What Matters This Week - 12.9.23
Lots of ConTech and M&A
What Matters This Week - articles, news, and fundings that mattered this week in PropTech. No hype or marketing.
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Fundings:
Simply Homes, an affordable SFR startup, raised a $22M A round led by Gutter.
Gravel, an Indonesian construction worker marketplace, raised a $14M round.
Machinery Partner, a machinery rental startup, raised an $11M Debt and A round.
Nutiliti, a utility mgmt SaaS, raised a $6.32M round.
Sunsave, British solar-as-a-service, raised a €6.3M Seed round led by Norrsken.
Cambium, a sustainable wood supplier, raised a $5.3M Seed round led by MaC.
Strong by Form, a Spanish material developer, raised a $5.28M Seed led by CMPC.
Virtuo, a Canadian resi concierge, raised a C$3.5M Seed round led by ATB.
ClimateCrete, a sustainable concrete startup, raised a $3.3M A round led by Capital K.
EnvisionVR, an Australian unbuilt resi showing platform, raised a A$2.58 round.
EquityMultiple, an investment platform, raised a round from Marcus & Millichap.
R8Tech, an Estonian smart energy platform, raised a round from Panasonic.
News:
Articles:
Selina’s Struggle to Survive: What’s Next for the Hotel Brand.
Startups Are Further From Solving The Affordable Housing Shortage.
ConTech startups swim in cash as established firms face pressure.
PropTech in 2024: VCs, Principals and Analysts Sound Off. (CO)
Long reads:
Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2024, by PwC.
CRETI’s 2023 PropTech VC Report.
Top-tech reads of the week:
What year 2 of the generative AI craze will look like, according to 41 experts.
8 Charts That Explain 2023 by The Information.
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