What Matters This Week - 5.31.25
B for Wander and an acquisition by the Property Bros
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Fundings:
Wander, a vacation rentals & smart tech co raised $50M Series B led by Fifth Wall.
Buildots, an Israeli constr mgmt co, raised a $45M Series D led by Qumra.
Parkade, a parking mgmt software, raised $10M in a Series A funding round.
Alrik, a Swedish constr logistics platform, raised €7M led by People Ventures.
NavLive, a British AI Architecture platform, raised £4M, led by Oxford Science.
EndraAI, a Swedish SaaS for Design & MEP, raised a €3M pre-seed round.
Calctree, a British Engineering calculation mgmt software, raised €2.3M pre-seed led by Foundamental.
Litehaus, a Portuguese modular home marketplace, raised a €1.7M pre-seed led by Explorer.
Vontive, an embedded mortgage lending platform, raised equity via Citibank.
News:
Articles:
This startup wants to give you money to buy a house (Fast Company)
Long Reads:
Crypto leaders are wrong about tokenized property (Dan Carvalho)
Top Tech Read of the Week:
25 Hard Questions Every Founder Should Ask Themselves (First Round Review)
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Source: The Income Needed to Buy a Home in Every U.S. State (Visual Capitalist)
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