London-based proptech venture capital firm Pi Labs has secured $90 million for its oversubscribed fund.
The VC company will identify and invest in the next generation of proptech startups that have developed proprietary technology to enhance any stage of the real estate value chain.
This includes technologies that address sustainability challenges and help real estate owners achieve their decarbonization goals, construction operations, the future of work and retail, metaverse, retail, robotics adoption, and the enablement of smart cities.
The fund’s primary focus will be to invest in early-stage proptech startups – from pre-seed to Series A stage – around the world, with average investments ranging from $500,000-$1.5 million per deal, plus follow-on capital.
Looking to back the next global proptech unicorn, it will also deploy capital during later stage rounds to turbocharge the scale-up of the sector’s most promising companies, in addition to funding the best-performing startups from its portfolio over the life cycle of their growth journey.
Pi Labs’ third proptech fund and its largest to date will support the company’s ambition to almost double its portfolio to more than 100 companies by 2025.
The company has a portfolio of 60 companies across 15 countries and four continents currently.
The final close saw the participation of blue-chip institutional investors from around the world, including Dutch pension provider APG, UAE developer Aldar Properties, London real estate developer Sellar, King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (represented by Argent and also including AustralianSuper and Federated Hermes), Hong Kong-based developers Sino Group and Swire Properties, Nordic sustainable construction solutions firm Kiilto, Canadian Hopewell Group and Germany’s Jaeger Gruppe.
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