A total of $2.21bn was invested in Real Estate Tech companies last year – more than double the funding in 2015
- Total Real Estate Tech investments doubled in 2016. This was partly due to two large deals totaling $1.08bn to the Chinese online real estate agency Home Link. Considering only deals valued below $100m, investments in Real Estate Tech still increased at a CAGR of 20.7% between 2014 and 2016.
- Only 43.8% of the $920m invested in 2016 was invested in H1 2017. Alongside this slow start for investments valued under $100m, 2017 has yet to see any large deals closed in this sector.
- The number of deals closed to Real Estate Tech companies fell by 13.7% between 2015 and 2016. This fall looks set to continue in 2017 since only 42 deals have been closed in this sector so far, this year.
FinTech investments to Real Estate Tech companies has remained stagnant in the last four quarters
- Q2 2016 was a record quarter for investment in Real Estate Tech due to the $594m Series B round and the $486m funding closed by Home Link. However, considering only deals valued under $100m investments in Q2 2017 were up by 11.6% YoY.
- In Q4 2017 the third $200m+ funding round of 2016 was closed. Opendoor, a San Francisco based company which aims to streamline the home sales process, received $210m of series D financing from Northwest Venture Partners and 7 other investors.
- Investments valued under $100m have gradually increased since Q4 2016 when only $178m was committed to Real Estate Tech companies. Q2 2017 saw an increase of 21.4%.
- The total number of deals fell by 52.2% between Q2 2016 and Q2 2017. Corresponding with this fall in the number of deals the average deal size for deals valued under $100m has increased by 90.9%.
More than 75% of the total amount invested in Real Estate Tech companies in H1 2017 went to the top 10 deals
- The Top Ten deals received a total of $309m of investment in H1 2017. This is 76.7% of the total amount invested in Real Estate Tech companies in H1 2017.
- Cadre received the largest deal of H1 2017. The New York based company allows investors to invest in institutional quality real estate. The firm received $65m of Series C funding in June of this year.
- Seven of the Top Ten largest deals went to companies based in the United States with the remaining 3; Credit Peers, Yopa and Appear Here all based in London.
