The MetaProp Blog offers in-depth perspectives on the technologies transforming how we finance, insure, design, manage, measure, build, and power the world’s largest asset class.
Pioneering PropTech in Asia: A Year of Impact with MetaProp’s APAC Scout Program
Satoshi Murakami Oct 3, 2024
One year ago, MetaProp launched the APAC Scout Program, a $2 million exploratory initiative to back 6-8 innovative companies in the rapidly emerging Asia-Pacific PropTech ecosystem. With a new investment into the region in each of the last four quarters, MetaProp remains committed to fostering growth and innovation in the Asia-Pacific PropTech landscape. Let’s explore the companies driving this progress.
Bridging the Climate Reinsurance Gap: Our Investment in Demex
Zak Schwarzman Sep 12, 2024
We are backing a unique stop-loss risk transfer solution that prices secondary peril reinsurance risk and settles corresponding claims.
Modern Construction Procurement: Our Investment in Trestle
Jackson Feder Sep 5, 2024
In the fragmented and dispersed world of construction, particularly in heavy civil projects, inefficiencies in vendor procurement and management have long been accepted as an unavoidable cost of doing business. Industry-wide labor shortages, increasing project complexities, and unprecedented infrastructure spending and corresponding demand have only exacerbated these challenges. Enter Trestle, the construction industry's most advanced vendor risk management platform.
NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2023: A Few Highlights
Aaron Block Dec 7, 2023
NYC Real Estate Tech Week is our City’s chance to host some of the world’s best PropTech founders, VCs, real estate innovation executives, universities/institutions, tech enthusiasts, service providers, and media. For the eighth consecutive year, MetaProp and a diverse set of event producers welcomed hundreds to Manhattan for a week committed to advancing digitization and decarbonization of the built environment.
8 Years Later: Why PropTech still needs MetaProp's Accelerator Program
Zach Aarons Nov 7, 2023
This isn't just a reboot of our accelerator; it's a reaffirmation of our mission. It's an acknowledgment that our work is far from complete. MetaProp is returning to our roots because the fire that fueled us then burns even brighter now. And in many ways, we are just getting started.
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.
First Annual MetaProp Founders Summit
Aaron Block Jun 13, 2023
MetaProp united its Portfolio Founders under one roof for the First Annual MetaProp Founders Summit, sponsored by PwC, in New York City on May 8-9. The summit fostered a deep sense of collaboration, providing a unique ground for meaningful connections and partnerships.
The Impact of Generative AI in Real Estate
Zach Aarons May 2, 2023
As the performance, speed, and affordability of AI models continue to improve, and model access becomes more accessible via free and open source platforms, the stage is set for an unprecedented surge of creativity and innovation resulting in add-on features to existing products and an explosion of new companies building generative AI applications for specific verticals.
MetaProp's Week at MIPIM Cannes
Aaron Block Mar 21, 2023
There is truly no other global gathering that addresses the entire real estate value chain in one place. The most influential investors, developers, service providers, corporate users, hotel groups, operators, and city and local authorities covering all property sectors demonstrated their commitment to innovation and the path to net zero this week in Cannes.
The Excellence of the Nordic PropTech Ecosystem
Feb 27, 2023
I recently was in Sweden for the Nordic PropTech Awards and wanted to share the inspiring experience I had. I participated in the awards and the venture capital panel, sharing MetaProp’s global investment perspective while also engaging with local startups. It was truly a unique experience, from net zero dining, passionate entrepreneurs, and exemplary technologists.
Meet MetaProp: Sage Shamsai, Innovation Services
Nov 30, 2022
Sage Shamsai has been an integral part of the MetaProp team for over a year, beginning her tenure with us as a Masters' student at Stanford University. During her time with us she has worked specifically with our innovation services team to support our LPs and strategic partners in understanding how to navigate the strategy, roadmaps, technological adoption and transparency necessary for environmentally sustainable businesses and successful growth.
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.