MSc graduate wins venture funding for proptech startup
Monday 20 Mar 2023
Lucy Lyons, a graduate of the Oxford Smith School’s MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment has secured investment funding from start-up accelerator Carbon13 for her start-up Kestrix, which she co-founded in 2022.
Kestrix is a property technology (proptech) start-up that uses drones and heat cameras to assess the insulation needs of buildings. The gathered data is used to provide energy efficiency surveys and retro fitting guidance to property managers and developers.
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