It's a tough market for venture capital investment at the moment. With inflation pressure and chances of a recession in the offing, some name firms in start-up spaces—like Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator—have been warning companies not to count on raising more capital, as CNBC reported.

The greater context makes the latest VC funding report from the Center for Real Estate Technology & Innovation (CRETI) more remarkable than on its face. There was a big jump of investment that went to real estate-focused tech: 26% of global funding, according to the CRETI analysis.

"Venture capital investments in private real estate technology companies outperformed the global venture capital market," CRETI wrote. "In H1 2022, $13.1 billion was invested in real estate technology companies, including commercial, construction, residential, industrial, and other real estate sectors." That was up 5.65% from the first half of 2021, even as the stock market, and especially the tech side, took a deep dive in a cold lake.