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Roofing technology startup Roofr raises $23.5m to build end-to-end roofing software
Published: 19-10-2023 | 11:36:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Roofr, a roofing technology startup, has raised $23.5m in funding.


Lottie raises £16.35m to confront the social care crisis, elevate the standard of later living
Published: 09-10-2023 | 11:52:00 | By: Pie Kamau
London-based Lottie has raised £16.35m Series A funding round.


Proptech AI startup Zenerate partners with SoLa Impact to automate affordable housing developments
Published: 14-08-2023 | 14:12:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Zenerate has partnered with SoLa Impact.


Kiilto Ventures invests in Asumma, a Finnish ecological CLT housing startup
Published: 15-03-2023 | 12:05:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kiilto Ventures has led equity investment in Asumma, a Finnish startup that designs and sells high-quality, move-in-ready single-family homes


Building construction startup Boxabl unveils the home of the future
Published: 08-02-2023 | 09:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Boxabl, the innovator in building systems, made a huge impact at this year's International Builders' Show (IBS) with its two-story building display.


Pre-sale home renovation startup Freemodel raises $19.5m Series A funding to expand its service offering
Published: 01-02-2023 | 10:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
San Francisco Bay Area-based tech-enabled home renovation company Freemodel, announced it has secured a $19.5 million series A investment led by QED Investors.


Belgian coliving startup Cohabs joins forces with real estate investors to accelerate growth
Published: 28-11-2022 | 11:06:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cohabs, a Brussels-based company specializing in coliving, announced the entry into its capital of three new institutional investors: Ivanhoé Cambridge, Belfius Insurance, and the real estate arm of the Belgian Sovereign Fund (SFPIM - Real Estate).


Buying a home with NFT
Published: 11-10-2022 | 08:00:00 | By: Bob Koigi
When talking about NFT, many people usually relate them to any image created in JPEG format, which generally has a reasonably high value.


Las Vegas startup Boxabl raises capital to continue disrupting the housing market
Published: 15-08-2022 | 11:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Las Vegas based startup Boxabl announced an undisclosed capital raise to continue disrupting the housing market.


South Africa’s student housing startup DigsConnect secures investment to spearhead international growth
Published: 22-07-2022 | 09:39:00 | By: Pie Kamau
DigsConnect.com, South Africa’s digital student accommodation platform, announced the closure of its Pre-Series A seed extension round after securing undisclosed multi-million rand investment.


DeFi for construction finance startup Rigor raises $3.5m to end housing's affordability crisis
Published: 16-06-2022 | 15:05:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Rigor, an innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for construction lending and payments, has secured $3.5m in institutional seed financing from an honor roll of venture funders.


Habitat for Humanity launches ShelterTech accelerator seeking affordable housing innovations in sub-Saharan Africa
Published: 17-05-2022 | 13:22:15 | By: Pie Kamau
Global nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity has opened applications for the ShelterTech sub-Saharan Africa accelerator program.


U.S. housing technology startup Jupe raises $9.5m seed round to build pop-up shelter system
Published: 08-12-2021 | 14:23:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Housing technology startup Jupe announced $9.5 million in seed funding led by Initialized Capital with participation from Y Combinator. The money will be used to hire a CTO and a wider team of software and hard tech engineers.


Home fashion startup Modern Matter raises $1.2m seed round to accelerate growth of its e-Commerce platform
Published: 11-11-2021 | 11:58:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Modern Matter, a design company and manufacturer of decorative and architectural hardware, raised $1.2 million in seed capital. Modern Matter collaborates with leading designers to develop exclusive hardware designs for luxury homeowners.


Proptech startup Nomad Homes raises $20m to digitize residential real estate across Europe, Middle East and Africa
Published: 30-09-2021 | 15:42:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Nomad Homes, a property technology startup that offers an end-to-end buyer experience for real estate across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has closed a $20 million Series A funding round.


Proptech startup Kocomo raises $56m to tackle cross-border co-ownership of luxury vacation properties
Published: 31-08-2021 | 13:15:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Kocomo, a pre-seed stage proptech startup backed by U.S., European, and Latin American investors, has raised $56 million in debt and equity to tackle cross-border, co-ownership of luxury vacation properties.


RentCheck startup raises $3.6m to automate rental property inspection process
Published: 10-08-2021 | 12:05:00 | By: Pie Kamau
After stealthily achieving product-market fit, RentCheck, world's first vision-based, automated property inspection platform, is ready to change the tenant-landlord dynamic. The company will take aim at the tenant "deposit deduction" problem.


Atlanta-based startups GROUNDFLOOR and PadSplit team up to create affordable housing
Published: 21-04-2021 | 12:38:57 | By: Pie Kamau
GROUNDFLOOR, a wealthtech platform that allows everyone to build wealth through real estate, and PadSplit, a mission-driven marketplace that helps solve the affordable housing crisis, are teaming up to create hundreds of new affordable housing units.


