What Matters This Week - 05.02.26
Several international deals and 3 acquisitions
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Fundings:
HomeLight, an AI Escrow Agent platform, raised $40M in funding.
All3, a Swiss construction robotics co, raised a $25M seed round led by RTP.
Casa, a home maintenance app, raised a $20M Series A led by Travis Kalanick.
Fence, an RE credit platform for investors, raised $20M led by Galaxy Ventures.
StudentCrowd, a British student housing review stack, raised a $9M A round led by YFM.
COLABS, a Pakistani workspace ops mgmt platform, raised $8M led by Shorooq.
Truss, an office leasing platform, raised $3M in funding led by Navitas Capital.
BRKZ, a Saudi construction materials market, raised funding led by SIC.
News:
Strattam Capital acquired Australia’s PurchasePlus (The Middle Mark)
VertiGIS acquired 1Spatial (Yahoo! Finance)
Johnson Controls acquired Nantum AI (PropTech Connect)
Podcasts/ Videos:
Austin 002: Can a City Outgrow Its Water Supply? (Build Order)
Articles:
India’s Documentation Problems Fuel $5.9B PropTech Market (WhaleBook)
Summaries:
Other Newsletters:
Drive for Show, Putt for Dough (Unwritten Capital)
Ep #41: Sheel Mohnot of Better Tomorrow Ventures (Daniel Dart Board)
Fly On The Wall (Fifth Wall)
15 Most Common Questions About AI in CRE - Part 2 (All About CRE)
Top Tech Read of the Week:
The Kinetic Age 2026 - Report (UP Partners)
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