Opendoor | Real Estate Tech | Eric Wu
The iBuyer startup Opendoor has raised $300 million, bringing its valuation up to $3.8 billion. The latest funding round was led by General Atlantic, a previous investor, and companies including Hawk Equity, SoftBank, Fifth Wall Ventures and GGV Capital took part as well, according to TechCrunch. The firm has now raised $1.3 billion in equity and has about $3 billion in debt financing to buy in properties. Outside agents did land a victory against Opendoor ... [more]
Opendoor | Real Estate Tech | Eric Wu
The iBuyer startup Opendoor has raised $300 million, bringing its valuation up to $3.8 billion. The latest funding round was led by General Atlantic, a previous investor, and companies including Hawk Equity, SoftBank, Fifth Wall Ventures and GGV Capital took part as well, according to TechCrunch. The firm has now raised $1.3 billion in equity and has about $3 billion in debt financing to buy in properties. Outside agents did land a victory against Opendoor [...]
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