What Matters This Week - 08.08.26

Big round for Base Power, cuts at Zillow, and 3 acquisitions.

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Fundings:

• BasePower, a home battery system, raised a $1B D round led by Ribbit.

• NavVis, a German spatial twin stack for construction, raised $85M led by Kozo.

• Duppla, a Columbian alternative home financing co, raised $60M led by Skandia.

• Dili, a compliance startup for construction, raised a $15M A round led by Khosla.

• Homerun, an Indian construction materials market, raised a $12M A+ round led by Nexus.

• SiteVue, wearable AI for site monitoring, raised a $7.5M seed led by Penny Jar.

• conmeet, a German construction central control OS, raised $6.8M led by Reimann.

• Vaaree, an Indian home furnishings market, raised a $6.6M A round led by Hero.

• Lumora, a Korean solar tech for industrial, raised pre-seed funding led by Y-K.

News:

• Zillow lays off 500 employees (Inman)

• Deepki acquired Camion (PropTech Connect)

• Facility Grid acquired PingCx (BusinessWire)

• Mortgage Automator acquired Lendr (Axios)

Podcasts/ Videos:

• How AI-Powered Brokerages Are Scaling Listings Without More Leads (Inman)

Articles:

• The $230K AI repair estimate that almost killed my deal (Inman) ($)

• AI Adoption Up, 500K Property Managers Are In The Crosshairs (BisNow) ($)

• CRE Confronts a Costly Data Integration Tax (GlobeSt.) ($)

• Role of IT in RE: Why PropTech is the Future of the Industry (The Eastern Herald)

• Unexpected Ways AI Is Changing How CRE Operates (PropModo)

• Property Tech Firms Find Real Estate in AI (Magzter)

• Article Summaries:

  • Role of IT in RE: Why PropTech is the Future of the Industry, Unexpected Ways AI Is Changing How CRE Operates, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and Housing Supply, and The 50 Words That Explain AI.

Long Reads:

• 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and Housing Supply (Construction Physics)

Other Newsletters:

• Latin America: The Next Construction Tech Frontier (Zacua Ventures)

• Fly On The Wall (Fifth Wall)

Events:

Top Tech Read of the Week:

• The 50 Words That Explain AI (Dror Poleg)

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