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CHICAGO – Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors, announced Monday the selection of eight technology companies for the 2021 REACH scale-up program. Among them: Raleigh-based K4Connect.
SCV, which is the most active global venture fund in real estate technology, operates the award-winning REACH growth program in five major, international markets. The 2021 REACH cohort will focus on scaling high-growth potential technology companies in and beyond the residential real estate sector.
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Second Century Ventures, an investment firm that is part of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), announced Monday that it has chosen eight different real estate technology companies to help as they work to expand their scale.
The eight companies will be a part of the 2021 “REACH scale-up program,” according to a statement from NAR. The best-known firm on the list, at least to Inman readers, is probably Knock, which via its Home Swap product tries to streamline the homebuying and selling process while effectively turning consumers into cash buyers.
Other companies joining the latest REACH cohort include Aryeo, which enables collaboration between real estate professionals and offers various content management solutions; furniture rental startup Feather; K4Connect, which develops technology for senior living communities; rent-to-own startup Landis; consumer experience platform Milestones; valuation forecaster Plunk; and home care tech startup Super.
NAR: Housing Equality, Commercial Recovery Are Top Priorities
National real estate leaders are urging Congress to consider reforms to ease lending restrictions for commercial properties, as well prioritizing support for commercial members who have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19.
CHICAGO – With racial equity at the forefront of American consciousness, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) will focus the bulk of its policy priorities this year on improving equal access to housing, association leaders said earlier this week during NAR 360, a Facebook Live event that was the unofficial kickoff of the virtual 2021 Realtors® Legislative Meetings, set for May 3-14, 2021.
Earlier this year, NAR put its efforts into securing favorable real estate provisions in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, a new round of COVID-19 relief legislation. Now the association is turning its attention to closing the widening racial homeownership gap and broadening fair housing protecti
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