What Matters This Week - 7.10.21
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Fundings:
Entrata, a multifamily PMS, raised $507M (!) led by Silver Lake.
Casafari, a London-based data platform, raised 20M in Series B funding led by Highland Europe.
Made Renovation, a home renovation startup, raised $23 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners.
Articles:
Nice look by Fast Company into Autodesk Labs.
WSJ discusses the everyone-is-a-tech-company narrative, real estate version.
Pacaso is making Wine Country neighbors grumpy.
View has acquired IoTium, a maker of cloud infrastructure software for smart buildings.
Long Read:
NfX has a great guide to storytelling for fundraisers.
News:
Walker & Dunlop acquired TapCap, a platform that provides real-time, online quotes for Commercial RE.
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