What Matters This Week - 7.30.22

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What Matters This Week - articles, news, and fundings that mattered this week in PropTech. No hype or marketing.

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Fundings:

• 99.co, a Singapore-based property marketplace, raised a $52M A round led by Gaw Capital.

• Nabr, a D2C housing startup, raised a $48M Debt and Equity round led by 2150.

• PunchListUSA, a home repair data and services marketplace, raised a $39M A round co-led by Sweetwater and Morpheus.

• BrainBox AI, a Montreal green HVAC management platform, raised a $30M A round co-led by ABB and EDC.

• Blue Frontier, a sustainable AC tech company, raised a $20M A round co-led by Breaktrhough Energy, 2150, and VoLo.

• Butlr, an office occupancy platform, raised a $20M A round.

• TestFit, a building modeling software company, raised a $20M A round led by Parkway.

• Latchel, a PMS for SFRs, raised a $16.7M round led by F-Prime Capital.

• Milestones, a CRM for home service vendors (lenders, etc), raised a $10.3M A round led by Updater.

• XY Sense, an Aussie office occupancy platform, raised $10M in pre-A round led by InterValley.

• Nada, an RE-focused investing, banking, and finance platform, raised an $8.1M Seed round led by LiveOak.

• DigiBuild, a blockchain-based construction management platform, raised a $4M Seed round.

News:

• China plans real estate fund worth up to $44 billion for distressed sector.

• JLL acquired building ops platform Envio.

• Built Technologies acquired Nativ, a deal management platform for CRE lenders.

Articles:

• The Future of Flexible Work in the Tech Industry.

• What's a Building OS?

Listen:

• Tenant apps: the why, what, and how with Prasan Kale, from Nexus Labs.

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