What Matters This Week - 8.14.21
OYO is IPOing and a couple notable acquisitions.
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Fundings:
Honest Networks, a resi 5G provider, raised $100M from Newlight and Fifth Wall.
Doxel, a construction deviation detection robot, raised a $40M Series B led by Insight.
Agora, a construction material management platform, raised $33M in a Series B led by Tiger.
Aalto, an online direct-to-seller resi marketplace, raised $13M from Sequoia.
RentCheck, an automated property inspection platform, raised a $2.6M Seed round.
BLDUP, a CRE Intelligence platform, raised $2M.
News:
JLL is acquiring Skyline AI. And Spruce is acquiring The Minte.
Owner of Saks Fifth Ave is converting spaces into co-working spaces with WeWork.
Articles:
Check out Envoy’s back-to-work traffic data.
Longread:
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