What Matters This Week - 2.15.25
Big rounds for Billd and ICON
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Fundings:
Billd, a construction finance co, raised a $144M Debt round led by ATLAS SP.
ICON, developer of 3D printed homes, raised a $56M C round co-led by Tiger.
Libeen, a resi rent-to-own platform, raised a €25M round led by Andbank.
BRKZ, a B2B building material co, raised a $9M A-ext & debt round from BECO.
InvestNext, a RE investment mgmt co, raised a $15M B round led by Beringea.
Beam, a fintech for construction, raised an $11M A round led by Zigg.
Relive, a next-gen brokerage for agents, raised a $5.5M A round led by Indico.
Nido, a resi heat pump solution, raised a €5M Seed round led by Decelera.
Genia, a gen-AI for constr engineers, raised a $3M round led by Pi Labs.
AI Bob, a construction compliance copilot, raised a €2M round led by CapitalT.
Mattoboard, a 3D interior design co, raised a $2M Seed round led by Acrobator.
Ampotech, a CRE IoT energy mgmt co, raised an A round led by Clime.
Sitemetric, a workforce management platform, raised a round from Gemspring.
News:
Rhino and Jetty have merged. (PR Newswire)
Redfin is cutting 450 jobs after a $100M rental listing deal with Zillow. (Inman)
Articles:
Toronto Leads Canada’s Proptech Boom, Thanks to the U.S (CO)
AI Adoption in Commercial Real Estate Progresses Gradually. (Propmodo)
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Source: The Arc Product-Market Fit Framework. (Sequoia)
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