What Matters This Week - 10.1.22

Big round for Moxion and an acquisition for RealPage.

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Fundings:

• Moxion, a developer of emissions-free generators, raised a $100M B round led by Tamarack.

• Solfácil, a Brazil solar lender and seller, raised $30M in a C round extension led by Fifth Wall.

• Perenna, a UK digital mortgage lender, raised a $30M A round from IAG Silverstripe.

• Disperse, a UK construction project data tracking startup, raised a $16M round led by 2150.

• Woltair, a Prague-based platform for decentralized heating solutions, raised a $15.8M A round led by ArcTern.

• SweepSouth, a home services platform, raised an $11M B round led by Alitheia.

• Kode Labs, a smart building management startup, raised an $8M A round led by I Squared.

• Tongo, an agent commission advance card issuer, raised a $7M Seed round led by MetaProp.

• Timberhub, a UK B2B platform for timber materials, raised a €5.8M Seed round co-led by HV and Creandum.

• Kopperfield, a home EV charge station installer, raised a $5M Seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Lachy Groom.

• Naya Homes, a Mexican platform for vacation/STR management, raised a $5M Seed round led by Flybridge.

• AICrete, a lab developing cleaner concrete mixtures, raised a $4M Seed round co-led by CLEAR and VoLo.

• Giatec, a developer of IoT for concrete testing, raised a $3.7M Venture round from BDC.

• MoveGenius, a UK vendor onboarding tool for agents, raised a £350K Pre-Seed round led by Octopus.

News:

• RealPage agreed to buy Knock (the CRM).

• NY’s empty offices to lose $456B due to low tenant demand.

• How Much Less House You Can Buy Thanks to the Mortgage Spike (Bloomberg).

• Brookfield Renewable Partners bought Scout Clean Energy and Standard Solar for $1.54B.

• Amazon claims 30% of smart-home interactions with Alexa now happen without people needing to say anything. (Is that . . . good?)

Articles:

• Apartment List's 2022 Millennial Homeownership Report.

• Green Steel: Decarbonising with Hydrogen-Fueled Production.

Long read:

• MetaProp’s Mid-Year 2022 Global PropTech Confidence Index.

Top-tech read of the week:

• Down rounds aren't the end of the line for startups.

ConTech shower thought:

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