What Matters This Week - 01.03.26
Summary stats from last year and a quiet start to '26
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Research - Funding stats for 2025:
689 funding rounds were announced.
Globally, $24.6B raised.
$1.9B was the median round size, and $4.4B was the average.
Here’s how funding # and $ looked throughout the year:
Seed Round
Median: $4M
Average: $5.35M
Pre-seed Round
Median: $2M
Average: $2.45M
A round:
Median: $12M
Average: $16.45M
B round:
Median: $35M
Average: $44.84M
Here are the 5 largest funding rounds of 2025:
Enpal, a German Resi solar integrator, raised a €1.1B debt round led by Barclays.
FigureAI, a construction robotics platform, raised a $1B C-round led by Parkway.
BasePower, a home battery storage system, raised a $1B C round led by Addition.
Redaptive, a building energy efficiency co, received a $650M credit line via CDPQ.
PropertyFinder, an Emirati CRE marketplace, raised $525M led by Blackstone.
Fundings:
Truva, an Indian resi marketplace, raised $6.32M led by Stellaris.
News:
AXCS Capital acquired Propvetter (Commercial Observer)
Verisk backs off $2.35B acquisition of AccuLynx (Silicon Angle)
Articles:
Tech and the Future of RE: How Innovation Is Reshaping 2025 (Investing Live)
How AI is being used in RE deals (Herald Tribune) ($)
Article Summaries
Other Newsletters:
FUTURE TITANS: Origins of a name (Daniel Dartboard)
Top Tech Read of the Week:
“The only way to build wealth is to have a gap between your ego and your income.”
- Morgan Housel
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