What Matters This Week - 2.22.25
Big round for Verkada and $$$ from CoStar
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Fundings:
Verkada, an access & security co, raised a $200M E round led by General Catalyst.
TerraCO2, a low-carbon cement, raised an $82M B round co-led by Just Climate.
PropHero, a RE investment platform, raised a $25M A round led by Bailador.
SmartSuite, a constr project mgmt co, raised a $13M A round led by Canapi.
Nodes & Links, a constr schedule mgmt co, raised a $12M B round led by ETF.
Henry, a CRE AI copilot, raised a $4M Seed round co-led by 1Sharpe.
Handly, a home services platform, raised a €3.8M Seed round led by 20VC.
Faura, a resi climate analytics platform, raised a $3.5M Seed round co-led by BV.
Nester, a Spanish PMS, raised a €1.5M Seed round led by Dozen Investments.
PlanningHub, a planning insights platform, raised a £300K round led by Fuel.
News:
Articles:
The Next 10 Years Will Be About AI Agent Marketplaces. (Gigi Levy-Weiss - NfX)
Top Tech Read of the Week:
Cracking Pre-Seed Success. (Martin Tobias - Incisive Ventures)
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