Last week, the National Association of Realtors and Second Century Ventures announced the 2021 REACH Australia Class. This cohort is the second class based out of Australia. Programs such as REACH are critical to developing a global proptech ecosystem, which Geek Estate is proud to support. Six companies were selected to…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: FBS.] An employee-owned company with 40 years of MLS experience, FBS serves MLS and real estate professionals with a product suite that includes Flexmls, FloPlan, Spark, and Flexmls IDX….

Housing Lab is kicking off its second group of ventures to elevate creative solutions to the housing crisis and promote an equitable recovery from COVID-19. They are looking for solutions that address racial and economic inequities in the housing market Housing Lab offers: A $100,000…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Homebuyer.] Loft’s accounting workflow software tracks real estate commissions and automates fees – allowing agents to spend more time selling and brokerages to spend less time digging through paperwork….

Last week, the National Association of Realtors and Second Century Ventures announced the Inaugural REACH UK Class. REACH UK marks the third international expansion of the REACH Program, with other cohorts based out of Canada and Australia. Geek Estate celebrates entrepreneurship and international innovation focused on real estate technology, and…

Diverse by role, sector, and geography, the GEM is a community of more than 350 proptech founders, execs, VCs, and tech-forward practitioners. A private group of independent thinkers, free from sponsored messages, sales pitches, and noise — our Mantra is simple: Go deep and keep…

We interviewed Justin Fichelson from Avenue 8 in the second real estate tech entrepreneur interview of 2021. Let’s get to it! Who are you and what do you do? I’m the CEO and co-founder of Avenue 8, the only mobile-first real estate brokerage built expressly…

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Homebuyer.] A digital mortgage lender built for first-time home buyers, Homebuyer’s platform includes built-in features like interactive lesson plans for home buyers, comparative loan searching, personalized content, and customizable…

[Note from the editor: Below is a collection of 2021 predictions and trends sourced from members of the GEM. Originally published privately for members a week ago, but we are sharing them more broadly here.  —Drew Meyers] A Look Forward to 2021: De-Carbonization Is King BY…

[Editor’s note: Originally published at Not Boring.] A couple of weeks ago, Fed Novikov, the co-founder of another Not Boring portfolio company that’s using software to streamline the traditionally heavy real estate industry, Apt, told me about a company a friend of his was starting and asked…