What Matters This Week - 5.27.23

Acquisitions for Setpoint and Deepki plus a diaper house

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Fundings:

• ConnectDER, a resi plug-&-play solar startup, raised a $27M C round led by Energy Innovation.

• Satellite Vu, thermal satellite imaging, raised a $15.8M A2 round led by Molten.

• Rental Beast, an MF landlord toolkit and listing platform, raised a $13M round.

• Ariadne, German crowd analytics for CRE, raised a $7M A round led by Marathon.

• HostGPO, a furniture marketplace for vacation rental hosts, raised a $6M round co-led by Navitas and OMNIA.

• OasisBusiness, a South Korean construction data platform, raised a $3.8M A round.

• Stride, a Vietnamese resi green project finance platform, raised a $2M Seed round co-led by Clime and Touchstone.

• CapitalRise, a British development crowdsourcing app, raised a €1.37M Equity Crowdsourcing round.

• Sera Systems, a SaaS for home service providers, raised an “eight-figure” B round.

News:

• Setpoint acquires Resolute Diligence Solutions.

• UK’s Deepki acquires French carbon tracking ConTech Nooco.

• Ark7 completes acquisition of Robinland.

• World’s first house made with diaper-blended concrete.

Articles:

• Potential Conflicts of Interest in PropTech.

• Can investment in PropTech startups increase housing supplies?

• PropTech and RE document reading: It’s complicated.

• What to Expect from the Incredible Rise of AI - by JLL.

• Is Virtual Reality Training a Turning Point for the Construction Industry?

Long read:

• Decarbonizing the built environment, by Sam Smith-Eppsteiner of Innovation Endeavors.

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