
Alex Nicoll
Market Reporter at Argus Media
I am a freelance reporter for Fortune magazine based out of Houston, Texas, covering daily market news. Bylines include TheStreet, Dallas Morning News and the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. I'm always looking for investor and analyst expert opinions to deepen my reporting and to help explain the jargon of the business world.
Publications
- Insider33 articles
- businessinsider.in7 articles
- businessinsider.com.au3 articles
- fortune.com2 articles
- richmond-news.com1 article
- cmu.edu1 article
- uatrav.com1 article
Writes Most On
- Silver Lake just added to a string of bets in the struggling travel sector by leading a $108 million investment in vacation property startup Vacasa2 Jun 2020—InsiderMatt Roberts, the CEO of Vacasa. The company said on Tuesday that it has raised a $108 million Series D round. Vacasa This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Redeem now Vacasa, North America's largest vacation-rental management company, just raised a $108 million Series D round. The round was led by Silver Lake, who led a $319 million round of funding in the company last year, and included previous investors, like Riverwood...
- 7 top VC investors reveal where real-estate tech portfolios are hurting the most and what they need to stay alive through a year of crises5 Jun 2020—InsiderConstance Freedman, founder and managing partner, Moderne Ventures Moderne Ventures This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Redeem now Real estate technology has seen various impacts from the coronavirus, with some companies seeing massive booms, and others seeing revenue totally cut off. At least one startup, Stay Alfred, closed permanently at the end of May. We spoke to seven venture capitalists about what kept them up at night...
- Construction firms that get tech right could see Silicon Valley-like valuations. Here's how an old-school industry can transform itself.12 Jun 2020—InsiderConstruction's lack of digitization, compared to industries like manufacturing or logistics, had kept the industry from seeing a drastic increase in productivity, according to McKinsey. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Stringer/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Redeem now A new McKinsey report says that $265 billion in new or shifting profits are at stake as the construction industry invests more in technology. This...
- Home-financing startup EasyKnock is seeing surging demand. Its CEO reveals how it's adapting with a new marketplace for investors looking to put their money in residential property.18 Jun 2020—InsiderJarred Kessler, EasyKnock CEO EasyKnock This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Redeem now Alternative home-financing company EasyKnock has raised a $20 million Series B round, co-led by Blumberg Capital and QED with funding from long-time proptech VC Moderne Ventures, among others. EasyKnock gives customers cash for their home and lets them stay on as a renter. The company is developing four new products to help homeowners during...
- VergeSense, an office-sensor startup that tracks employees' movements, just nabbed $9 million. From social distancing scores to real-time occupancy alerts, here's its pitch to big companies on its tech.26 May 2020—InsiderVergeSense CEO Dan Ryan VergeSense This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Office utilization data, collected with movement-tracking sensors, has been a key part of forward-thinking office operators' arsenals. Office sensor platform VergeSense announced Thursday that it has raised $9 million in a round led by Allegion Ventures, the corporate venture fund of security and access control company Allegion. The round also included...
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