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Republic’s metaverse real estate arm spins off, rebrands as Everyrealm

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Over $500 million worth of real estate was sold on the top four metaverse platforms in 2021, data shows. Traditional real estate companies are amongst the many investors flocking to stake their claim on plots of land in virtual worlds like Decentraland and Sandbox.

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Real estate platform Loft raises $425M at a $2.2B valuation in one of Brazil’s largest venture rounds

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Buying and selling residential real estate is a complex business, no matter where you live. But in Brazil, where no MLS exists, the challenge of digitizing real estate is even greater. real estate tech company with the closest model to Loft’s is probably Zillow, according to Pencz.

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Kapacity.io is using AI to drive energy and emissions savings for real estate

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is on a mission to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings by using AI-generated efficiency savings to encourage electrification of commercial real estate — wooing buildings away from reliance on fossil fuels to power their heating and cooling needs. Y Combinator-backed Kapacity.io In the U.K.,

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The Future of Hospitality is Here

Revolution

Image courtesy of Mint House Real estate lies at the core of our everyday lives?—?it Yet, technology adoption within the real estate community as a means to fundamentally disrupt how physical assets behave and how transactions occur was lagging up until the last couple of years.

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SliceSpace’s Katan is Revolutionizing Commercial Real Estate Ownership

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Mory Katan, A veteran JP Morgan team leader and frequent blockchain lecturer at Rowan University with over 10 years of experience in real estate?—?Mory Thank you so much for joining us! The idea dates back a few years and combines a passion for Crypto with a love of real estate.

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A tale of two cities: Bewildered by the city government's continued cluelessness on NYC's innovation scene

This is going to be BIG.

Your VC will now be your real estate agent and your hosting provider? Last month they closed up shop and sold their technology to Amazon, who will be using it in. You could use your PR machine to highlight the best companies if you'd like, too. That's just the way it works. What does that even mean? Never heard of them?

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Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation

TechCrunch

Many of us are moving around these days a lot less than we used to — because of COVID, we’re working from home instead of an office; and we are traveling and going out less. The round is coming from an interesting mix of strategic and financial investors. Placer has confirmed that the round values it at $1 billion.