Since its product is a nascent investment form whose alternative—in the form of debt and loans—has a considerable advantage in its size, age, and recognition, Hometap sees an especial need to be transparent and compliant, often going above federal requirements to establish homeowner trust.
Read MoreAccording to Amr Samaha, Tykes’s Co-Founder and COO, the founding team approaches Tykes as a way to fill a real estate knowledge gap in the market. Individuals and institutions alike—namely proptech giants like Zillow—have a hard time breaking into property investment and management, in part because of strategic information-based shortcomings.
Read MoreAccording to Venkat Malladi, Vymo’s Co-Founder and CTO, sales teams will face major challenges in the coming months due to headwinds when it comes to business fundamentals as well as employee retention. Companies may relate to a potential recession differently: whether doubling down on their sales teams to make up for losses, or squeezing revenue from existing sales teams, or downsizing.
Read MoreIn a conversation with The Financial Revolutionist, Conductiv CEO Gopal Swamy, along with Zach Lambert, Head of Product, outlines what Conductiv does, and how the team went about building their product.
Read MoreReporting by the New York Times suggests the US housing market faces a severe shortage of affordable single-family homes. Zoning regulations, land costs, and housing investment are core variables affecting the price and diversity of housing stock.
Read MoreIn an interview with Rest of World, Cleosent Randing, CEO and Founder of Indonesian insurtech PasarPolis, described the startup’s partnerships with mom-and-pop store owners to sell insurance. The strategy let the company sell five times as many policies as it had previously through insurance agents alone.
Read MoreLast week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would direct the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for desktop appraisals and waivers of appraisals. The bill has yet to be discussed in the Senate.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Ryan Toner, EVP of Sales at Afficiency, explains what caused insurtechs to pivot back to agent models, outlines the ways technology can help agents sell to consumers, and describes the future of tech-driven life insurance.
Read MoreUnitedHealthcare announced that it’s expanded its partnership with Peloton, the fitness platform. The health insurer’s 10 million commercial members can now receive a free yearlong subscription to the Peloton app.
Read MoreBeyond SoftBank and its woes, many tech-focused growth investors have seen the value of their portfolios shrink significantly over the past year, raising questions about the soundness of their investment strategies. T Rowe Price’s Global Technology Equity Fund has fallen 45% over the past year; as has Tiger Management by 50%, and Ark Innovation by 55%.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, PayQuicker President Charles Rosenblatt explains the company’s newest offering, details the conditions that gave birth to PayQuicker, and outlines the future of payments and payouts.
Read MoreStarbucks announced that it will launch Starbucks Odyssey, an NFT-based rewards program and marketplace. Rewards members can buy and sell NFTs to each other and gain access to exclusive rewards, like virtual classes and trips to coffee plantations.
Read MoreMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, a prominent podcast, to promote the metaverse. The podcast has a mostly male audience, and averages 11 million listeners per episode.
Read MoreVik Venkatraman, General Manager for Blueprint, a real estate industry tech event taking place September 12 – 14 in Las Vegas, outlines the past, present, and future of proptech, suggesting the space impacts all of us.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Able’s Co-Founder and Head, Diego Represas, explains how Able hopes to solve major problems in the commercial lending space, outlines the founding team’s path to the product they’ve built, and shares his vision for an impactful and expedited commercial lending market.
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