▶ 0:27 · $GENERAL-CATALYST · BREAKING: Dwelly raised $170m Series B: Dan Lifshits & Ilia Drozdov, Co-founders of Dwelly

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BREAKING: Dwelly raised $170m Series B: Dan Lifshits & Ilia Drozdov, Co-founders of Dwelly

2026-07-28 · 4 company · 2 thematic

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Ilia Drozdov (referred to as Ilya) is a co-founder of Dwelly. He moved to Hull with his family for 15 months to operate their first acquired agency. He articulates the AI-enabled roll-up thesis, emphasizing automated integration speed and capital efficiency versus traditional private equity roll-ups.

dan lifshits

Dan Lifshits is a co-founder of Dwelly, an AI-enabled roll-up consolidating independent lettings agencies across the UK. He previously lived in the UK and studied at London School of Economics. He emphasizes founder-led AI-native building and long-term defensibility in AI-transformed service industries.

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“you could see a lot of tickets you grow flat and General Catalyst triple down, and basically collating this round.”

—dan lifshits

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