What Matters This Week - 3.15.25
Huge round for Flock and Redfin acquired?
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Fundings:
FlockSafety, a surveillance tech platform, raised a $275M round led by a16z.
Zeitview, an aerial data analytics platform, raised a $60M round led by Climate.
Dcbel, a resi energy mgmt platform, raised a $55M round led by CGF.
InfiniteUptime, predictive maintenance co, raised a $35M C round led by Avataar.
Tomo, a digital mortgage lender, raised a $20M B round led by NFX.
CorporatEdge, an Indian flex office co, raised an $11.5M round led by Carpediem.
Augmenta, an AI building design co, raised a $10M Seed round led by Prelude.
100, a MF screening platform, raised a $7.7M pre-seed round from Camber Creek.
ReshapeEnergy, a CRE energy mgmt co, raised a €5M Seed round from Vireo.
reAlpha, a commission-free homebuying app, raised a $5M Post-IPO round.
Avani, a building efficiency platform, raised a $4.4M round from EGX.
Amperon, a C&I energy forecasting co, raised an undisclosed round led by NGP.
News:
Dubai Land Department and REACH announce landmark partnership.
Dealpath and CBRE Capital Markets are partnering up. (CRETech)
BuildingMinds and Optiml are partnering up. (PR Newswire)
100 Launches '100x' Alliance. (PR Newswire)
Y Combinator’s W25 Demo Day startups: Abundant, Browser Use, GradeWiz, Misprint, Nextbyte, Pickle, Rebolt, Red Barn Robotics, Retrofit, & Splash.
Long Reads:
2025 Emerging Trends in Real Estate by the Urban Land Institute & PwC
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