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230+ sessions curated by the SX community, for the SX community. The two-step online process PanelPicker® was developed to encourage the SXSW community to enter proposals and have a significant voice in Conference programming. Community votes comprise 30% of the final decision plus input of the SXSW Staff (30%) and Advisory Board (40%). Together these percentages helped to determine the final content lineup. Proposals ranged from music and film to tech and culture and more across our 2021 Themes. Sessions that are part of today’s announcement include top-level speakers from notable compan...

Compass’ C-suite gets IPO-ready Compass overhauled its C-suite and reorganized key departments ahead of what’s the most anticipated IPO of a residential brokerage in years. With 18,000 agents on its roster, the New York brokerage also has 2,000 employees nationwide. Founded in 2012, Compass has raised $1.5 billion from investors and recently hired bankers for a potential public offering. Since the departure of COO Maëlle Gavet last year, eight C-level executives report to co-founder and CEO Robert Reffkin. Co-founder and chairman Ori Allon doesn’t have direct reports. Here are some of ...

socaltech.com Los Angeles-based venture investor Fifth Wall has added a new partner to the firm, Greg Smithies, to help it with its investments in climate related technologies. Smithies formerly was at BMW iVentures. The fund--better known for its real estate investments--disclosed today that it is raising a new, climate-focused fund targeted at at least $200M. Fifth Wall has not disclosed limited partners or current commitments in that new fund. Fifth Wall currently has $1.2 billion under management.

Fifth Wall adds new partner as it seeks at least $200 million for a new climate impact fund When it first launched nearly three years ago, Fifth Wall had a vision of leveraging capital limited partners from across the real estate development and construction business to back the technologies the industry needed most. That early vision resonated so well that the firm has grown from managing one fund of $212 million to holding roughly $1.2 billion in assets under management. It has also come to the realization that the investment vehicles they’re currently managing have one huge blind spot �...