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Why We Helped Build LightTable

Zach Aarons Aug 21, 2025

LightTable is redefining how better buildings get built—long before ground is ever broken.

The AI Growth Engine for the Trades: Our Investment in Volca

Jackson Feder Jul 23, 2025

Built for the 2.5M+ trades businesses that keep the built world running—Volca is their modern revenue infrastructure.

Behind the Build: How Milo is Pioneering Crypto-Backed Mortgages

Zak Schwarzman Jul 15, 2025

Milo CEO Josip Rupena breaks down how recent regulatory changes may signal a major turning point for digital wealth and homeownership.

Backing Adaptis: Real Estate’s Decarbonization Operating System

Zach Aarons Apr 24, 2025

Adaptis’ AI simulation engine models thousands of capital‑plan scenarios, giving owners real‑time visibility into costs, timelines and carbon savings while optimizing projects for both returns and emissions.

Behind the Build: How BuildOps is Powering the Future of Commercial Contracting

Zak Schwarzman Apr 1, 2025

BuildOps is the leading provider of mission critical software for commercial contractors—and with a recently announced $127M Series C and newly minted unicorn status, the momentum is undeniable.

Climate Resilience in Property Insurance: Our Investment in Faura

Evan Petitt Feb 6, 2025

Faura analyzes property‑level risk across wildfire, hurricane, hail, flood and earthquake perils.

From Acceleration to Acquisition: Inside Verfico's Merger with Odin

Evan Petitt Jan 29, 2025

Verfico began as a wage‑compliance and payroll‑fraud platform built by an ex‑FBI agent, while Odin started as a workforce‑risk platform during COVID; merging the two creates a high‑trust compliance system for data‑center and infrastructure projects.

10 Years of the MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University

Aaron Block Dec 18, 2024

Over the past decade, our accelerator has attracted 2,000 applications from 40 countries, supported 55 startups in raising more than $200M, driven six successful exits, and helped create over 300 jobs. Here are some of the key highlights.

Welcoming Ex PGIM Executive Phil Barrett to MetaProp’s Board

Aaron Block 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.

NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2023: A Few Highlights

Aaron Block Dec 7, 2023

Highlights included a carbon‑capture pitch competition, BuiltWorlds’ innovation summit, Norwegian PropTech mini‑summit, LMRE’s poker event and the PropTech Summit at Columbia Business School.

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

Zach Aarons Nov 7, 2023

With nine cohorts, 50 accelerated companies and more than $200 M raised, MetaProp’s accelerator remains vital because PropTech’s 100‑year digitization cycle is just beginning and new founders still need networks and guidance.

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

Jackson Feder Aug 22, 2023

Pest Share’s subscription service delivers on‑demand remediation within 1–3 days, converting a maintenance cost into revenue for property managers.