Upciti raises $20M in Series A, led by Notion Capital

In just six months, founders in our Centre for Housing Innovation (CHI) have raised millions, grown revenue and launched pilots with municipalities across Canada: • CABN → Increased revenue 10x, raised a Series A with GroundBreak Ventures, now forecasting $100M+ ARR. • LandLogic → Raised $1M (including $250K from Ontario Centre of Innovation), closed their largest client deal to date, and are bringing zoning data across 35+ jurisdictions. • PakVille → Generated $70M+ in project proposals for its eco-engineered panels that cut build times from months to weeks. • Adaptis → Onboarded 600+ buildings, helping one customer unlock $12M in added value while hitting net-zero targets early. Read more about CHI’s big wins: dmz.to/CHI-Cohort1

Collaboration builds affordability. DMZ's Centre for Housing Initiative is an example of what can happen when you connect housing and proptech founders with the mentors, capital and industry partners they need to actually move the needle. In just six months, founders in the first cohort of the program’s accelerator have raised millions, grown revenue tenfold, and built $100M pipelines — proof that housing innovation can scale 🙌

Digs, led by Ryan Fink and Ty Frackiewicz, has secured $5 million in pre-Series A funding to expand its software platform for residential builders. #PropTech #StartupFunding #RealEstateTech #Homebuilding #ConstructionInnovation #Digs #RyanFink #TyFrackiewicz #PropTechBuzz #PTB #Innovation Read More - https://lnkd.in/dXJxaHiu —---------------------- Raising capital? Explore 3,000+ PropTech and ConTech VCs in one place →https://lnkd.in/g9_yPiy3 If you are a proptech company and want to promote your products for free, go to proptechbuzz.com and submit your products. For investors or proptech buyers, sign up on our platform to stay informed about exciting updates and trends in the Proptech Ecosystem. Explore more Proptech news at proptechbuzz.com/news, for news tips and promotions, reach out to marketing@proptechbuzz.com.

Last Tuesday, Prabh Paul Parmar had the opportunity to pitch on the value of whar TraceRent offers for the proptech and real estate industry, being rental pricing automation that eliminates guesswork and inaccuracy in rental pricing for property managers in the residential multi-family segment of real estate. It was an afternoon of listening and learning through other data tech start-up pitches in Calgary, alongside knowledgeable panellists who spoke on bridging the gap between the industry and technology, speaking on their insights on innovation, which featured Rob Blackwell, Matt Carlson, SIOR, and Kate Thompson Shout out to Platform Calgary for hosting and leading this event! We also enjoyed tasty food and purposeful networking with different professionals. #TraceRent #Calgaryproptech #Proptechshowcase #Platformcalgary #Calgarystartups

Railpen, which is developing some of the most important property schemes ever seen in Cambridge, has called for the establishment of a UK Scale-Up Fund to facilitate smooth access to capital for startups and scale-ups throughout their growth cycle. Anna Rule, Director of Private Markets and Real Assets at Railpen, tells Business Weekly: “This will ensure a seamless ecosystem from startup to IPO and beyond and keep pace with competition from similar initiatives launching soon in the Eurozone. “With our experience managing a £34 billion pension fund and our long-term investments in innovation businesses and the supporting real estate and infrastructure, we are well-positioned to support UK innovators in scaling sustainably. “Through our partnership with Innovate Cambridge, we have already launched The Glasshouse, providing a gateway for company founders and investors to meet and access the city’s vibrant innovation ecosystem.” Rule has also given the thumbs-up to the government announcement of a £500 million package for the Oxford-Cambridge Corridor and Europe’s Silicon Valley, as No 10 hopes the area will become. She says: “Railpen’s deep understanding stems from our strategic investments within the Golden Triangle, the renowned science, technology, and innovation hub encompassing Cambridge, Oxford, and London. This includes our investments into companies like CMR Surgical and Oxford Nanopore Technologies. “And as one of the largest investors in the IP Group plc, which owns Parkwalk Advisors (the UK’s most active investor in university spinout companies) we are actively engaged with the technology and life sciences sectors in the UK. The Government’s £500m funding announcement to create ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ helps support the exciting future ahead for this region. “For over a decade, we have recognised the immense potential of the Cambridge-Oxford corridor and have continuously invested in creating spaces where innovation can flourish. Our investments, which span real estate, infrastructure and innovation, have generated thousands of jobs. “In Cambridge, we are establishing an ‘innovation cluster’ comprising 11 assets with a total of 1.9 million sq. ft. of high-quality space, designed to meet current and future occupier needs. These assets include sustainable, amenity-rich workspaces, innovation facilities, build-to-rent homes, and community spaces.” https://lnkd.in/eBwxTSKp

