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Vinod Khosla-led Family Agrees to Buy Seattle Seahawks for Reported $9.6 Billion
Veteran venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and his family agreed to buy the Seattle Seahawks from the Paul Allen estate for a reported $9.6 billion; Khosla is a longtime Silicon Valley investor who founded Khosla Ventures and was an early OpenAI backer.
Seattle-Based RentSpree Grows Profitable Real Estate Platform Serving 4 Million Users, Hires Ex-Redfin CTO
RentSpree, a profitable Seattle-based startup founded in 2016, helps small landlords and real estate agents manage rentals online, processing hundreds of millions in payments yearly. The company recently hired former Redfin executive Alex Berezhnyy as CTO and is expanding its services, including banking features for landlords.
Flyhomes launches ‘Flyhomes Guarantee for Buyers’ to let clients exit within a year with waived seller commission
Seattle-based real estate startup Flyhomes launched the Flyhomes Guarantee for Buyers, which lets clients who want to move within a year of closing have Flyhomes list the home and waive its commission (buyers still pay the buyer’s agent and selling costs). Founded in 2016, Flyhomes has helped over 3,000 families buy nearly $3 billion in homes with cash-offer short-term loans and faces competition from traditional brokerages, iBuyers like Opendoor and Offerpad, and Zillow.
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Raji Subramanian Executive, Former CTO
