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Kapacity.io is using AI to drive energy and emissions savings for real estate

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is on a mission to accelerate the decarbonization of buildings by using AI-generated efficiency savings to encourage electrification of commercial real estate — wooing buildings away from reliance on fossil fuels to power their heating and cooling needs. Y Combinator-backed Kapacity.io And Rauhala names the U.K.

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Real estate developer turned prefab home builder Veev closes on $400M in fresh funding

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Veev, a real estate developer turned tech-enabled homebuilder, announced today that it has raised $400 million a Series D round that propels the company to “unicorn status.” Interestingly, Veev Group started its life as a traditional real estate developer and asset manager.

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Sustainability catches the eye of Kompas’ shiny new, green-tinted glasses fund

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The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries. It especially wants to reduce waste and CO2 emissions. Image Credits: Kompas.

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Mudafy raises $10M in Founders Fund-led Series A to fix LatAm’s ‘broken’ real estate process

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Mudafy , a tech-enabled real estate broker operating in Latin America, has raised $10 million in a Series A round of funding led by San Francisco-based Founders Fund. It claims that it is doing more than 100 real estate transactions per month and is currently originating over 50% of the mortgage loans for its customers. .

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With an Apple Store designer as a co-founder, Juno raises $20M to build apartments more sustainably

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Juno , a proptech startup which aims to build more sustainable and affordable apartment buildings, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception.

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Generative AI is building the foundation of proptech’s next wave

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Kunal Lunawat Contributor Share on Twitter Kunal Lunawat is co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on real estate tech, blockchain, AI and sustainability. We believe this represents a significant opportunity for real estate tech entrepreneurs.

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Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech

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Peter Gajdoš is a partner at Fifth Wall , where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team. The climate crisis is real, happening now and really hurting us. I believe it is a financial and a moral imperative to make climate technology, together with medicine, the main priority of humanity. Peter Gajdoš. Contributor.