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By Mary Ann Azevedo
November 8, 2023
Startup airbnb-reportedly-shuts-down/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zeus Living is the latest casualty in the proptech world. The Airbnb-backed startup is reportedly “winding down operations,” as reported by The Information. TechCrunch has reached out to the company for comment but not heard back at the time of writing. Zeus Living has raised $150 million in debt and equity (about $125 million […]
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Prefab home builder Veev reportedly shutting down after reaching unicorn status last year
Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, is on the verge of shutting down after reaching unicorn status last year, according to multiple reports. Calcalist reported on Sunday that the company – which raised $600 million in total, $400 million of which was secured in March of 2022 – has to shut down after […]
Nov 27, 2023
Airbnb acquires secretive firm launched by Siri co-founder
Airbnb has acquired a secretive new AI startup, Gameplanner.AI, the company announced this morning. CNBC reports that the purchase price was around $200 million, a figure that TechCrunch was unable to confirm at publication time. Gameplanner was co-founded by Adam Cheyer and Siamak Hodjat. Cheyer famously helped to co-launch the startup Siri, which Apple acquired […]
Nov 14, 2023
NestAway, once valued at over $225 million, sells for $11 million
PropTech firm Aurum is acquiring NestAway, a once high-flying Indian startup operating in the same space, for up to $10.9 million, in a deal that marks a near complete erosion in value for the startup’s investors. Eight-year-old NestAway raised $115 million over the years and was valued at $227 million in a funding round in […]
Jun 2, 2023
Who knows what GamePlanner does, but Airbnb just bought the company
Who knows what GamePlanner does, but Airbnb just bought the company. Let's dive in to this and other news from startup land.
Nov 17, 2023