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Behind the Build: How BuildOps Is Powering the Future of Commercial Contracting
Apr 1, 2025
BuildOps is transforming the backbone of commercial contracting with software purpose-built for the trades. In this edition of MetaProp’s Founder Spotlight, General Partner Zak Schwarzman sits down with Co-Founder and CEO Alok Chanani to reflect on the company’s early milestones, hiring lessons, and recent $127M Series C.
Climate Resilience in Property Insurance: Our Investment in Faura
Evan Petitt Feb 6, 2025
We first met Valkyrie Holmes of Faura when she was a candidate for our 2024 Accelerator program. During our initial conversations, she shared her innovative approach to property insurance—one that would help insurers build profitable portfolios in high-risk regions while ensuring homeowners have straightforward access to comprehensive coverage. Join us as we dive into her vision, which grows more critical with each passing day.
A PropTech Perspective: Key Takeaways from CES 2025
Shiori Sugiyama Jan 23, 2025
Earlier this month, Las Vegas became the epicenter of the innovation world, hosting over 100,000 attendees for the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Fresh off the intensive week, I wanted to distill the experience through a PropTech lens - pinpointing the advancements most relevant to the future of the built environment.
Welcoming Ex PGIM Executive Phil Barrett to MetaProp’s Board
Nov 19, 2024
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.
Pest Remediation-as-a-Service: Our Investment in Pest Share
Jackson Feder Aug 22, 2023
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.
Highlights: MetaProp’s 2022 Annual Limited Partner Meeting and NYC Real Estate Tech Week
Nov 18, 2022
More than 1,000 of the world’s most innovative real estate minds converged in NYC for 2022 New York City Real Estate Tech Week. This is truly the most global PropTech event with attendees from across North America, LatAm, UK, Germany, Holland, Spain, Israel, Korea, China, Japan, and more. Event hosts throughout the week included MIPIM, Propmodo, WealthPark, Cherre, Dealpath, Placer.ai and MetaProp. PlaceTech’s hot take on Propel by MIPIM with MetaProp’s conference at Javits shouldn’t be missed.
Reflections from MetaProp Accelerator @ Columbia University Alumni Summit
Nov 8, 2022
We’ve been bringing the best of international PropTech to some of our favorite cities as we celebrate the 50th company in the MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University. The Alumni Summit series made its most recent stops in Korea and Japan this October. These were the first of several planned Summits in Asia. I’m increasingly optimistic about the future of startup investments in the region thanks to the overwhelming interest in our startup CEOs.