Litehaus raises €1.46M pre-seed to build home-building platform

All Thibault Launay and his wife Simi wanted nearly five years ago was to build a dream home in Portugal, where they both now live. But what they encountered instead was a broken system. “Fourteen months of delays, 20% budget overruns, and endless stress managing over 10 subcontractors,” Thibault recalled. They bought the land in December 2020, got the construction license in early 2022, and started building that year. “That was supposed to finish in February 2024,” he said. But it’s May 2025, and the home still isn’t done. “We realized,” he continued, “if we’re struggling with this, so are millions of others.” So Thibault, himself a serial founder and entrepreneur, and Simi, a consultant and also a founder, launched Litehaus, a company that touts to help landowners and property developers build homes in a more efficient and sustainable way. It tackles a pressing need in both the U.S. and the European markets: the ability to build affordable homes. Litehaus, which launched early la ... Read full article.