10,000 miles down and we’ve made it to New York for Real Estate Week and CREtech.   We kicked off day zero with the Australian American Association at their NYC headquarters, hearing from president Steven Marshall and connecting with leaders driving innovation and investment across the city.   Had a great time with teams from JLL Spark, NYC EDC, and Deputy Commissioner Camara, who shared insights on the 'City of Yes' initiative and New York’s major zoning changes... transforming old office towers into residential apartments 👀   We also heard from Andrew at Second Century Ventures, offering practical advice on connecting with investors, before wrapping up the day with networking drinks overlooking some of the best views in Manhattan.   Special thanks to Investment NSW, and especially Ari Newsome and Tom Ward, for coordinating the PropTech to USA delegation. Great to also connect with fellow Australian companies like Can I Build and Property Hub — both bringing smart innovation to the US market.   Make sure you stop by our startup kiosk at CREtech or shoot me a DM to catch up!

#WomenInTech: 💰Finnish startup CHAOS just raised €2 million to accelerate its expansion across the Nordics and DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). The round includes funding from Nidoco, the company’s largest investor, and Finnvera, a state-owned financing company in Finland. Full story 👉 https://lnkd.in/dNab9Mau Natalia Rincón-Eriksson Markus Backman Laura Franck Valeri Tsatsishvili #Finland #eutech #news #ai #artificialintelligence #news #technews #innovation #investment #startups #femalefounders

Parking used to be the dead zone of commercial #realestate, a gray area of gates, tickets, and confusion that quietly bled money while everyone looked the other way. Then Vend Park rolled in, lights on, system wired, and flipped the parking garage into a data-driven profit hub. The Boston-based startup just locked in a $17.5M Series A led by Blue Heron Capital, with Nuveen, a TIAA company's Real Asset Ventures , Communitas Capital, and investor John McMahon joining the ride. Returning believers Floating Point Capital, PagsGroup, Crossbeam Venture Partners, and Derive Ventures circled back, proof that Vend isn't another SaaS platform chasing buzzwords, it's the next layer of real estate #infrastructure built for scale. Co-Founders Michael Miele (CEO) and Karan Singhal (CTO) saw the inefficiency long before parking tech became cool. The legacy systems were clunky, fragmented, and allergic to user experience. They built Vend Park to make #parkingaccess invisible, hands-free gate entry, contactless payments, automated billing, unified reporting, all in one vertically integrated platform. When a 360K sq. ft. property in San Diego reports a 42% bump in #transientparking revenue, 75% less time wasted on audits, and 133 hours saved per month for parkers, that's not improvement, that's transformation parked on concrete. This is where engineering precision meets operator hustle. Karan Singhal designed Vend's backbone: AI-powered access, LPR #computervision, and a real-time cloud #commandcenter that syncs every transaction. Michael Miele built the commercial muscle to bring in marquee clients like Nuveen, Jamestown, Harwood International, and Lincoln Property Company. Chief Operating Officer Pritesh Chandarana adds executional horsepower from Uber and OYO, while Tony Albanese, Head of Revenue since 10/31/23, turns 20+ years of parking and CRE knowledge into growth velocity that moves like traffic at rush hour, only smarter. 35x growth in 24 months. Expansion from 3 cities to 15. Average NOI up 30%, operating costs down 30–50%. Integrations with SpotHero, ParkWhiz, and Cove make it the connective tissue between #mobility, #tenants, and #buildings. Each transaction logs 80+ data points, feeding ML algorithms that adjust demand-based pricing in real time. It's proptech that doesn't just automate, it amplifies. Blue Heron Capital and the rest didn't bet on hype, they bet on inevitability. The $17.5M raise fuels AI advancements, expansion into new markets, and hiring across #engineering, #sales & #customersuccess. As CRE modernizes, Vend Park isn't chasing the future; it's building it, one parking lot at a time. #Startups #StartupFunding #VentureCapital #SeriesA #AI #Automation #Parking #ParkingTech #PropTech #RealEstateTech #Data #DataDriven #Cloud #CloudComputing #Infrastructure #Technology #Innovation #TechEcosystem #StartupEcosystem #Hiring #TechHiring

Big raise for Metropolis! Metropolis, an AI-powered checkout-free parking platform, has secured $1.6 billion in debt and equity, including a $500 million Series D fundraise. https://lnkd.in/gxysYN27