What Matters This Week - 1.25.25

7 more acquisitions and a busy week for Evernest

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Fundings:

• Rize, a Rent-now-pay-later service, raised a $35M A round led by Raed Ventures.

• Evernest, a MF PMS & service platform, raised a $15M round led by LL Funds.

• Kraaft, Whatsapp for construction job sites, raised a €13M A round led by Dawn.

• Attentive, an AI construction takeoff co, raised a $12M A2 round led by Tenacity.

• BedrockEnergy, a geothermal HVAC co, raised a $12M A round led by Titanium.

• GreenFusion, a MF heating optimization co, raised a €12M A round led by XAnge.

• Capra, a robotic inspection solution, raised an €11.3M Seed round led by Promus.

• Craftwork, a home-painting startup, raised a $7M A round led by Slow Ventures.

• KayaAI, a constr. supply chain co, raised a $5.3M Pre-Seed round led by Suffolk.

• DegreeAnalytics, an occupancy analysis co, raised a $5M round led by LiveOak.

• Realfinity, a mortgage origination platform, raised a $5M Debt round from Sierra.

• uHoo, a resi & CRE IAQ monitoring co, raised a $3.7M round led by Wavemaker.

• MoxiWorks, a RE sales & marketing software, raised a round from Vector.

News:

• Divvy Homes’ $1B Sale Leaves Some Shareholders Empty-Handed. (TC)

• SPAC Hennessy Capital Investment VII prices $175M IPO.

• LightBox acquired Revere.

• Esusu acquired Celeri.

• Evernest acquired Poplar Homes. (PR Newswire)

• Oakglen Group acquired a majority stake in Pupil.

• Zencity acquired Commonplace. (Citybiz)

• Metropolis acquired Oosto fka. AnyVision (TC)

• Diamond Age shut down. (The Builder's Daily).

Articles:

• How PropTech Giants Are Harnessing AI. (Propmodo)

• Why Is the FTC So Obsessed with CRE? (Jen Tindle - All About CRE)

Top Tech Read of the Week:

• The Six Mental Models For AI Investing. (Rob May - Investing in AI)

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Source: Home Prices Climb in Every Metro. (Redfin)

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