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Weekly Radar #364: Violating Customer Trust, Equity To Bitcoin, Private Funding Report - Q2 2025, Proptech Index Up 4.95%
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Weekly Radar #364: Violating Customer Trust, Equity To Bitcoin, Private Funding Report - Q2 2025, Proptech Index Up 4.95%

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Proptech Angel Group released high level Q2’25 stats with Series B rounds leading in dollars and Seed rounds leading in volume, while construction and residential dominated funding activity and hospitality/retail/STR sectors saw steep investor pullback. * Buildium faces backlash for selling renters
6 min read
The Skeleton Keys to Alternative Investments (Transmission #328)
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The Skeleton Keys to Alternative Investments (Transmission #328)

The prospect of democratizing access to real estate investments—once the exclusive domain of wealthy individuals, accredited investors, and family offices—has fueled a wave of fractional investment platforms. But challenges abound. Reaching everyday investors requires expensive marketing, and building trust remains a major challenge to converting interest into actual
3 min read
Weekly Radar #361: Legalities For The Loss, Proptech Index Down 2.69%, Pricing Psychology
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Weekly Radar #361: Legalities For The Loss, Proptech Index Down 2.69%, Pricing Psychology

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * CoStar sued Zillow and others over photo use, continuing a pattern of lawsuits seen as unproductive and anti-innovation. * DocSend’s journey to product-market fit involved embracing counterintuitive pricing strategies and product-led growth, lessons now central to GEM Aventurine’s accelerator philosophy. * The GEM Proptech
5 min read
Weekly Radar #359: The Seasonal Product Release, Tedx Talks On Real Estate Wealth Creation, Proptech Index Up 2.38%
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Weekly Radar #359: The Seasonal Product Release, Tedx Talks On Real Estate Wealth Creation, Proptech Index Up 2.38%

In this Weekly Radar, we cover: * Frank Rohde and Michael Barnes use TEDx talks to advocate for tackling barriers to homeownership and closing the wealth equity gap through innovative housing solutions. * Zillow’s summer product release reflects a strategic shift toward major, Airbnb-style product announcements to stand out in a
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