Israel. The start-up Placer.ai raises US$100 million

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Founded in 2018, the Israeli start-up which specialises in traffic data over commercial areas was valued at US$1 billion after a funding round on January 12th, 2022.

It raised US$100 million from WndrCo, Lachy Groom, MMC Technology Ventures LLC, Fifth Wall Ventures, as well as big names in commercial property such as J.M. Schapiro (Continental Realty Corp) or Eliot Bencuya and Jeff Karsh (Tryperion Partners). Placer.ai has more than 1,000 clients (Taubman Centres, BJ’s Whol

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