LeFrak

Gov. Murphy, Mayor Fulop Richard LeFrak & Regional Leaders Gathering May 22nd at The Jersey City Summit for Real Estate Investment 8th

Retrieved on: 
Friday, April 21, 2023
BRP, Opus Media Partners, Developer, Most, Partnership, MC, Toll Brothers, Northern New Jersey Council, Jeffrey Gural, Marketing, Goldman Sachs, Real estate investing, BentallGreenOak, City, Newport Tower, PlaceMakers, Kushner Real Estate Group, Kushner Companies, Perkins Eastman, Summit, Alternative Investment Market, Real estate, The Real Deal, LeFrak, Finance, Amenity

JERSEY CITY, N.J. & NEW YORK, April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of the region's leading investors, owners & developers to speak once again at The Jersey City Summit for Real Estate Investment. The 8th annual leadership gathering will be taking place on May 22nd, 2023 and is hosted in partnership with BentallGreenOak for a second year at their waterfront trophy office building - Newport Tower.

Key Points: 
  • 1000 Plus of the Tri-State Real Estate Principals, Placemakers & Developers to Gather in 1 Month to Discuss Jersey City and the Tri-State Real Estate & Investment Market.
  • JERSEY CITY, N.J. & NEW YORK, April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Many of the region's leading investors, owners & developers to speak once again at The Jersey City Summit for Real Estate Investment.
  • The gathering has become one of the region's must-attend institutional real estate investment conferences.
  • We are thrilled to see so many of Manhattan's largest real estate players/families announce major projects here in Jersey City.

Spherexx CRM "ILoveLeasing" Launches Leasing Automation

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Well, Automation, MRI, RealPage, Accounting, LeFrak, Artificial intelligence, Multimedia, Property management, Marketing

TULSA, Okla., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spherexx CRM users received a complimentary upgrade this month inside their ILoveLeasing subscriptions. The lead management and analytics program launched in 2006 and has been serving multi-family industry clients since with regularly enhanced attributes.

Key Points: 
  • TULSA, Okla., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spherexx CRM users received a complimentary upgrade this month inside their ILoveLeasing subscriptions.
  • Spherexx leasing automation introduces a robust functionality that reduces leasing staff work hours and increases closing rates.
  • "Since the introduction of ILoveLeasing Automation platform, we noticed major improvements in our leasing workflows.
  • Spherexx CRM technology solves staffing reduction problems by intelligently interacting with prospective residents while leasing personnel perform management duties.

Get Covered Brings Total Funding to $14.5 million to Accelerate Growth

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
COI, Series, Insurance, Property, State Farm, LeFrak, Policy, Science and technology in Asia

NEW YORK , Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Get Covered, a leading insurance technology provider for multifamily operators, managers, residents and distribution partners, today announced it has raised $14.5 million in total funding after closing a recent investment round. RET Ventures, State Farm Ventures®, WISE Ventures and LeFrak participated in the round.

Key Points: 
  • A year after Get Covered's Series A fund raise, Get Covered has announced the closing of its Series A-2 $6 million round.
  • The new funding will empower Get Covered to innovate new products, increase staffing and grow partnerships with insurance carriers, agencies and proptech companies.
  • "Insurance is a fundamental component of renting for residents, owners, operators and property management teams," said Brandon Tobman, CEO of Get Covered.
  • Get Covered ensures that residents are covered with the community's minimum required policy and tracks insurance policies throughout the lease term.

Runwise Raises $19M in Series A funding Led by Fifth Wall

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, REIT, Professional Services, Other Energy, Green Technology, Alternative Energy, Environment, Energy, Finance, Sustainability, Cushman & Wakefield, The Related Companies, Starwood Capital Group, Growth, City, Marriott International, Stryker, Industry, Kimco Realty, Host Hotels & Resorts, BNP Paribas Real Estate, MGM Resorts International, Efficiency, Cannon, Lewis Rudin, Wall, Partner, CEO, Climate, CBRE, Blackstone, LeFrak, Equity Residential, Initialized Capital, Technology, Lowe's, Excessive heat watch, Carbon, SOJA, Software, Toll Brothers, Renewable energy, Lennar Corporation, Parker Hannifin

Were thrilled to support Runwise and its goal of reducing carbon emissions produced by outdated building technology, said Greg Smithies , Partner & Co-Head of Climate Tech at Fifth Wall.

Key Points: 
  • Were thrilled to support Runwise and its goal of reducing carbon emissions produced by outdated building technology, said Greg Smithies , Partner & Co-Head of Climate Tech at Fifth Wall.
  • About Runwise: Runwise , formerly known as Heat Watch, is one of the nation's leading building control services.
  • About Fifth Wall: Founded in 2016, Fifth Wall, a Certified B Corporation, is the largest venture capital firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry.
  • For more information about Fifth Wall, its limited partners and portfolio, visit www.fifthwall.com .

Construction Procurement Platform Agora Announces Rebrand to Kojo, Expands into All Major Trades

Retrieved on: 
Monday, May 23, 2022
Multimedia, Investment, RFQ, SAN, Building material, LeFrak, Solution, Tiger Global Management, Construction, Request for quote, CEO, Video game, Agora

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- K ojo the construction industry's leading procurement platform, formerly known as Agora today announced its new name and expansion of its platform to every major trade, including mechanical, concrete, drywall, roofing, flooring, and self-perform general contractors.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- K ojo the construction industry's leading procurement platform, formerly known as Agora today announced its new name and expansion of its platform to every major trade, including mechanical, concrete, drywall, roofing, flooring, and self-perform general contractors.
  • "The construction industry has been overlooked by tech for too long.
  • By expanding Kojo's solutions to every major construction trade, we can now help even more contractors solve problems that are critical to their businesses," said Maria Rioumine, co-founder and CEO of Kojo.
  • Kojo is the leading materials procurement platform for trade and self-perform contractors across the country.

