What Matters This Week - 1.28.23
Green steel, prefab, and a three acquisitions
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Fundings:
Boston Metal, a green steel maker, raised a $120M C round led by ArcelorMittal.
Gropyus, an Austrian pre-fab resi builder, raised a €100M B round led by Vonovia.
Tado, a German smart thermostat maker, raised a €43M round led by Trill.
Property Meld, an MF property maintenance management software, raised a $15M B round led by Frontier.
Aedifion, a German provider of energy management solutions for CRE, raised a €12M A round co-led by World and BeyondBuild.
Kewazo, a German robotic construction hoist developer, raised a $10M A round led by Fifth Wall.
Plantd, a sustainable building materials company, raised a $10M A round led by American Family.
Landeed, an Indian property title search engine, raised an $8.3M Seed round co-led by Draper Associates, YC and Bayhouse.
Skillit, a construction labor recruitment platform, raised a $5.1M Seed round led by Building Ventures.
WattCarbon, a platform connecting buildings to renewable energy, raised a $4.5M Seed round led by True.
Openn Negotiation (ASX:OPN), an Aussie transactions platform for agents, raised a $3.65M round.
Properti, a Swiss tech-enabled brokerage, raised a $3.3M round led by Postfinance.
Suppli, a payment platform for construction suppliers, raised a $3.1M Seed round led by Equal.
Keyzy, a UK rent-to-own startup, raised a £3M Seed round co-led by Axeleo and Outward.
Metahood, a transaction platform for metaverse land, raised a $3M Seed round led by 1confirmation.
Roots Homes, a gradual home-ownership platform, raised a $2.2M round led by Other Ventures.
Raise Robotics, a construction site robotics maker, raised a $2.2M Pre-Seed round.
Masteos, a French turn-key rental investment platform, raised a €1.3M+ Equity Crowdfunding round.
HomeMove, a tech-enabled resi brokerage, raised a $400K Pre-Seed round led by Fuel.
Betterview, an insuretech for RE using drones, raised a round of undisclosed amount.
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