EC Real Estate and Proptech

AI’s emergence will cut through material use cases in proptech, from search and listings to mortgages, construction and sustainability.

3 proptech investors explain how reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns.

3 VCs talk about which fintech-focused startups have the best shot at survival and the advice they are giving startups in their portfolios.

As U.S. homeownership declines, startups like Landa and Fintor are helping people invest in real estate without much upfront capital.

Neumann and Andreessen are trying to privatize the neighborhood. Here’s why we think that’s not such a great idea.

"It is difficult to find a project manager who is willing to take the risk to implement bleeding-edge tech on their project," said Heinrich Gröller, a partner at Speedinvest.

For those who do care, there is no shortage of confusion on how to best tackle the looming threat of climate change. But what if an answer was lying right in front of us?

Construction crews’ job site knowledge is rich with insights, and technology can convert these insights into process benchmarks to improve performance, validate workers’ skills and plan projects.

Let's chat through Airbnb's quarterly results' highlights and our occasional quibble as we digest a world for technology companies that appears increasingly like the pre-pandemic days.

Selling an asset at a loss is a bad idea in most areas of business, but it is a particularly bad idea in a market where sales cycles are slow, unpredictable and largely out of your control.

“We aren't so easily categorized,” said Better CEO Vishal Garg.

Construction technology users are more like general consumers. This means the technology ideally must be easy to use on the first try and adaptable to a wide variety of job site protocols.

Most buildings are beginning their digital transformation and are looking for ways to bring people back, keep people healthy and create environments where people want to spend time.

Procore is thus being valued like a high-growth, high-margin software company, but it is not one that anticipates a rapid ramp to profitability.

This year, the whole notion of how we work and where we work is going to change yet again.

Let’s discuss IPOs this morning to fully understand where we stand today in the realm of unicorn liquidity.

One of the greatest problems facing the construction industry remains a lack of labor, making automation a necessity for moving forward with ambitious national infrastructure projects.

What is the biggest opportunity for proptech founders? How should they think about competition, strategic investment versus top-tier VC firms, and how to build a board? What about navigating regulatio

With the advent of the pandemic, there’s a historic opportunity to bring the smart city community together and revitalize these urban centers to make them more livable, sustainable and inclusive.

The pandemic made the internet a lifeline for shopping, earning a living and maintaining personal relationships. Now, as lockdowns start to lift, the real estate industry has to figure out what that m