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June 4, 2026

Inside Dwelly’s AI-powered rollup playbook

London-based proptech reportedly in talks to raise $200m from General Catalyst and others


Martin Coulter

4 min read

Dwelly CTO Dmitry Khanukov, CPO Dan Lifshits and CEO Ilya Drozdov

When Dwelly announced a £69m raise in February, the UK proptech startup had already become one of Europe’s most closely watched examples of a new startup model: buying traditional businesses and using AI to transform how they operate.

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Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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