I’m excited to announce GEM Diamond’s newest Biz Intel series: Real Estate Data Intelligence. Our goal is to summarize the top of the funnel for any data needs. Which companies offer various datasets, what format are they offered in, are they able to re-license their…

Third quarter results are in for proptech’s public companies. We’re back at it, with high-level summaries of the ten companies we deem as the most important players in the broader category: Airbnb Blend Labs Compass CoStar eXp World Holdings NewsCorp Opendoor Redfin WeWork Zillow Plus,…

Second quarter results are in for proptech’s public companies. Our last summary of results was Q2 2021. As part of launching our Crystal tier, we’re bringing the earnings radar back. This time, better than ever as an ongoing Biz Intel Series. We’re re-starting with the ten companies…

[Note from editor: We publish a Weekly Transmission for GEM members, a series of long-form articles covering the spectrum from shipping container co-living spaces to the battle for listing acquisition in the first iBuyer world war. Below is this month’s sample Transmission. This month’s essay is…

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 241st Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on February 1st, 2023.] Real estate crowdfunding (aka fractional ownership) has been around for about a decade. During that time, individual…

Geek Estate is all about celebrating entrepreneurship, focused on real estate tech–both residential and commercial. The REACH program, backed by the National Association of Realtors and Second Century Ventures, is a big part of the broader ecosystem. This week, they announced the acceptance of 14 companies to the…

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 242nd Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on February 9th, 2023.] The benefits of customer loyalty are well documented. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that…

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 239th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on January 11th, 2023.] Collectively, the GEM is a diverse community of proptech innovators spanning every role, sector, and geography. While the…

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of our 238th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on January 4th, 2023.] For two straight years our central prediction theme was climate (2021 version). The importance of climate hasn’t lessened in 2023….

[Editor’s Note: Below is the full text of Part I of our 238th Weekly Transmission, originally delivered direct to the inbox of more than 600 GEM members on January 4th, 2023.] It’s 2023, and founders need to be ready to answer a question seemingly nobody…