What Matters This Week - 5.17.25
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Fundings:
Entrata, a MF PMS, raised $200M from Blackstone at a $4.3B valuation.
Meey Group, a Vietnamese real estate portal, secured $80M from GEM Fund.
Nawy, an Egyptian Zillow, raised a $52M Series A round led by Partech Africa.
BE.EV, an EV charging startup, raised £20M via Schroders Capital.
Flock, a retirement solution for landlords, raised $20M in Series B funding.
Algoma, an AI RE dev platform, raised a $2.3M seed round led by Zacua Ventures.
Citics, a Vietnamese RE valuation startup, raised $2.1M in funding led by VIG.
Martello, a UK property risk platform, raised £1.2M led by Fuel Ventures.
VIVE, a vendor mgmt co for RE managers, received funding from Potamus.
Rentsync, a MF lease management system, received funding from Silversmith.
Repliers, a real estate tech API co, raised funding led by Scale Shift Ventures.
LynxCraft, a homebuilding and design startup, closed a pre-seed round.
News:
Iberdrola sells its UK smart meter rental business to Macquarie for $1.2B.
InventWood to mass-produce wood-based building material stronger than steel.
Articles:
Long Reads:
PropTech Market to reach $89.93 billion by 2032 (Fortune Business Insights)
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