Vontive Launches with $135 Million in New Funding to Transform Real Estate Investing

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Finance, Other Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Professional Services, Construction & Property, Building Systems, Software, Internet, REIT, Landscape, Data Management, Interior Design, GMV, Sale, Growth, Multimedia, Vijaykumar, Risk management, CEO, Â, McKinney, Texas, Technology, Knowledge, Founders Fund, Freddie Mac, LeFrak, Series, Credit union, Education, Social media, Real estate, Financial services, Bank, Colchis, Goldcrest

With Vontive, any bank, credit union, property technology company, or B2C brand serving real estate investors can now launch its own investment-property mortgage business in less than a week.

Key Points: 
  • With Vontive, any bank, credit union, property technology company, or B2C brand serving real estate investors can now launch its own investment-property mortgage business in less than a week.
  • Since its founding, Vontive has quietly built out its platform and scaled its customer base while operating largely in stealth mode.
  • The Vontive platform enables any business to easily provide quality mortgages that create liquidity for real estate investors.
  • Founded by credit industry and technology veterans, Vontive has created the first embedded mortgage platform for investment real estate.

Daybase Announces Nearly $10M in Seed Funding for First-Ever National Hybrid Work Platform

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, March 3, 2022
People, Harry's, Ecosystem, Silicon, Robin Hood, Good Friends, LeFrak, Solution, Architecture, Washington Street, Workplace, Howard Milstein, Company, Blue Bottle Coffee, Technology, Management, Retail

"Hybrid work is an enormous new frontier forcing sudden changes fornearlyevery company andmillions of workers- and their families - worldwide.

Key Points: 
  • "Hybrid work is an enormous new frontier forcing sudden changes fornearlyevery company andmillions of workers- and their families - worldwide.
  • As investors in both consumer brands and a number of tools for remote work,we'reexcited to back more founders defining the hybrid future.
  • Today, we are very proud to support Daybase in developing the next logical step in the evolution of work."
  • Daybase also is a federally registered and approved franchisor, providing the opportunity for local entrepreneurs to own their own hybrid work location through the Daybase platform.

80% of American Parents Worry About Childrens' Online Privacy, but Only 48% Monitor Activity Regularly

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Online, Data collection, Research, Trust, MRC, Compliance, Privacy, SVP, Filtration, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, CTV, Solution, Connections (TV series), Mobile advertising, Parental consent, COPPA, 2016 State of the Union Address, Advertising, PALO, Time, Public policy, GPS, CEO, Parent, The Harris Poll, Smart TV, Probability, LeFrak, Connected, Mobile phone, Google, Apple, Child

Despite those numbers, 80% of parents say they worry about their children's privacy when using those apps, with 73% saying they're concerned about their children's location being tracked.

Key Points: 
  • Despite those numbers, 80% of parents say they worry about their children's privacy when using those apps, with 73% saying they're concerned about their children's location being tracked.
  • "Pixalate's research shows there are nearly 400,000 child-directed apps in the Google and Apple app stores, about 40% of which collect sensitive data like geolocation.
  • These poll results beg the question of whether the app operators are doing this with parental consent as required by COPPA."
  • This online survey is not based on a probability sample, and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.

Arrived Raises $100M In New Credit Financing Program Led by Certain Lending to Provide Access to Rental Home Investing

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Palantir Technologies, Ownership, XYZ, Time, Entrepreneurship, SEC, CEO, Freddie Mac, Software, Multimedia, Maintenance, Financial technology, Partnership, LeFrak, Founders Fund, Property management, Renting, Goldcrest, Arrival (company)

The company's approach is an alternative to traditional single-family rental investment products that consist of bundled properties and high minimum investment requirements.

Key Points: 
  • The company's approach is an alternative to traditional single-family rental investment products that consist of bundled properties and high minimum investment requirements.
  • Our partnership with Certain Lending will allow us to scale and make real estate investing possible for all."
  • Arrived Homes is a Seattle-based real estate investing platform that makes ownership of rental properties possible for anyone and everyone.
  • With Certain Lending, real estate investors get tailored financing offers in one place and close loans in days, not weeks.

VERO Announces New Senior Hires To Lead Tech, Marketing

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 2, 2021
LeFrak, Engineering, SVP, Architecture, Industry, Soura, Srinagar, Workflow, Quarter, History, Financial services, Kramer, Citigroup, View, Blend, NAV, Senior, CEO, Multimedia, RealPage, Acquisition, American Express, Business development, Management, Lease

NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VERO , the modern leasing infrastructure for owners and renters, today announced the appointment of two new strategic hires to lead the company's engineering and marketing functions.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VERO , the modern leasing infrastructure for owners and renters, today announced the appointment of two new strategic hires to lead the company's engineering and marketing functions.
  • These hires join the company at a time of incredible growth, following the Series A fundraise as announced in June 2021.
  • Soura brings to VERO vast industry expertise leading scalable architecture platforms at Blend and Better Mortgage.
  • Emily Kramerjoins VERO as Senior Vice President of Marketing, overseeing VERO's external branding efforts, sales generation, and customer feedback loops.