There’s a real estate tech company based in my hometown Seattle that I’m a longtime fan of. No, I’m not referring to that industry tech titan I formerly worked for. Nor am I referring to a certain billion dollar tech-enabled brokerage, with a red logo….

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Lucas Rotter from Valcre. We’re excited that Lucas is one of our most recent additions to the Geek Estate Mastermind. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CEO and Co-Founder of…

[Note from editor: Originally published on Thomvest’s Blog] We recently published a real estate market map, which includes hundreds of technology companies that are transforming how residential real estate is bought and sold. Today, we’re following that post up with a new market map focused on commercial real estate (the map is…

Responsible for 1% of the 600 billion in office rents every year, it’s no secret coworking is a fast growing industry. That 1% figure is slated to jump to 15-20% by 2020, marking a gigantic shift in the commercial landscape. See my previous post on Industrious for…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Marc Rutzen from Enodo. Without further ado… What do you do? I am the CoFounder and CEO of Enodo, an automated underwriting platform for multifamily real estate. I oversee Enodo’s data science, engineering and business teams to…

In our latest real estate tech founder interview, we’re speaking with Robert Moore, the co-founder/CEO of Workframe. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the Co-Founder and CEO of Workframe, a company I started with Andy Parsons (our CTO) and Matthew Smith (our CPO). We’re…

As you know, Fifth Wall held a portfolio event a couple months ago in Venice. There were three panels held at their office, each covering a category Fifth Wall has made big bets on (the majority of panelists were from portfolio companies): Future of Cities Real Estate-as-a-Service Fintech and…

[Note from editor: originally published on AEC Labs] A recent article in the UK’s Construction News publication (also picked up nationally here in the US by Bisnow) suggests that Amazon is “reinventing” the construction and real estate development markets thanks to its incredible growth, both in the US and abroad….

I continue to be fascinated with autonomous cars and the future Built World they will enable. Continental launched their Bee car concept last year. Though the car and concept video are months old, this is the first time I’ve seen it. For those who want…

Did you know homes can unfold? I didn’t, until seeing the following video the other day. If you’re curious to learn more, look into what Ten Fold Engineering is working on.