VC doors are wide open for real estate startups Over the last couple of decades, online streaming, shopping and social networking startups have revolutionized the art of sitting around the house. Now, a new generation of internet entrepreneurs is focusing on getting us a better house to sit around in. Seed and early-stage investment in real estate have grown in recent quarters. At least 108 real estate-focused startups in North America have raised seed or early-stage rounds in the past year, according to Crunchbase data.(TechCrunch)