Clearent acquires field-services-management solution Wintac
Published: 23-09-2020 | 12:20:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Payment-solutions provider Clearent has acquired Wintac, a field-service-management software solution primarily targeting residential contractors.


3D printed home builder ICON lands $35m funding led by Moderne Ventures
Published: 21-08-2020 | 11:35:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials ICON announced it has completed a $35 million series A round of financing led by Moderne Ventures.


British startup Planet Smart City partners with UN-Habitat on slum upgrading initiatives in Kenya
Published: 03-08-2020 | 15:56:00 | By: Pie Kamau
British startup Planet Smart City has joined forces with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat to provide digital tools, community management and social innovation to help improve lives in informal settlements in Kenya.


Egypt startup Sakneen secures Y Combinator investment
Published: 23-06-2020 | 15:34:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cairo based real estate startup Sakneen has been backed by Y Combinator in its mission to help homebuyers digitally search for and buy homes in Egypt.


[Startup Interview] Rense van Dijk, CEO, Woon Duurzaam, The Netherlands
Published: 04-06-2020 | 17:13:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Woon Duurzaam, a Netherlands-based startup, assists customers who are in pursuit of a sustainable lifestyle by providing every homeowner with an affordable energy sustainable home.


UK startup Planet Smart City expands further in Brazil with new smart city launch
Published: 03-06-2020 | 11:45:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Planet Smart City startup, the global leader in smart afordable housing, has expanded its presence in Brazil with the launch of its fourth smart project in the country- Smart City Aquiraz.


[Startup Interview] Terry Macharia, Founder, Secvate Solutions, Kenya
Published: 08-05-2020 | 13:09:35 | By: Bob Koigi
Terry Macharia is a founder and Managing Partner at Secvate Solutions, an information technology startup domiciled in Nairobi Kenya that has since 2018 been offering customized software solutions, cyber security consultancy and data analytics services to MSMEs.


[Startup Interview] Kat Mrozi Guerreiro, Founder, Xaka Consulting, Mozambique
Published: 29-04-2020 | 11:59:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Xaka Consulting is a Mozambique startup that offers a bouquet of human resource services among them leadership and management programmes, soft skills for all type of work-force, quality control, procurement and business intelligence.


[Startup Interview] Jose Dalappan, CEO, Costral Corporate Strategic Lab, India
Published: 27-04-2020 | 09:19:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Costral Corporate Strategic Lab is an India-based management consulting startup working with organizations in marketability of their product from market survey and other tools, branding and and business development. The company also assists businesses to re-vamp their business model.


[Startup Interview] Elton Greeve, CEO, EMG Agri Solutions, South Africa
Published: 27-04-2020 | 09:13:00 | By: Bob Koigi
EMG Agri Solutions, a South African startup offers business planning, management consulting, strategic management, and specialized project management for agri-businesses. The focus is on providing farmers and agri-businesses with specialist advisory solutions.


[Startup Interview] Gyaviira Tumushabe, Co-Founder, Firm Tours and Safaris, Uganda
Published: 27-04-2020 | 09:05:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Gyaviira Tumushabe is a co-founder of Firm Tours and Safaris, a tourism startup based in Uganda. It offers services include wildlife safaris, mountain gorilla tracking, city tours, organized group tours, school tours cultural and religious tours, all arranged and operated within the bounds of Uganda.


[Startup Interview] Martial Medi, Founder, SIP Management, UK
Published: 24-04-2020 | 14:50:00 | By: Bob Koigi
London-based SIP Management is a startup empowering creators, innovators and businesses from lower income communities that often fail to successfully monetize their Intellectual property due to the high costs involved and lack of supportive networks.


[Startup Interview] Tawanda Chitewe, CEO, iSeven Consultants, Zimbabwe
Published: 24-04-2020 | 12:05:00 | By: Bob Koigi
iSeven Consultants is a Zimbabwe based startup offering retail management consulting services. It has carved a niche in solving clients’ challenges in operations, procurement and inventory management, human resources and public relations. Tawanda Chitewe explains.


[Startup Interview] Josephine Pretorius, Founder, Consolidated Marketing Services, South Africa
Published: 24-04-2020 | 10:27:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Josephine Pretorius is the founder and CEO of Consolidated Marketing Services, CMS, a South African startup offering marketing and PR services to clients predominantly in the energy and power infrastructure sector.


[Startup Interview] Ancel Bwire, CEO, Ancywax, Uganda
Published: 24-04-2020 | 07:57:00 | By: Bob Koigi
Ancywax is a research, media and marketing startup domiciled in Uganda’s capital Kampala that has since 2014 been offering clients a cocktail of services from idea to implementation through a model dubbed Concept Development. Ancel Bwire the CEO elaborates about the startup’s business model and plans moving forward.


[Startup Interview] Cyrus Mulinge, CEO, Trots Technologies, Kenya
Published: 21-04-2020 | 13:15:00 | By: Pie Kamau
Cyrus Mulinge is the CEO of Trots Technologies, a Kenyan based mobile commerce platform that allows seamless and uninterrupted interaction between businesses and their audiences.