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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.
Highlights from NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2024
Aaron Block Nov 20, 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. The 2024 edition broke records with unparalleled attendance, world-class speakers, and transformative discussions that exceeded our wildest expectations.
Modern mortgage finance in LATAM: Our Investment in Yave
Nov 22, 2022
Financing a home purchase with a mortgage is often the most significant personal financial transaction one will make. In the US, the mortgage transaction, notoriously rife with process inefficiencies, is in the midst of a significant tech-driven overhaul. At MetaProp we have been investing for the better part of a decade in companies like Morty, Staircase, and others that are leading this charge by introducing digital solutions into, and removing inefficiencies from, the home lending value chain.
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.
Why PropTech sentiment has declined
Sep 28, 2022
Amid spiking (but potentially abating) inflation, higher interest rates, SPAC collapses & recession fears, talk of PropTech’s future and VC concerns have dominated recent headlines. The 2022 Mid-Year Global PropTech Confidence Index, sponsored by PwC, shows that confidence in PropTech - as an industry - is at an all-time low for both investors and founders. Years of unprecedented growth in the industry led to record levels of confidence in 2021. What's behind this abrupt shift? Let's take a closer look.
Meet MetaProp: Satoshi Murakami, New Regional Director of APAC
Sep 6, 2022
MetaProp’s vision to accelerate the growth of real estate technology and the transformation of the built environment requires leaders to come together to support promising founders, and their startups, from all corners of the world. Our team does a fantastic job forging relationships from all corners of the industry; and we’ve built a deep community from 25+ countries to join us on our journey.
Seoul and Tokyo: MetaProp Accelerator @ Columbia University Alumni Summits Tour APAC
Aug 30, 2022
MetaProp has had an active presence in Asia Pacific (“APAC”) since 2017. We’ve worked hard to support regional ecosystem development through partnerships with blue chip real estate leaders Mitsui Fudosan, Development Bank of Japan, Aju, Chuo-Nittochi, Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Swire, and others. Perhaps more importantly, we love backing founders who are developing groundbreaking solutions in the region, including breakout Korean startup Dongnae which uses technology to curate a more affordable selection of rental apartments in Korea.