What Matters This Week - 3.2.24
Zacua's fund and EasyKnock's round. Plus, I need feedback!
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Reminder - I published a post this week asking for feedback on who YOU think should be at our PropTech events. I have my opinions, but I want to see what you guys think.
You can see the post here or just go to the links for all events, RETCON, Blueprint, OPTECH, and CRETech NY. Thanks for the feedback and for helping us give away some free tickets.
Fundings:
EasyKnock, a home equity platform, raised a $28M D round.
Parspec, a procurement ConTech, raised an $11.5M Seed round led by Innovation Endeavors.
Housi, a Brazilian STR platform, raised a $10M round co-led by Redpoint.
Collov.ai, an AI interior design startup, raised a $10M A round.
Flexnode, a bespoke data center installer, raised a $9M Seed round led by Zacua.
Cove, a Singaporean co-living platform, raised a $3.34M Debt round.
Pronto Housing, an affordable home mgmt SaaS, raised a $3M Pre-A round.
FOIP, an Indian fractional investment startup, raised a $2.77M round.
QuickBlock, a Scottish recycled plastic constr. blocks, raised a €1.3M round.
CubicUp, a Spanish digitized homebuilder, raised a €1M round led by Social IIF.
HOMErs, a Ukranian modular homebuilder, raised a €500K round.
News:
Articles:
Lessen CEO One Year After PropTech’s Biggest Acquisition. (CO)
Why VCs Are Betting Robots Will Help Build Your Next Home. (CB)
Top-tech read of the week:
How Founders, Investors and Executives really use AI, by The Information.
Thanks for reading! If you think I missed something important, send me a note and I’ll get it in next week’s edition.