What Matters This Week - 12.13.25

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Fundings:

• Duve, an Israeli guest mgmt tech, raised a $60M B round led by Susquehanna.

• Esusu, credit-building for renters, raised a $50M Series C led by Westbound.

• Hometap, a home equity platform, raised $50M led by affiliates of Gallatin Point.

• HavenEnergy, a resi and small CRE battery storage tech, raised $40M led by Giant.

• Bobyard, a construction estimates stack, raised a $35M A round led by 8VC.

• Quilt, a resi heat pump co, raised a $20M B round led by Galvanize.

• RealVantage, a global RE investment tech, raised a $10M oversubscribed A round.

• Buildcheck, a construction design review tech, raised a $5.9M Seed led by Uncork.

• Diald, a due diligence/ underwriting tech, raised $3.75M led by Feedback Ventures

• Govstream, a permitting stack for local gov, raised a $3.6M seed led by 47th Street.

• Conveyd, a British home-closing automation startup, raised a 2.5M Seed round led by Eka.

• Morada, a Brazilian sales automation for resi, raised a $3.1M A round.

• Byit, an Emirati RE market inventory platform, raised $1.1M led by A15.

News:

• Wind Point Partners acquired Enviromatic BMS. (Wind Point Partners)

• Acrisure acquired MGA Vave from Canopius (Acrisure)

• EquipmentShare filed for IPO on NASDAQ. (Longbridge)

• FTC Sends Warning Letters to 13 PMS Providers Nationwide (FTC)

• LMRE’s 4^th annual PropTech Salary Report 2025. (LMRE)

Podcasts/ Videos:

Articles:

• What will ‘never go away’ as AI spreads through real estate (Real Estate News)

• Article Summaries

  • What will ‘never go away’ as AI spreads through real estate, Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Global Problem, and Real Estate Revolution or AI Evolution?

Long Reads:

• Stagnant Construction Productivity Is a Global Problem (Construction Physics)

• Real Estate Revolution or AI Evolution? (JLL Spark)

Other Newsletters:

• So Apparently Algorithms Can Collude (Jen Tindle)

• Why Building Projects Fail Before They Begin (KP Reddy)

• Fly on the Wall (Fifth Wall)

Events:

• FIRE Mental Health in 2026 (Virtual)

“Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.”
―Roddy Doyle

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