Fetch had raised nearly $100 million from firms like Zebra, SoftBank, Fort Ross Ventures and Redwood Technologies Group. Read More.
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The Evolution and Innovation of Affordable Housing' Webinar
This webinar titled "The Evolution and Innovation of Affordable Housing" and hosted by LMRE & MetaProp touches on socioeconomic trends the panelists have seen and their approach to them, in addition to the various methods that technology may assist with affordable housing. Watch here.
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Account Executive
This role will need to source approximately 50% of their own leads as well as pursue leads that are generated from marketing and the SDR team. The Account Executive will need to professionally represent Join while working with estimators, precon managers, VP’s of Estimating, and C-Level executives to close deals. For more, click here.
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Business Insights Analyst
Spruce is looking for an Analyst to report to the Director of Analytics. The ideal candidate will have experience measuring and visualizing a variety of business areas and will thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. As a part of the Analytics team, you will help each department within Spruce to be its most effective by creating visibility and informing decisions about the business. . For more, click here.
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Machine Learning Engineer
We are open to Machine Learning Engineers with any experience level who can build machine learning models to extract semantics from data and infer relationships across different systems. They will need to deploy, monitor, and improve the machine learning models and participate in development life cycles while working with other engineers and analyze customer requirements.. For more, click here.
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For other hot positions in PropTech visit MetaProp's portfolio job board.
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July 27 - July 29th, 2021 | Virtual
IGNITE Series
The industry is moving fast - you don’t want to miss this must-attend event as leading change makers share exclusive intel on the trailblazing advancements that are forever changing the commercial real estate landscape. Register here!
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October 4-6, 2021 | Mandalay Bay | Las Vegas
Blueprint 2021
Registration is now open for Blueprint's inaugural real estate technology conference with special discounts available to the MetaProp community. Register here!
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