Last month, we reported that Opendoor — the startup that is taking on the real estate industry with its own platform for buying up homes and selling them on to interested buyers — filed to raise $200 million on a $3.7 billion valuation. Now, we can confirm that the round has closed, and it has […]
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Hired buys Y Combinator grad Py, launches assessment tool
To better measure aptitude of applicants, online career marketplace Hired has acquired Py, which helps companies like Opendoor and Niantic identify talent with app-based interactive courses on Python, iOS development and more. As part of the deal, Hired will launch a new feature called Hired Assessments, leveraging tools from the Py platform, as well as […]
View More Hired buys Y Combinator grad Py, launches assessment toolResolute Ventures sticks to its knitting with $75 million fourth fund
Resolute Ventures, an early-stage firm with offices in San Francisco and Boston, just closed its fourth fund with $75 million. It’s an almost shockingly conservative amount of capital in today’s era of big-is-better funds. And with valuable companies like the real estate startup OpenDoor, the applicant tracking system company Greenhouse, and the dog products company […]
View More Resolute Ventures sticks to its knitting with $75 million fourth fundThe 10 largest US venture rounds of 2018
A look at the U.S. companies that brought in the largest VC fundings of the year.
View More The 10 largest US venture rounds of 2018The ambitious real estate ‘unicorn’ Opendoor just made its first acquisition, snapping up Open Listings
Opendoor, a four year-old, San Francisco-based company, has from the outset intended to make it possible to buy and sell residential real estate with a few key strokes. It seemingly gets closer to that audacious vision by the day. The company closed on $325 million in new funding in June in a round that brought […]
View More The ambitious real estate ‘unicorn’ Opendoor just made its first acquisition, snapping up Open ListingsZillow surprises investors by buying up homes
Real estate platform Zillow changed up its business model this week, announcing that it plans to purchase and sell homes in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Zillow will be working with Berkshire Hathaway and Coldwell Banker to make offers on homes before it finds a buyer. Zillow will pay commissions and also “make necessary repairs and updates and […]
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