What Matters This Week - 2.11.23

Big round for Jobber and the first hints of Generative AI in PropTech.

What Matters This Week - articles, news, and fundings that mattered this week in PropTech. No hype or marketing.

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Fundings:

• Jobber, a Canadian operations platform for home contractors, raised a $100M D round led by General Atlantic.

• Zeitview (f.k.a. DroneBase), an aerial data analytics platform, raised a $55M round led by Valor.

• LandTech, a UK land search platform, raised a £10M round from CIBC.

• RentVine, an MF and SFR PMS, raised a $1.2M round.

• Clever, a platform enabling individuals to interview resi agents, raised a $658K round.

• KoreLock, a smart lock developer, raised an A round co-led by Iron Gate Capital and Kozo Keikaku.

News:

• UK’s Billing Better acquires Homebox.

• MooveGuru acquires Relocator.

• Black Knight to shed unit in bid to save $13B sale to ICE.

• RESAAS is latest PropTech to integrate ChatGPT.

Articles:

• Generative AI is building the foundation of PropTech’s next wave (TC+).

• PropTech Seed Rounds Shift in Frequency and Amount.

• Built World Trends That Will Define 2023.

• Millionaire renters.

Long Read:

• Houlihan Lokey’s 2022 PropTech Year in Review.

Listen:

• Nexus Labs: Jigar Shah wants to fund your Virtual Power Plant.

PropTech Twitter:

Sean Sweeney @seandsweeney

Dear Proptech, The way to a developer/owner's heart is not through 6 months of revisions and tons of legal fees to sign a basic contract. If you want better adoption you need to make it easier to say yes. Love, Aforementioned developer/owner

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