Real Estate – Karma

Risk Management Takes New Sense of Urgency as Climate-Driven Disasters Boost Property Threats

Margot Habiby — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:00:12 +0000

The number of natural disasters has been increasing for decades, but lately, driven by climate change, managing that risk has become a serious concern for investors. Scores of art treasures at the Getty Center in Los Angeles were literally in the line of fire last month as a blaze forced the renowned museum to close […]

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Israel’s Vayyar, Whose Sensors ‘See’ Through Walls, Lands Another Big Funding Round

Scarlett Kuang — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:11:38 +0000

Vayyar Imaging, whose sensors are used in breast cancer detection, robotic arms and on retail shelves, lined up another round of funds from heavy-hitting investors as it seeks to develop its “4D” radar imaging technology. The Israeli company raised $109 million from investors including Koch Disruptive Technologies, the investment subsidiary of global conglomerate Koch Industries. […]

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5G’s Highs and Lows — Faster Speeds, Fatter Pipelines, and More Crime

Marine Cole — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:12:56 +0000

The rapidly developing 5G cellular network promises to revolutionize the Internet of Things ecosystem, including how it impacts smart devices in cars and banking. But it’s not all good. Those same advances that are boosting network capacity will expand opportunities for cybercrime, a recent report found. The report found that the IoT coupled with 5G […]

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Investors Betting on “Ethical” Data Mining in Amid Rising Privacy Worries

Scarlett Kuang — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:25:47 +0000

As data mining expands, so too, do users’ concerns over how to keep their data from falling into the hands of the wrong people. While the public has been concerned about tech giants like Facebook collecting personal data, investors and companies at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal were eyeing technologies that promise to mine […]

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SoftBank Curbs Excesses of Startup Founders After WeWork Debacle

Mark Shenk — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:27:13 +0000

SoftBank tightened the reins to curb the excesses of startup founders after the spectacular, multi-billion dollar failure of WeWork forced the tech investor to take huge losses and take a hard look at its mistakes. The Japanese bank outlined stricter guidelines and standards regarding dual-class share structures on Wednesday after reporting its first quarterly loss […]

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Shape Security: How This Unicorn Is Leveraging AI to Tackle Cybersecurity Crimes

Anastasia Ustinova — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:53:47 +0000

Key Takeaway: Shape Security, which became a unicorn last month after raising $183 million to date, has developed an AI-powered engine that helps distinguish humans from bots and protects businesses from an increasing threat of cyberattacks. It is now one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S. When Chipotle customers across the country complained this […]

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Opportunity Zones: Developers Cheer While Residents Brace For Change

Ambreen Ali — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 22:03:33 +0000

From the window of the small Italian café called Coffee Break on Main Street in Hackensack, New Jersey, Dominic Daniele has had a front-row seat to the changing fortunes, not all for the better, of his New Jersey hometown. At the same time, cranes and construction cones are visible from the café, signs that yet […]

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What Coworking Rivals Can Learn from WeWork’s Stumbles

Daria Solovieva — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 21:58:38 +0000

With intensified investor and media criticism ahead of the IPO of We Company, one of the world’s biggest remote office startups, the coworking model is facing the toughest scrutiny to date. Can We Company manage to be a sustainable and profitable company in the long haul? Can it survive a recession? And what does the […]

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Coworking Unicorn Knotel Raises $400 Million As We Co. Rivalry Heats Up

Keshav Pandya — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:52:25 +0000

Coworking company Knotel announced on August 21 it raised $400 million, as the number of startups looking to disrupt We Co.’s leadership position grows. We Co.’s recent IPO filing generated a wave scrutiny and criticism over financial losses and its corporate culture. This opened an opportunity for rivals to differentiate themselves from WeWork, which has […]

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Fifth Wall Closes $503 Million VC Fund As “Proptech” Demand Soars

Scarlett Kuang — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:28:39 +0000

California-based VC firm Fifth Wall closed what it says is the largest real estate venture capital fund ever, as investors bet on soaring demand for so-called proptech, or technology such as robotic security guards used in the real estate industry. Fifth Wall pulled together 50 investors from around the world to raise $503 million, and the company […]

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