Cove.Tool wants to solve climate change one efficient building at a time

As the fight against climate change heats up, Cove.Tool is looking to help tackle carbon emissions one building at a time. The Atlanta-based startup provides an automated big-data platform that helps architects, engineers and contractors identify the most cost-effective ways to make buildings compliant with energy efficiency requirements. After raising an initial round earlier this […] Continue reading Cove.Tool wants to solve climate change one efficient building at a time

“Rent tech” focused RET closes first fund; pours $5M into management platform SmartRent

Today, Real Estate Technology Ventures (RET) Ventures announced the final close of $108 million for its first fund.  RET focuses on early-stage investments in companies that are primarily looking to disrupt the North American multifamily rental industry, with the firm boasting a roster of LPs made up of some of the largest property owners and […] Continue reading “Rent tech” focused RET closes first fund; pours $5M into management platform SmartRent

Beware the Homeless Homebuyer Real Estate Scam!

Security professionals are warning users who are or soon will be engaged in real estate transactions to watch out for the “homeless homebuyer” scam. On 10 September, Verdict built upon its coverage of account takeover attacks found in its t… Continue reading Beware the Homeless Homebuyer Real Estate Scam!

Don’t Let Real Estate Scams Crush Your Dreams of Home Ownership!

Fraudsters are increasingly targeting potential home buyers and real estate professionals with wire fraud schemes and phishing scams. In May 2017, the FBI revealed that the identified exposed losses resulting from business email compromise (BEC) scams increased by 2,370 percent between January 2015 and December 2016. Those scams preyed on organizations in all 50 states […]… Read More

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Rocketspace and Alchemist accelerator partner up to go international

Rocketspace in San Francisco. The accelerator and seed-stage fund for business to business startups, Alchemist Accelerator, and the curated co-working community called Rocketspace, have partnered up in a way that should help both expand their influence beyond the San Francisco Bay Area.
According to Alchemist managing partner Ravi Belani, startups admitted to the next cohort of the accelerator will work together in… Read More Continue reading Rocketspace and Alchemist accelerator partner up to go international