Real Estate

September 5, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PropertyLoop, which enables landlords to find tenants, manage their properties & stay “compliant” all in one place, has raised 101% (£1,221,194) of its £1,200,000 target from 129 investors via Seedrs with 23 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign at the time of writing. Located… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Landa, a real estate investing company, announced a $25 million Series A funding round, “bringing their total equity raised to $33 million with the inclusion of a previously raised $8 million seed round.” The company has also “raised $62 million in debt financing.” Through a… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 6:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Groundfloor is raising capital on Wefunder, a leading investment crowdfunding platform. According to the offering page, Groundfloor is raising equity at a pre-money valuation of $234 million. Investors may participate for just $100 and as of today, Groundfloor has raised just… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zumper, a property rental marketplace, has riased $30 million in Series D extension. Zumper reports, that in total it has raised $178 million. The funding was led by Kleiner Perkins. Zumper said it would soon relaunch with a short-term rental extension added to their core… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartCrowd Holdings, a firm focused on fractional real estate investments, has been issued a Fintech experimental license by the Saudi Capital Markets Authority (CMA). SmartCrowd is now focused on following through with business requirements for the launch of its Real Estate Funds Distribution Platform, making… Read More

August 17, 2022 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Casper Arboll from Perenna notes that the firm has secured a banking license “with restrictions by the PRA and the FCA.” They are delighted to share that Perenna has been awarded a banking permit but with certain restrictions by the UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority and the… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has committed $350 million to WeWork founder Adam Neumann’s new startup Flow, which is scheduled to launch in 2023. According to reports, a16z invested the funds in the startup at a $1 billion valuation. In a blog post, a16z outlined the premise… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andrejus Trofimovas, the CEO of Aventus Group, became a shareholder of PeerBerry. Andrejus Trofimovas acquired “a 50% stake in PeerBerry from former shareholder Igoris Trofimovas, who has been a shareholder of PeerBerry since May 2021.” Andrejus Trofimovas, CEO of Aventus Group, said: “My decision to… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Stoa, a Proptech that enables real estate investors to purchase, renovate, and sell homes, has raised $100 million, according to a company statement. Underwritten by Cantor Fitzgerald, the $100 million securitization is the second funding managed by Cantor which last completed $100 million securitization in… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CapitalRise has reportedly acquired another funding line, which the firm states should allow it to take on a larger number of projects based in London as well as Home Counties. The UK-based prime property lender noted that the agreement has been made with a prominent… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CubiCasa, a real estate software firm with head offices in Oulu, Finland, will now be providing a free floor plan option for its mobile floor plan scanning technology in the United States, “available on the App Store and Google Play Store.” Thanks to recent advances… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 12:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – has successfully “closed the residential building project Mo Garden in Vilnius,” the capital of Lithuania. The real estate loan of EUR 1 million, “plus an interest rate of EUR 105 438 (total amount of EUR… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Properly, a Canada-based Proptech, has raised CAD $36 million according to a blog post. The funding round brings Properly’s total raised to CAD $192 million. A valuation was not immediately available. Properly claims to be the “best funded and fastest growing real estate startup in… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT) announced that letus has selected Splitit to bring its Installments-as-a-Service to its Cloud payment platform “for the property rental market, allowing tenants to pay expenses in several interest-free installments on their credit card.” The collaboration “brings a new payment option to letus’s Cloud… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock has acquired RentPrep, a firm that offers tenant screening solutions that are said to be currently in use by over 100,000 landlords. Roofstock recently raised $240 million at an almost $2 billion valuation, thus providing capital for more M&A activity. The terms of the… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise is the OG of Regulation A for real estate investments. In fact, Fundrise is the OG of all Regulation A offerings as just about no one, ever – anywhere, utilized old Reg A when they did just that back in 2012. As part of… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, has reportedly funded a £4 million residential scheme located in Cambridge, which is focused on developing nine apartments that cover an area of 5,457 sq. ft. As reported by Mortgage Introducer, Blend Network’s management noted that the… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 8:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had reached a settlement with Opendoor (NASDAQ:OPEN) that proposed a $62 million settlement from the Proptech firm. Opendoor has agreed to the order. According to the FTC, Opendoor promoted its services by information consumers they could… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

GenoCrowd is reporting that it has taken just three days to raise its funding threshold for a real estate project. The “Das Rosenthaler”  property located in Nuremberg and managed by W&L AG, will return 5.5% interest to investors with early backers adding 50 basis points… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nationwide has invested in a rent-to-own start-up “helping first-time buyers unable to access typical mortgages get a home by saving a slice of their rent to build the deposit.” The investment in Kettel Homes forms “part of Britain’s biggest building society’s efforts to help its… Read More