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Dubai-based Stake raises $8 million to let people across the globe invest in local properties

TechCrunch

While we have users from many countries on the site, folks from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UK, and India are our top five investor bases,” Tabbara said. Stake’s business model relies on various fees. What’s more, if the property is sold at a higher rate than its acquisition, Stake takes a 15% cut from the profit.

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A look at how proptech startup Knotel went from a $1.6B valuation to filing for bankruptcy

TechCrunch

“In addition to being grossly overvalued on the market, the company overextended itself with long term leases and lavish build-outs, leaving the company in significant debt while failing to ever turn a profit,” Pasternak wrote via email. The pandemic exacerbated their vacancy situation, resulting in more than 35% vacancies in their 2.4

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

In short: bog-standard anti-vaxx conspiracy theories, rooted in the notion that a handful of shadowy elites brought the world to a standstill in order to profit from it. The more aggressive apps introduced in South Korea and Kuwait may have been more effective, but they also introduced privacy concerns. Adi Robertson / The Verge ).

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