What Matters This Week - 4.30.21

Sonder is SPACing and congrats to Guesty

What Matters This Week is a summary of articles, news, and fundings that mattered this week in Property Technology. No hype or marketing.

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This week’s deals and data:

Fundings:

• Solida, a low-carbon concrete, raised a $78M round led by Imperative Ventures.

• OpenSpace, a construction site monitoring startup, raised a $55M Series C led by Alkeon.

• Guesty, a property management platform for STRs, raised a $50M Series D.

• Placer AI, a location and traffic analytics platform, also raised a $50M Series B.

• Arturo, a visual inspection and analytics company, raised a $25M Series B led by Atlantic Bridge.

• Higharc, a homebuilding platform, raised a $21M Series A led by Spark Capital.

News:

• Looks like Sonder is SPACing too.

Articles:

• Read some good PropTech predictions from Glenn Felson.

• Good long read on the history of office in NY.

Watch:

• Blueprint interviews Bec form Node.

Just for fun:

• Is this how we build homes on Mars?

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