The Propcast

Summary:  In the sixth episode of Season 10 of the Propcast, host Louisa Dickins is joined by Zachary Denning and Jerremy Spillman , co-founders of Hank . JLL 's recently acquired AI-powered virtual engineering platform for buildings. Zach and Jerremy share how Hank is helping the commercial real estate world reduce emissions and assist clients in their transition to net zero. The guests discuss t...

Summary: In the fifth episode of season 10 of The Propcast, host Louisa Dickins is joined by Jonathan Flaherty , Global Head of Sustainability and Building Technology Innovation at Tishman Speyer and Philippe Le Fort , leader of Ambio, a smart buildings SaaS platform by PATRIZIA . Jonathan and Philippe talk to Louisa about their journeys into ESG and elaborate on the technologies they believe will...

In the fourth episode of season 10 of the Propcast, host Louisa Dickins is joined by Sally Jones , Head of Strategy, Digital and Technology at British Land and Matt Webster , Head of Environmental Sustainability at British Land . They share British Land's strategy for sustainable developments and how they are going to achieve net zero by 2030. Sally shares how her role at British Land has changed...

In the third episode of season 10 of the Propcast, host Louisa Dickins is joined by Aleksandra (Sasha) Njagulj , Managing Director and Global Head of Real Estate ESG at DWS Group and Simon Wallace , Global Head of Research and Strategy at DWS Group .  They discuss the key data points in ESG in real estate and how and why Aleksandra and Simon have risen to the top of the DWS Group and are focusing...

Summary: On the 2nd episode of Season 10 of the Propcast, host Louisa Dickins is joined by Taylor Wescoatt , General Partner at Concrete VC and Guy Grainger , Global Head of Sustainability Services and ESG at JLL .  They discuss why global real estate leaders are refocusing their investment strategy and turning to venture capital to help reach net zero. Taylor Wescoatt shares Concrete VC's big pla...

In the first episode of Season 10 of the Propcast, host Louisa Dickins is joined by Vincent Bryant , Co-Founder and CEO of Deepki and Grigor Hadjiev , Head of Product and Development for West Europe at Allianz Real Estate . Louisa and Vincent discuss the founding of Deepki in 2014 and how their SaaS solution data intelligence platform is helping to guide top real estate players in their net zero t...

Propcast Season 10 is here! We are focusing on ESG within the built environment, and we are thrilled to be joined by some of the leading companies in the industry to speak about what their business ESG strategy is - and what they're doing to reduce their carbon footprint. Our guests share not only professional but personal experiences and the valuable lessons they have learnt for our listeners to...

Summary: In the final episode of The Propcast Season 9, Louisa is joined by Kevin Danehy , Vice Chair, North America and Global Head of Corporate Development and Allison Lloyds , Global Head of Investor Relations and Capital Development at Willow .  They discuss why digital twins are getting the attention of investors, what a digital twin is, how they both got into the digital twin space, and how...

Summary: In the penultimate episode of season 9 of the Propcast, Louisa is joined by Nobu Iguchi, Managing Partner at Agya Ventures, and Fatima Dicko, Founder & CEO at Sugar . In this episode, they discuss their journeys into the real estate innovation space and how, over the years, they've come to realise how important the concept of "community" has become.  We hear from Fatima about the mission,...

Summary: Louisa is joined by Mark Furness, Founder & CEO of essensys and Kally Kang-Kersey, Chief People Officer at essensys for the 8th episode of season 9 of The Propcast. During the course of the episode, they discuss what it means to digitally enable buildings and office spaces. Mark shares his journey from founding essensys back in 2006 to listing it on the stock exchange in 2019. Kally speak...

Summary: In collaboration with our community partners PropTech Denmark, our Regional Manager for the Nordics, Sanna Walfridsson recorded a live podcast at the PropTech Symposium: Real Impact joined by the Nordic industry leaders Rikke Lykke, Group CEO for Deas Group, Filippa Dracke von Euler, Head of Digital Service Development at Newsec, and partner at Stronghold Invest, and finally Rasmus Juul-N...

Summary: In the 7th episode of the 9th season of The Propcast, Louisa is joined by the Co-Founders of Smart Building Bootcamp Matthew Marson and Michael Grant to chat about the secret to becoming a "Smart Building Expert".  Matthew and Michael describe what is offered by Smart Building Bootcamp and how they equip their customers with the skills they need to become Smart Building Experts. By cuttin...

