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Highlights from NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2024

MetaProp’s mission with NYC Real Estate Tech Week is clear: unite the brightest minds and leading real estate innovators in New York City to accelerate the digitization and decarbonization of the built world. Now in its 8th year, NYC Real Estate Tech Week has truly grown to become a must-attend event for PropTech founders, investors, real estate executives, and thought leaders from around the world. The 2024 edition broke records with unparalleled attendance, world-class speakers, and transformative discussions that exceeded our wildest expectations.

Welcoming Ex PGIM Executive Phil Barrett to MetaProp’s Board

Phil’s wealth of experience in real estate asset management, having held nearly every role at PGIM Real Estate, makes him a phenomenal addition to our team.

Our Investment in 100

Fraud is amongst the biggest challenges multifamily property managers face today. As tenant fraud becomes more sophisticated and delinquency rates persist, outdated processes are costing multifamily operators billions.

Pioneering PropTech in Asia: A Year of Impact with MetaProp’s APAC Scout Program

One year ago, MetaProp launched the APAC Scout Program, a $2 million exploratory initiative to back 6-8 innovative companies in the rapidly emerging Asia-Pacific PropTech ecosystem. With a new investment into the region in each of the last four quarters, MetaProp remains committed to fostering growth and innovation in the Asia-Pacific PropTech landscape. Let’s explore the companies driving this progress.

Bridging the Climate Reinsurance Gap: Our Investment in Demex

The nature of storms has fundamentally evolved. Climate change (among other factors) has led to an increase in the frequency and severity of not only headline-grabbing catastrophic weather events like hurricanes and wildfires but also secondary perils (e.g. tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail and wind), which are now responsible for the majority of insured losses in the US. Demex offers a unique stop-loss risk transfer solution that prices secondary peril reinsurance risk and settles corresponding claims.

Modern Construction Procurement: Our Investment in Trestle

In the fragmented and dispersed world of construction, particularly in heavy civil projects, inefficiencies in vendor procurement and management have long been accepted as an unavoidable cost of doing business. Industry-wide labor shortages, increasing project complexities, and unprecedented infrastructure spending and corresponding demand have only exacerbated these challenges. Enter Trestle, the construction industry's most advanced vendor risk management platform.

NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2023: A Few Highlights

NYC Real Estate Tech Week is our City’s chance to host some of the world’s best PropTech founders, VCs, real estate innovation executives, universities/institutions, tech enthusiasts, service providers, and media. For the eighth consecutive year, MetaProp and a diverse set of event producers (including Propmodo, Builtworlds, PwC, MIPIM, Cooley, Columbia University, LMRE, Spaciously, and more) welcomed hundreds to Manhattan for a week committed to advancing digitization and decarbonization of the built environment. Participants hailed from NYC, regions across the US and Canada, Latin America, the UK, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, Korea, China, and Japan.

8 Years Later: Why PropTech still needs MetaProp's Accelerator Program

This isn't just a reboot of our accelerator; it's a reaffirmation of our mission. It's an acknowledgment that our work is far from complete. MetaProp is returning to our roots because the fire that fueled us then burns even brighter now. And in many ways, we are just getting started.

Pest Remediation-as-a-Service: Our Investment in Pest Share

Pests are pervasive. Whether you rent or own your home, chances are you have had a pest problem at one point or another. And yet, the pest remediation solutions at one’s disposal – especially for renters – are subpar. Pest Share sells subscription, on-demand pest control services for residential tenants.

First Annual MetaProp Founders Summit

MetaProp united its Portfolio Founders under one roof for the First Annual MetaProp Founders Summit, sponsored by PwC, in New York City on May 8-9. The summit fostered a deep sense of collaboration, providing a unique ground for meaningful connections and partnerships.

The Impact of Generative AI in Real Estate

As the performance, speed, and affordability of AI models continue to improve, and model access becomes more accessible via free and open source platforms, the stage is set for an unprecedented surge of creativity and innovation resulting in add-on features to existing products and an explosion of new companies building generative AI applications for specific verticals.

MetaProp's Week at MIPIM Cannes

There is truly no other global gathering that addresses the entire real estate value chain in one place. The most influential investors, developers, service providers, corporate users, hotel groups, operators, and city and local authorities covering all property sectors demonstrated their commitment to innovation and the path to net zero this week in Cannes.