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 Index decreased 2.69% from the previous week.

Geek Estate’s Proptech Getaway, an intimate (founders and C-suite) retreat for the brightest minds in proptech, is back for the 3rd year running…taking place in beautiful Central Oregon at Juniper Preserve April 28-30th, 2026. An exclusive gathering for GEM Diamond members. Are you coming?

Latest from Geek Estate Blog:

2025 REACH Commercial Scale-Up Cohort Announced

The REACH Commercial program, backed by the National Association of Realtors and Second Century Ventures, announced the companies selected for its 2025 Commercial Scale-Up program: 1031 Specialists: Specialists that facilitate 1031 exchanges nationwide, helping clients defer capital gains taxes through compliant, efficient, and managed real…

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Full Blueprint Agenda is Now Live

GEM is a proud partner of Blueprint Vegas 2025, a global gathering of industry leaders, real estate, and construction tech startups--as well as VCs changing the built world. Join us September 16th - 18th, 2025 and save $300 off the on-site price ($500 off the…

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Protecting Agents from First Contact to Close

[Note from editor: The “Mastermind Showcase” highlights companies and news from members of GEM Diamond. Today’s showcase: Tether RE] A safety and productivity platform for real estate professionals, Tether RE’s mobile app offers 24/7 live monitoring, discreet SOS alerts, and automatic struggle or impact detection…

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Transmission Recap:

Most recently, Drew Meyers argued that ❇️financial institutions are the required go to market channel for alternative real estate investment platforms to reach the mainstream❇️. Before that, Heather Harmon explored the growing real estate wellness movement recognizing that buildings play a critical role in human health, productivity, and well-being.

BIZ INTEL

PROPTECH INDEX WEEKLY
By: Community Relations

Consisting of 26 stocks, the GEM Proptech Index had a combined market cap of $257.977B, a decrease of  2.69% from the previous week.

GEM DIAMOND MEMBER NEWS

• Thriver partnered with Propexo. – Remen Okoruwa 
• Listen to Kenon Chen on the Housing Insiders podcast. 
• Redfin integrated CubiCasa floor plans into their enhanced home search. – Jeff Allen, Kenon Chen, and Amanda Governale 
• Listen to Eleni Sommerschield on the Proptech Espresso Podcast with Mark Hurst.   
• Courted announced partnership with Epique Realty. – Sean Soderstrom 
• Anywhere announced a enterprise deal with Canva.-- Grant Devine 
• Chris Heller and Heller the Home Seller team moved to eXp Realty.

REAL ESTATE

LEGALITIES FOR THE LOSS
By: Drew Meyers 

CoStar sued Zillow for "systematic infringement of [nearly 46,000 of] CoStar’s copyrighted photographs,” according to Inman. Claiming many photos "still have the CoStar watermark and have been displayed more than 250,000 times on Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com rental listings," the suit was filed in New York federal court.