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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
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.
Pioneering PropTech in Asia: A Year of Impact with MetaProp’s APAC Scout Program
Satoshi Murakami Oct 3, 2024
The $2 M APAC Scout Program backed startups such as Yamori’s vacant‑home marketplace, Toggle’s land‑selection software, Asuene’s carbon‑accounting platform and H2Corp’s AI‑driven construction tech across Japan, Korea, Singapore and Australia.
Bridging the Climate Reinsurance Gap: Our Investment in Demex
Zak Schwarzman Sep 12, 2024
As climate change drives insurers out of secondary‑peril markets, Demex uses granular weather data to price stop‑loss reinsurance, already binding $65 M in coverage and led by a team with decades in weather risk.
Modern Construction Procurement: Our Investment in Trestle
Jackson Feder Sep 5, 2024
Trestle’s vendor‑management platform automates subcontractor selection, contract drafting and project cost tracking for heavy‑civil contractors, tapping a database of 50,000 subcontractors and saving months of manual work.
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.