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If you missed it, we released Clelia, Jesse, and Spencer’s episodes this week. Last week we released, Steve, Heather, Jindou, and Matt. That’s the end of the first run of episodes.
Going forward, we’ll probably release one or two per month. If you have ideas or requests for content/people, I’m always open!
Fundings:
Electric Hydrogen, a clean hydrogen company, raised a $380M C round led by Fortescue.
Habyt, German MLS, raised a €40M C round co-led by Korelya and Deutsche.
AI Clearing, AI construction monitoring, raised a $14M A round led by Prudence.
Safely, an insurance platform for STR, raised an $8M round led by Highgate.
Ounce, embedding health workers in affordable MF, raised a $5.2M Seed round.
MeetingPackage, a Finnish venue booking SaaS, raised a $4.6M A round led by Scale.
Purpose Green, a German decarbonization startup, raised a €3.3M Pre-Seed round led by Speedinvest.
Boxabl, a prefab ADU provider, raised a $3.26M Crowdfunding round.
Kraaft, a French messaging app for construction sites, raised a €3.2M Seed round.
Vamo, a German resi heat pump provider, raised a €3M Seed round.
Izix, a Belgian CRE parking platform, raised a €3M A round.
Nooka, a Romanian coworking brand, raised a €2M round
RentVine, an MF PMS, raised a $1.7M round.
Concretene, a British material developer, received a £1.25M Grant from UK Gov.
Kozystay, an Indonesian STR brand, raised a Seed round from Cercano.
Elexity, a virtual power plant software for CRE, received a grant from the DOE.
News:
Alpaca VC launched a RE platform and raised $78M for its third fund.
NASA is plotting how to build houses on the moon by 2040 (NYT, Forbes).
Articles:
Airbnb and Hotels: Growth Ambitions Could Threaten Peaceful Coexistence.
Ever wonder how Silicon Valley would build a town from scratch?
Long read:
Pitchbook’s H1 2023 Global Real Estate Report.
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