Distrito Natural

distritonatural.es ↗ ·Madrid ·Seed

Distrito Natural is a Madrid-based real estate developer specializing in ecological, collaborative housing (covivienda and cohousing), designing carbon-neutral, Passivhaus-certified buildings with shared community spaces. Founded in 2019 by the team behind sAtt Arquitectura Triple Balance, it built Entrepatios-Las Carolinas, winner of the 2019 European Collaborative Housing Award, and is positioned as Spain's first B Corp-certified architecture/construction company. Projects have historically been financed largely through crowdfunding from individual investors rather than traditional VC rounds.

Founded

2019

Founders

Total funds raised

€993K

SectorsReal Estate, Sustainable Construction, Cohousing & Coliving, Proptech Start-up MapProptech & Construction › Flexible & shared space

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Founders

Iñaki Alonso

Founder & CEO

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