What Matters This Week - 6.1.21
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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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***Sorry for the delay in this week’s edition. I’ve had some serious travel after more than a year of nothing and I’m just getting caught up.***
This week’s deals and data:
Fundings:
SnapDocs, a digital mortgage closing platform, raised a $150M series D led by Tiger Global.
Homeward, a homebuying enablement platform, raised $136M led by Norwest.
Super, subscription home renovations and maintenance, raised a $50M Series C led by Wells Fargo.
Stavvy, a mortgage servicing platform, raised a $40M Series A led by Morningside.
Obie, P&C insurance platform for CRE, raised a $10.7M Series A led by Battery.
Eano, a home renovation management platform, raised $6M led by Builders VC.
Assignar, a construction management startup, raised $20M led by Fifth Wall.
BuildingsIoT, an IoT company for, uh, buildings (and their systems), raised a $10M round led by Keyframe.
Instashowing, a showing management platform for realtors, raised $4M led by NfX.
News:
ProCore pops on its first at day as a public company.
WeWork lost $2B last year.
How do you NFT an apartment?
Articles:
Returning to an office with movable walls and touchless elevators.
Long Read:
Check out the CRETech and Fifth Wall Climate Investing report. And, if you care, here is Fifth Wall’s third SPAC.
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