What Matters This Week - 11.12.22
Big solar deal, Redfin out of iBuying, and JLL in China
What Matters This Week - articles, news, and fundings that mattered this week in PropTech. No hype or marketing.
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Fundings:
Aspen Power, a CRE solar platform, raised a $350M round from Carlyle.
Limehome, a vacation rental platform, raised a €45M round.
Xeal, a startup installing EV charging stations in MF and office, raised a $40M B round led by Keyframe.
MyTraffic, a footfall tracking BI provider, raised a €30M B round led by AXA.
Mezo, a resi maintenance platform, raised an $8.8M Debt and Equity round.
Purchasing Platform, a procurement platform for property managers, raised a $7.5M round.
Yave, a Mexico City-based embedded mortgage lender, raised a $7.5M Seed round co-led by Better Tomorrow and Metaprop.
Airly, a Poland and UK-based developer of air pollution sensors, raised a $5.5M A round led by Pi Labs.
Carbon RE, an AI software for carbon efficiency in cement production, raised a $4.8M round led by Planet A.
MazumaGo, a transaction processing platform for construction, raised a $4M round.
Kodehyve, a Luxembourg-based property development OS, raised a $2.6M round.
Finch, a Sweden-based design and collaboration platform for AEC, raised a €2.5M Seed round led by Iventure.
Spintly, an access control and smart buildings startup, raised a $2.5M Pre-A Round.
Faradai, a London-based energy IoT startup, raised a $2.4M Pre-A round co-led by Sangha and Edenbase.
Embue, an MF building intelligence and control startup, raised a $2.3M Seed round led by Shadow.
Raccord, an RE investment and management data analysis platform, raised a $1.5M Seed round co-led by JBG and Agya.
Propy, a Web3 end-to-end transaction management platform, raised a $1.5M round.
Evo, a London-based MF maintenance and repair platform, raised a £750K Seed round led by GroVentive.
Plunk, a home valuation and analytics platform, received a Grant from C.A.R.
News:.
Redfin cuts 13% of staff, shutters iBuying business (Bloomberg).
JLL Spark announces new fund for China-based PropTech companies.
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