All the Thalat Luna and his wife Sami wanted to build a dream house in Portugal about five years ago, where they now live.
But instead of facing them was a broken system. The Thblut reminded, “Fourteen months’ delays, 20 % budget increase, and endless tension that manages more than 10 sub -contractors.” He purchased the land in December 2020, got a construction license in early 2022, and started construction this year. He said, “This was to end in February 2024. But it is May 2025, and the house has not yet happened.
He added, “We realize,” if we are struggling with it, there are millions of others. “
Thablt, the founder and businessman of a serial, and a adviser and founder, Sami launched LighthouseA company that helps landowners and property developers to build a more efficient and sustainable home. It deals with a pressure in both the US and European markets: the ability to build cheap homes.
Letyus, which began earlier last year, has described himself as “Uber of Construction,” which says the company just wants to connect all the scattered parts of the home construction process. It matches landowners and property developers from other professionals such as construction companies, architects, contractors and interior designers. The company allows consumers to track costs, connect the schedules with renting workers and track the development of the building in real time.
The Thylt said, “As a market strategy, we have mainly decided to focus on modular construction, which means 90 % less waste and 50 % less CO2 emissions than traditional construction.
According to the pitchbok, other people involved in the modular construction site include Genosko Modular and Falloom Felt and Shelley Prefabs based in India.
Lityus has at least one US construction company in its network as it further enhances its expansion in the country. The Thblot said that now, it is focusing on becoming “the fastest growing construction tech startup in Europe”.
In addition, the European construction industry can use more innovations. Investors in the United States put billions of dollars in rising construction technology, and, as usual, there is a lot of room for the European Tech Industry.
Investors here and across the pond are clearly agreed. Last week, the Lighthouse announced a pre -seed round of $ 1.46 million, headed by the British Cornstone VC, with the participation of the Explorer Fund, one of Portugal’s largest private equity funds. Classter group, a Luxible Family Office; And Angel Investor Pascal Levy, a project partner of a long travel project in the United States here
“The lack of housing all over Europe has created a crisis all over Europe, and the cost of living has increased due to the rapid dignity in home.” “When I first met Thalat and Sami, I was impressed by their compulsive vision: to make the construction industry cut off to bring more transparency, stability, quality and confidence in the home construction process, make home construction so easy.”
Thylott called the fundraising journey “severe”. He said that he and Sami had known their important investors for years through mutual friends. Thalat, who is from France, is the founder of a deep gaming studio in Portugal, but has also invested in several companies in France and New York, angel investors and angels, respectively, in France and New York. Earlier, he worked in a French mining company and Green Tech.
Meanwhile, Sami was born in Nigeria and he grew up in London. He served as a contemporary art gallery, a brand of welfare for colorful women, and served as advisors and strategies for various law and African firms.
“I always wanted to create businesses that change people’s lives,” Sami told Tech Crunch. “The supply of cheap houses on a scale is not just a market chance – this is a very meaningful way that we can have a deep, lasting effect.”
He is now in charge of marketing, communication and design in Lites. Her husband, the thoLt, fundraising, business development, and tech.
“When the time came for an increase, we went quickly with the partners who already knew us and share their vision from the first day.” He said the use of fresh capital will help measure the money and get more skills in engineering, products, marketing and operations.
It is funny that Thbult and Sami built a company, collected a million euros, and two children were born, before home, a process on which they started working four years ago, finally ended.
“We are really moving forward next month,” said Thetullat. “We leave next month after a 14 -month delay on completion. This is the pain point that we are trying to solve millions of people. “