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Modern, Data-Supported Presentations

Modern, Data-Supported Presentations

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: HighNote.] HighNote gives agents a platform to create and send presentations, offers, and other resources to clients using a single trackable link. The software delivers assets in a single…

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A New Podcast Collaboration: The Blueprint Sessions

A New Podcast Collaboration: The Blueprint Sessions

Avid readers Rob Hahn already know that we’ve been working on a new collaboration: The Blueprint Sessions, a podcast for exceptional founders of exceptional startups that are disrupting the real estate industry. This initiative stems from our desire to answer two key questions: Who are the…

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Buy, Rent, or Review Australian Real Estate

Buy, Rent, or Review Australian Real Estate

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Homely.] An online Australian real estate marketplace with hundreds of thousands of active listings, Homely is used by more than 60,000 agents and property managers. The company maintains partnerships…

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2021 REACH Australia Class Announced

2021 REACH Australia Class Announced

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…

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Terner Housing Innovation Lab Launches Nationwide Search for Early-Stage Housing Affordability Innovators

Terner Housing Innovation Lab Launches Nationwide Search for Early-Stage Housing Affordability Innovators

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…

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Inaugural REACH UK Class Announced

Inaugural REACH UK Class Announced

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…

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State of the GEM 2021

State of the GEM 2021

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…

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Showing Verified Rental Listings On Demand

Showing Verified Rental Listings On Demand

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: RentZap.] A lister of rental homes in the Phoenix area, RentZap enables home seekers to view professionally verified homes with on-demand showings available 7:30am to 6:30pm, any day of…

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An affordable, sustainable solution to unsheltered homelessness

An affordable, sustainable solution to unsheltered homelessness

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of the GEM. Today’s showcase: Pallet.] Pallet builds durable, portable, and affordable shelters for the more than half a million people facing homelessness across the U.S. They offer a 64 square foot version starting…

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Outfit: Not Boring Investment Memo

Outfit: Not Boring Investment Memo

[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…

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