Inc. Magazine recently released its 2022 Inc5000 list, highlighting the top 5000 fastest-growing companies in the U.S. While the list spans a number of industries & verticals, PropTech companies made up a notable part of the list. MetaProp portfolio companies on the list include:

HqO (No. 75), a workplace experience company that sells to both landlord and corporate employer clients is the highest ranked PropTech company on the list, achieving  5,291% growth. This follows raising a $60 million Series C financing round and the acquisition of two employee experience-oriented companies in the space this year (Office App and Leesman).

PadSplit (No. 290), a shared-housing marketplace specializing in housing designed for the workforce.

Obie (No. 685), a direct-to-consumer instant digital insurance product serving the landlord community via a digital marketplace, property management or lending company platform.

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• Atom Power, a Huntersville, N.C.-based power delivery and EV charging company, raised $100 million led by SK.
• Byte Kitchen, a San Mateo, Calif.-based restaurant scaling company, raised $6 million in funding. Crosslink Capital, Emergent Ventures, and Lookout co-founder and CTO Kevin Mahaffey led the round and were joined by investors including Correlation Ventures, Wndrco, Soma Capital, and Y Combinator, and other angels. 
• Fora, a New York-based travel agency, raised $13.5 million in Series A funding co-led by Heartcore Capital for Forerunner. 
• Guesty, a Walnut, Calif.-based short-term rental management company, raised $170 million in Series E funding led by Apax Digital Funds, MSD Partners, and Sixth Street Growth, with Viola Growth and Flashpoint also participating. 
• Oliver Space, an SF-based furniture resale startup, raised $36m in Series B funding. Union Grove Venture Partners led, and was joined by Mayfield, USVP, Expa Capital and LG Technologies. 
• Project Solar, a Lehi, Utah-based e-commerce brand for solar installations, raised $23 million in Series A funding led by Left Lane Capital.
• Truework, a San Francisco-based income and employment verification platform, raised $50 million in Series C funding. G Squared Capital led the round and was joined by investors including Sequoia, Activant, Khosia, Indeed, Human Capital, and Four Rivers.

• WeWork founder Adam Neumann received a record-breaking check from Andreessen Horowitz with somewhat vague plans to shake up the massive market for rental apartments, injecting a jolt into the venture investment market for PropTech. MetaProp's Safi Aziz broke down the mysterious business in a two-part series here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).
• Big investors like Bain Capital and Redwood Trust are buying up stakes in Americans' homes and plan to 'revolutionize' how people tap into a record $27.8 trillion in home equity.
• Bridger Aerospace, a Montana-based provider of aerial firefighting and wildfire surveillance services, agreed to go public via Jack Creek Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: JCIC), a SPAC formed by KSH Capital. The deal values Bridger at an implied $869 million.
• Redfin’s latest July report highlights this: just 44.3% of nationwide home offers written by Redfin agents faced competition last month, compared to a revised rate of 50.9% in June and 63.8% in July 2021. The report says that competition has cooled, due to many Americans being priced out of the market by higher mortgage rates and inflation, so properties are staying on the market longer and sellers are being forced to reduce prices.
• Urban Innovation Fund has raised $121M to invest in startups shaping the future of cities! They closed $101M for Urban Innovation Fund III, along with a $20M opportunity fund.