Summary: Louisa is joined by Jeff Allen , President of CubiCasa and Nikki Rinkus , Field Staff Appraiser at Clario Appraisal Network for the 6th episode of season 9 of The Propcast. The discussion kicks off with a description of CubiCasa's product, what it provides, and how it speeds up floorplan and appraisal processes. Louisa, Jeff, and Nikki chat about the trend of tech adoption and digitizatio...

Summary: Louisa is joined by Jessica Beck , Co-Founder and COO of Alfred and Marcela Sapone , CEO and Co-Founder of Alfred for the 5th episode of season 9. During this episode, they discuss how building management platforms are changing the way we live. Taking a deeper dive into how Alfred came about and in which city it all began, they also touch on what the product is, what trends they are seein...

Summary:  On the 4th episode of season 9, Louisa is joined by Timothy Cocaro , CEO and Founder of canibuild and Simon Curtis , Chief Operating Officer at G.J. Gardner Homes . They discuss the story behind canibuild and how its product is revolutionising compliance, design and sales in the construction world. Simon shares how G.J. Gardner Homes is using canibuild's product. They chat about what maj...

Summary:  On the the 3rd episode of Season 9 of The Propcast, Louisa is joined by Jonathan Hannam , Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Taronga Ventures and Joanna Marsh , GM Innovation & Advanced Analytics at Investa Property Group . They chat about their journeys towards a built environment and innovation space, with a focus on what can be done to bridge the gap between technologists and real estat...

Summary: On the 2nd Episode of Season 9, Louisa is joined by Laura Smith , Managing Director at Berkadia and Neda Fields , Director of Product Management at Berkadia to chat about digital transformation within real estate. They discussed how Berkadia went about their own transformation for internal product development and the use of external technologies. They also touched on how to attract a dive...

On the first episode of season 9 of Propcast, Louisa is joined by Michael Bristow , CEO and Co-Founder of CrowdProperty and Faisal Butt , Founder & CEO of Pi Labs . During the episode, they discuss how Pi Labs started, as well as how the PropTech market has changed and grown. Michael shares his journey from investor to founder, and chats about his specialist property development lending platform,...

Summary: For the 10 th and final episode of Propcast season 8, Louisa is joined by Greg Smithies, Partner and Co-Head of Climate Tech at Fifth Wall and Jonathan Schulhof, co-founder and CEO of FootPrint Coalition Ventures. They talk through their roles and what their funds are doing within the climate and sustainable technology space. They explain the growth and trends that they have seen in the m...

Summary: On this episode of Propcast, Louisa speaks with Jeanne Casey and Jacinda Lofland from Nuveen Real Estate . They talk about what led them to the innovation, sustainability and technology space at one of the largest real estate investment managers globally. Jeanne and Jacinda explain what works in creating a diverse and inclusive powerful team, and how to avoid the issue of tokenism. They e...

Summary: In episode 8 of season 8 of the Propcast, Louisa is joined by Benjamin Miller , CEO and Co-Founder and Alison Staloch , CFO of Fundrise. They talk about their journey in PropTech and how they built the Fundrise product to make high-quality real estate investments available to everyone at a low cost. They also discuss the benefits to the everyday user and how they've grown since they launc...

Summary: In the 7 th episode of season 8 of the Propcast, Louisa is joined by Julia Paolucci, Managing Director at HqO France and Samuel Warren, Managing Director of HqO UK Ltd about how tenant engagement can slow down the resignation movement and help landlords meet ESG targets. They touched on what tenants can get out of HqO's product, the acquisition of Office App and how ESG plays into the ten...

Summary: In the sixth episode of season eight, Louisa hosts the first Propcast on the Italian PropTech market. She is joined by Giorgio Tinacci , Founder & CEO and Fausto Maglia , Chief Product Officer at Casavo to hear about their journey of founding Casavo in 2017. We'll learn about how the product enables the residential community to buy and sell quickly, conveniently and simply. Giorgio talks...

Summary: In episode 5 of this season of the Propcast, Louisa is joined by Tarush Aggarwal, Founder and CEO of 5x . He is one of the leading experts in leveraging data for exponential growth and has over 10 years of experience in the field. In this episode Louisa and Tarush talk about his journey through data and his involvement in WeWork that allowed the business to grow 10x in 3 years.  Tarush sh...

Summary: On the fourth episode of Season 8 of the Propcast, Louisa speaks with Liza Benson, covering her journey to becoming a partner at one of the most prominent female-led Venture Capital funds in the Real Estate Tech space, Moderne Ventures. In this episode you'll hear how Liza balances the time being a board member of several companies whilst also raising $200 million in 2021. You'll also hea...