Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
[Builder Stories Series] He raised $3.1 million when he only asked for $1 million.
Then he opened his Series A and had a $10 million term sheet in 4 hours.
Lawin Chandra has written a book on AI in real estate, published by Springer, built on his postgraduate research at University of Oxford, where his work earned top honors. So when he spotted a $1.45 trillion problem sitting in plain sight, he knew exactly what to build.
LP investors are holding that $1.45 trillion in dry powder. Emerging asset managers, the funds backing startups and financing housing in cities with housing crises, need that capital. The problem isn't appetite on either side. It's infrastructure. They can't find each other.
aiRaiz is an AI platform that matches emerging managers with the right LP investors, end to end.
The vision: become the Bloomberg of private markets, giving both sides the intelligence to make the right calls faster. Lawin used his own platform for his seed round and oversubscribed it in a month.
#aibuilder #founderstory #startupstory #builder #entrepreneur #founder #venturecapital #privateequity #emergingmanagers #proptech #realestate #fintech #privatemarket #bloomberg #oxford #lpinvestors #fundraising
[Builder Stories Series] He raised $3.1 million when he only asked for $1 million.
Then he opened his Series A and had a $10 million term sheet in 4 hours.
Lawin Chandra has written a book on AI in real estate, published by Springer, built on his postgraduate research at University of Oxford, where his work earned top honors. So when he spotted a $1.45 trillion problem sitting in plain sight, he knew exactly what to build.
LP investors are holding that $1.45 trillion in dry powder. Emerging asset managers, the funds backing startups and financing housing in cities with housing crises, need that capital. The problem isn't appetite on either side. It's infrastructure. They can't find each other.
aiRaiz is an AI platform that matches emerging managers with the right LP investors, end to end.
The vision: become the Bloomberg of private markets, giving both sides the intelligence to make the right calls faster. Lawin used his own platform for his seed round and oversubscribed it in a month.
#aibuilder #founderstory #startupstory #builder #entrepreneur #founder #venturecapital #privateequity #emergingmanagers #proptech #realestate #fintech #privatemarket #bloomberg #oxford #lpinvestors #fundraising
