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It’s no surprise the traditional paradigm of working from the office every day of the week is gone. Fortunately, in 2020, we have tools such as Zoom, Slack, and DocuSign, for example, that allow us to communicate with each other and maintain acceptable productivity levels.
Nine Four Ventures is excited to announce its follow-on investment in SmartRent’s $60M Series C round led by Spark Capital and with participation of Bain Capital Ventures, RET Ventures, Fifth Wall, Energy Impact Partners, and the Amazon Alexa Fund.
As financial impacts of COVID-19 continue to work their way through the global economy, we’re beginning to see separations in how different real estate incumbents are thinking about, and adopting, technology.
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In this post I build upon my previous blog and discuss how the insurance industry can benefit from photogrammetry, computer vision technology
Construction plays a critical role in the US economy. The industry employs millions of workers and involves trillions of dollars every year.
In this post, we review a few of the many ways, PropTech, specifically, can help industry stakeholders optimize operations.
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In the real estate world, anything that would require a person to be on-premise or require physical documents presents an opportunity for substitution.
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Photogrammetry is the science of making measurements from photographs. The inputs are typically 2D photos and the output is typically a 3D map, drawing or model of a real-world object or environment
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For those of us who work in tech, it has become abundantly clear that the time for innovation is now.
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In this post, we’ll discuss some of the businesses that have been positively impacted so far, and some that we believe are slated to see new growth opportunities as the world turns on its head.
In this post, we’ll discuss some of the businesses that have been positively impacted so far, and some that we believe are slated to see new growth opportunities as the world turns on its head.
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The impact of a global pandemic is comprehensive in scale, and despite a government stimulus package, it looks like there is a long road ahead of us.
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SaaS and payments and even lending represent other combinations contributing to the creation of deep activity systems leading to bigger addressable markets, expedited growth and greater differentiation.
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Real Estate is especially known to be a relationship-driven business
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Venture-backed PropTech companies are driving commercial real estate into the digital age with strategies to build so many different products (hardware and software), services, and platforms...
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Institutional construction job sites are incredibly complex projects and have myriad different stakeholders including, but not limited to, architects, designers, general contractors, subcontractors, developers, lenders, inspectors, etc.
We’re taking a new approach to the office furniture industry, selling our line of desks, chairs, and other essentials directly to businesses and saving them thousands of dollars along the way.
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Companies specifically targeted to advance and contribute to how humans live within the built world, can have a tremendous impact on a path to a healthy, fulfilled life.
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Coming into the new decade, one question that is top of mind for many is – what are we going to do about climate change?
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...the PropTech space overall continues its evolution. According to CREtech, 2019 saw ~$30B+ invested in the PropTech space globally, keeping the annual trend of continuous record-breaking years of funding alive.
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Managing invoices, purchase orders and delinquencies across legacy payment channels including ACH, wire, check, etc. is complex and a painful process. But it doesn’t stop there!
Built Technologies, the leading provider of construction finance software, today announced the completion of its agreement to acquire lienwaivers.io, a leading provider of lien waiver management and payment solutions for commercial and residential construction.
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We live in a time where the product and software landscape is overwhelmingly saturated. For consumers, over-stimulation is very real - sorting through a sea of brands to find the ones that resonate, keep their promise, and continuously surprise and delight is almost a task in itself.
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Reflecting on that experience, I noticed that there were things we did as a team that can now be augmented by technology. What was previously winning awards is now likely “table stakes” made possible by some of the technology and software solutions that are out there.
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As 2019 comes to a close, it’s about that time for a slew of end-of-the-year summaries and trend reports. I quite enjoy them! So much so that I thought I’d write our own Nine Four Ventures version for the PropTech space.
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The combination of SaaS and marketplace network effects creates complex activity systems expediting growth, strengthening competitive advantages and expanding addressable markets over time.
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Branch, a digitally native office furniture solution and new Nine Four portfolio company, has entered the market to simplify the process, offering direct-to-business furniture with the guidance, flexibility, and the quality that growing companies require, all at an extremely affordable price.
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...we do envision a world where startups build an agile software backbone that does have a differentiated cost structure and user experience that may unseat incumbent, traditional property managers themselves (the current customers of Yardi and RealPage).
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We're excited to announce our $2.4M seed round, as well as a new brand for our company: Branch. As we look to the future, we wanted to take a few moments to reflect on how we got here.
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Property management is not only a major pain point felt by millions of landlords but also offers a terrific foundational platform from which many future products can naturally grow out of.
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From the short-term rental point of view, the positions that Marriott, Hilton, and other hospitality brands are taking with regards to home-sharing, consistency, and demand, indicate that professionally managed short-term rental companies could be on to something.
Nine Four Ventures and Greenspring Associates also participated in the firm’s latest round, which follows the company’s $12 million Series A earlier this year.
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Data is in the center of business. From tracking buying habits in the retail world to predicting fraud in the banking world, data scientists are figuring out the best ways to extract the most value for their customers and companies.
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Housing supply is constrained, particularly in dense core urban areas across the US. Supply simply cannot keep up with demand.
Stay Alfred, the hospitality startup that pioneered the travel apartment concept in alternative accommodations, hosted its first-ever Pivot partner conference on Sept 25-27.
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Today, companies need to be creative with their business development practices...
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Last week Nine Four Ventures welcomed Sophia Ghadamian to the team.
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Generally speaking, services-focused SMBs in flooring, painting, plumbing, roofing, etc., historically concentrated their efforts within a hyper-local geography to service their immediate local community.
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The conscious effort to make an impact and change the narrative is one in which the millennial generation, and those to follow, feel strongly about.
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We believe that maintaining the status quo as it pertains to technology is not a choice if you want to be successful, and looking forward, we hope to be a catalyst to drive technological change and adoption in the industry.
The Inc. 5000 list represents the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment — its independent small businesses.
Stay Alfred rocked the short-term rental market when it came on the scene in 2011 with its innovative property rental platform geared toward professionals.
ShortTermRentalz spoke to Stay Alfred founder and CEO, Jordan Allen, about the swathe of companies operating under master lease models and the challenges facing platforms in the multifamily industry.
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Technology can not only reduce costs but also increase revenue.
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The introduction of new technologies provide owners and operators an added layer of amenity that once wasn’t available to them.
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Since so many industries collide with the built environment, monitoring the startup landscape can be daunting. To move up the learning curve the fastest, we believe firms new to the space should partner with those that already have the knowledge and networks in PropTech.
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Nine Four Ventures not only appreciates founders taking this approach but also believes many “wedge” opportunities exist in PropTech today across verticals...
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Stay Alfred, the nation’s leading provider of travel apartments, announced today the addition of two new downtown Miami locations, marking the 33rd domestic destination for the company.
Through our vertically integrated structure, as a VC and through our partners that own and operate a variety of real estate asset types, we have a precise understanding of the hardships real estate teams face...
