Aro Homes secures $21M for carbon-negative home platform

Aro Homes raises $21 million for carbon-negative home platform in round led by former Google CEO's f...

bizjournals bizjournals | 1 year ago

Factory-built, carbon-negative homebuilder Aro Homes has come out of stealth mode and announced it has raised $21 million in funding led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s venture capital fund, Innovation Endeavors.

Philadelphia home renovation loan startup raises $14M Series A round

bizjournals bizjournals | 2 years ago

RenoFi feels that the increasingly tight housing market could push more people to purchase fixer-upper homes and in turn result in continued growth for the startup.

It's a carbon negative and zero energy sustainable home

inhabitat inhabitat | 1 year ago

In the Netherlands, a house called Silky Black House by Joris Verhoeven Architectuur was built to be carbon negative, aiming to be zero energy. The black home is named after its Shou Sugi Ban charred wood exterior, which is an ancient Japanese burning technique for protecting wood. The charred facades lend this house a silky shine. The Silky Black House sits in a rural area, designed to reflect the style of black barns in this Netherlands area. The burning technique used on the exterior wood ma...

Greenzie raises $8M in latest investment round

lawnandlandscape lawnandlandscape | 1 year ago

Greenzie, an autonomous software company for commercial lawn mowers and outdoor power equipment, closed an $8 million corporate strategic round. This was the company's largest equity raise yet, and it was led by Atlanta Ventures and including a strategic investment by Bobcat Company. Greenzie's Robotic Ready program gives manufacturers the ability to upfit mowers with autonomous mowing functionality. "We are thrilled to close our largest round yet and include strategic investments by a stro...

Home inspection startup PunchListUSA raises $39 million in Series A

housingwire housingwire | 1 year ago

PunchListUSA, which calls itself the first platform digitizing national home inspection data, closed on a $39 million Series A funding round. The post Home inspection startup PunchListUSA raises $39 million in Series A appeared first on HousingWire.

lawnandlandscape lawnandlandscape | 1 year ago

FieldBin, a field service management (FSM) solution provider, announced today the closing of a $1.2 million pre-seed round led by 7833 Capital Partners. FieldBin is designed to help HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping and other trade companies manage every aspect of their business. 7833 Capital Partners is an early-stage investment fund launched by Ryan Corey and Ralph Sita, co-founders of Cybrary, a cybersecurity training platform. “FieldBin will be the easiest-to-use FSM application for ...

Crypto outfit Moon Mortgage raises $3.5M seed round

housingwire housingwire | 1 year ago

Moon Mortgage’s CryptoMortgages will allow investors to take out loans against their digital assets, with 100% financing for investment properties. The post Crypto outfit Moon Mortgage raises $3.5M seed round appeared first on HousingWire.

Attentive raises $5 million in venture funding

lawnandlandscape lawnandlandscape | 1 year ago

Attentive Inc, a Delaware-based business management software provider for landscaping and outdoor service industries, recently announced raising $5 million from Sequoia India’s Surge Fund and InfoEdge Ventures. Attentive has built its automated property measurement platform for the $200B+ outdoor service industry. Their software currently serves the landscaping, snow removal, paving and pest control businesses. They are an AI-based solution. “With rising inflation and labor issues, landsca...

Fractional home-equity lender Point raises $115 million

housingwire housingwire | 1 year ago

Fractional home-equity lender Point has raised an additional $115 million through a Series C fundraising round. The post Fractional home-equity lender Point raises $115 million appeared first on HousingWire.

Point raises $115 million in Series C funding

housingwire housingwire | 1 year ago

Point, an intermediary connecting homeowners with home equity investors, announced Tuesday a major new funding round. The post Point raises $115 million in Series C funding appeared first on HousingWire.