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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.
A PropTech Perspective: Key Takeaways from CES 2025
Shiori Sugiyama Jan 23, 2025
From Delta’s AI concierge and Joby’s urban air‑taxi partnership to Matter‑enabled smart buildings and innovations like micro‑living pods and holographic displays, CES 2025 blurred the lines between real estate, mobility and sustainability.
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.
Highlights from NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2024
Aaron Block Nov 20, 2024
With record attendance, the 8th annual NYCRETW featured panels on sustainability, urban renewal and climate tech; tours of office‑to‑residential conversions; the Real Estate Tech Awards; and the 10‑year accelerator celebration.
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.
Zak Schwarzman Oct 10, 2024
Tenant fraud and delinquencies cost landlords billions; 100’s end‑to‑end platform verifies identity and finances using CLEAR’s technology, reducing screening time from days to minutes while improving security and fairness.