Real Estate Tech Company Funding Up, Deals Down

technology, Internet of things, big data, mobile

Real estate tech fundraising increased in Q1, and the rate at which money was raised jumped 10% year-over-year during the first quarter.

Sixty-one real estate tech deals closed during Q1, raising $733M, according to data from CB Insights. Should this pace of funding persist, real estate tech companies could raise $2.9B this year, Real Estate Tech News reports.

Though funding was up, deal volume was down. Completed deals have been on the decline since Q3 2016, hitting a low in Q4 2016 when only 59 deals closed. The noteworthy deals completed during the period include $375M in financing to Homelink, a China-based firm. RRE Ventures led a $32.5M Series A fundraising deal for Atlanta-based real estate sales platform Knock.

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