$DWELLY · Dwelly founders articulate AI-native lettings platform thesis after $170M Series B

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

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Dwelly founders articulate AI-native lettings platform thesis after $170M Series B

2026-07-28 · 3 company · 1 thematic

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ilia drozdov

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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“I think we've been kind of in the journey where like maybe coincidentally but we were slightly kind of ahead of the curve kind of with a yeah that AI will change kind of the services industry and that the AI roll ups will be kind of a thin…”

—ilia drozdov

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