What Matters This Week - 11.01.25
International deals this week
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Fundings:
Faktus, a French construction lending co, raised a $54.4M debt round + a $10.4M equity round, led by Lakestar.
BRKZ, a Saudi Arabian construction materials market, raised a $30M debt round led by Stride.
Snabbit, an Indian resi services app, raised a $30M C round led by Bertelsmann.
Spacial, an Israeli resi engineering/permitting stack, raised a $10M seed round led by TLV.
PodPlay, a venue operations mgmt stack, raised an $8M A round led by Frontier.
Housr, a British student MF mgmt tech, raised £7.5M in an A round led by Ashta.
WorkHero, a workflow mgmt for HVAC, raised a $5M seed round led by Navitas.
AccessGrid, a Resi/ MF phone to key fob converter, raised $4.4M led by Harlem.
PilaEnergy, plug-in, back-up power for resi, raised a $4M seed round led by R7.
Maket, a Canadian floorplan editing co, raised a $2.6M seed round led by Amiral.
Pavewise, a road construction insights stack, raised a $2.5M seed round led by C2.
Openhouse, an Indian resi sale platform, raised a $2M seed round led by Quotient.
Articles:
CRE Owners Are Just Starting to Decode AI (Commercial Observer) ($)
Digital Licensing Models Could Transform PropTech + Online RE (Property Wire)
VC Is Back in PropTech (Commercial Observer) ($)
The End of the “Empty Room” (Techloy)
Article Summaries
Long Reads:
Other Newsletters:
Fly on the Wall (Fifth Wall)
The Latest Tech Transforming the Built World (Suffolk Technologies)
Top Tech Read of the Week:
What Early Stage Founders Should Know About Comp (First Round Review)
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