Real Estate Tech

The latest in real estate tech news, analysis, and more. TechCrunch covers the technology, startups, and founders building the future of real estate technology.

Startups

Once valued at over $2B, rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes is selling to Brookfield for about $1 billion
Mary Ann Azevedo

Jan 22, 2025
Startups

Agora raises $34M Series B to keep building the Carta for real estate
Marina Temkin

May 16, 2024

Startups

Backflip raises $15 million to help real estate investors flip houses
Mary Ann Azevedo

Apr 29, 2024
Startups

Virtual Staging AI helps Realtors digitally furnish rooms within seconds
Aisha Malik

Feb 23, 2024
Fintech

Opendoor co-founder Eric Wu is stepping down to return to his startup roots
Mary Ann Azevedo

Dec 15, 2023
AI

Pitch Deck Teardown: Fifth Dimension AI’s $2.8M seed deck
Haje Jan Kamps

Nov 17, 2023

Featured

Divvy Homes goes from $2B valuation to third round of layoffs in a year
Mary Ann Azevedo

Sep 11, 2023
Fintech

Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain how finance-focused proptech startups can survive the downturn
Mary Ann Azevedo

Nov 2, 2022
Fintech

Opendoor lays off about 550 employees, or 18% of its workforce
Mary Ann Azevedo

Nov 2, 2022
Commerce

Clear Capital lays off 27% of its global staff
Andrew Mendez

Oct 14, 2022

Startups

Burn baby burn. Real estate-focused fintech startups feel the heat
Mary Ann Azevedo

Aug 28, 2022
Startups

Real estate tech startup Reali to shut down after raising $100M one year ago
Mary Ann Azevedo

Aug 25, 2022
Venture

Kleiner Perkins leads $30M raise for Zumper to meet flexible, short-term rental demand
Mary Ann Azevedo

Aug 25, 2022
Crypto

Crypto, where the fallen seek a fresh start
Anita Ramaswamy

Jacquelyn Melinek

Lucas Matney

Aug 21, 2022 20 Min

Startups

Mudafy raises $10M in Founders Fund-led Series A to fix LatAm’s ‘broken’ real estate process
Mary Ann Azevedo

Aug 2, 2022
Fintech

FTC slams Opendoor with $62M settlement over false advertising claims
Mary Ann Azevedo

Aug 1, 2022
Startups

Amid real estate tech industry layoffs, HomeLight raises $60M and acquires lending startup Accept.inc
Mary Ann Azevedo

Jun 16, 2022
Startups

Forerunner, Bezos back Arrived, a startup that lets you buy into single-family rentals for ‘as little as $100’
Mary Ann Azevedo

May 17, 2022

Fintech

Meta M&A exec leaves role to join real estate startup Pacaso as COO
Mary Ann Azevedo

Apr 12, 2022
Startups

Playhouse is TikTok meets Zillow for the next generation of homeowners
Amanda Silberling

Apr 5, 2022
Startups

Flock Homes closes on $26M for landlords to exchange rentals for shares in a portfolio of homes
Mary Ann Azevedo

Mar 24, 2022
Startups

Profitable proptech Place raises $100M at a $1B valuation as Goldman Sachs leads its first round of funding
Mary Ann Azevedo

Nov 17, 2021

Enterprise

Real estate marketing software provider Luxury Presence raises $25.9M in a Bessemer-led Series B
Anita Ramaswamy

Nov 16, 2021
Media & Entertainment

Concreit closes on $6M to allow more people to invest in the global private real estate market
Mary Ann Azevedo

Sep 16, 2021
Startups

Moderne Ventures closes second fund with $200M, targets industry digital transformation
Christine Hall

Aug 3, 2021
Venture

Sundae closes on $80M for residential real estate marketplace
Mary Ann Azevedo

Jul 20, 2021

Startups

Homeward secures $371M to help people make all-cash offers on houses
Mary Ann Azevedo

May 27, 2021
Featured

How Robert Reffkin went from being a C-average student to the founder of Compass
Mary Ann Azevedo

May 6, 2021
Featured

Brazil’s Loft adds $100M to its accounts, $700M to its valuation in a single month
Mary Ann Azevedo

Apr 22, 2021
Featured

How we’re rebuilding the VC industry
Danny Crichton

Arman Tabatabai

Jun 18, 2020