Veev Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Veev Acquisition

Veev was acquired by Lennar for an undisclosed price on 21 December 2023.

Before the acquisition Veev had raised $585M across 3 funding rounds.

Veev, an Israeli proptech company founded in 2008 by Amit Haller, Ami Avrahami, and Dafna Akiva, developed a proprietary prefabricated panelized building system for residential construction, producing walls, ceilings, and floors with integrated electrical and plumbing to assemble homes four times faster than traditional methods at reduced labor costs. Initially focused on multifamily housing, Veev pivoted to single-family homes amid rising interest rates and shifting U.S. real estate demand, raising nearly $600 million including a $75 million Series B led by Lennar's LENX venture arm in 2020 and a $400 million Series D in 2022 that valued it at $1 billion. The company partnered with Lennar on a Northern California community of 102 attached homes announced in 2021 but shuttered U.S. operations in November 2023 after failing to meet financial obligations to suppliers and employees under California law, entering insolvency and liquidating assets while retaining Israeli tech operations with about 250 employees total. Lennar Corporation, a Miami-based homebuilding giant founded in 1954 with a $41 billion market cap and delivering over 73,000 homes in 2023 primarily in its West division covering California, acquired full control of Veev's operations on December 21, 2023, for several dozen million dollars following a three-week bridging loan it provided as the sole bidder. As Veev's largest prior investor through LENX, Lennar emerged after other interested parties failed to submit offers within the tight timeline, letting go of founders Ami Avrahami and Dafna Akiva while planning to retain Veev's technological operations and employees in Israel. The acquisition at a steep discount from Veev's unicorn valuation reflects Lennar's strategy to integrate adjacent proptech solutions into its core homebuilding via LENX, positioning it to advance Veev's modular system amid a challenging proptech environment marked by funding shortages and market shifts. The deal underscores competitive dynamics in U.S. modular construction, where Veev's scalability issues post-pivot and economic pressures like declining California real estate prices led to closure despite prior successes, with Lennar's vast resources enabling potential revival of Veev's IP for efficient housing production. No specific regulatory hurdles or detailed future plans for Veev's Bay Area footprint and Hayward manufacturing facility were disclosed, though Lennar confirmed the transaction without further terms.

Veev Valuation

Veev is insolvent and not operational anymore. Read the announcement ↗

Veev was last valued at $1B, based on its Series D in February 2022. Read the announcement ↗

The $400M round was led by Bond, with participation from JLL Spark, Zeev Ventures, LenX and Fifth Wall.

Veev Funding History

Before winding down, Veev has raised a total of $585M across 3 funding rounds.

Veev's first fundraising round was a $85M Series B in February 2020. The most recent completed round was a $400M Series D in February 2022.

Who has invested in Veev?

15 investors have backed Veev across its funding rounds, including Zeev Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, Fifth Wall, Greenspring Associates and Bond.

Lead investors include Bond, Lennar Ventures and Zeev Ventures.

Veev Competitors

Veev competitors included listed companies like DOMEC Compania de Artefactos Domesticos, İdealist GYO, Slottsviken and Elkop Estonia, and private ones like Ayena Innovation and Building Passport.

Veev Public Comps

Veev is no longer listed, but its public comps include Verianos, publity, Adomos, GORE German Office Real, BOOSTHEAT, Noratis, Related Blocks and TTL Beteiligungs und Grundbesitz.

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