The Propcast

Summary: In the third episode of season 8 of The Propcast, Louisa is chatting to Mallorie Brodie CEO & Co-Founder and Lauren Lake COO & Co-Founder of Canadian-based construction technology company, Bridgit about Women in ConTech. They talk about the growth of the ConTech market, how Bridgit have secured investment from some of the leading VC's and won over some major contractors. You'll hear about...

Summary: In this episode of the Propcast, Louisa speaks with Christopher Hopper & Samuel Adeyemo from Aurora Solar about what effect the growing solar industry can have on the built environment. They discuss how their technology is changing the way that solar panels are designed and fitted, saving on emissions and reducing money for the end consumer. You'll learn more about the career opportunitie...

Summary: Welcome back to season 8 of the Propcast! In this first episode, Louisa speaks with Frank Furman, COO at PadSplit and Kevin Shtofman, COO of NavigatorCRE about what the real role of a COO involves. They discuss how the COO is the 'CEO of Execution' and how they support organisations to scale efficiently. Louisa shares some insights on recruiting for the COO role and how the role can look...

Welcome back to the Propcast for Season 8. This is the show where host, Louisa Dickins interview PropTechs most compelling figures from around the world to discuss industry trends and challenges, career learnings and what the future holds for start ups, and the funds who are changing up the property landscape. Our guests share not only professional but personal experiences and the valuable lessons...

In this week's episode of The Propcast, Louisa speaks with Vincent-Charles Hodder and Sara Maffey from Local Logic. They talk about how AI can be used to build better cities that support sustainability and create great lifestyles for their residents. Vincent and Sara explain how the AI can help developers make their investments more profitable by understanding the data that exists outside the four...

Coming on the heels of CRETech's return to live events with an 1,800 person turnout in NYC on Oct 13 and 14th, Louisa sat down with three of the leaders who headlined the event. She spoke with Brad Greiwe, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Fifth Wall, Raj Singh, Managing Partner, JLL Spark and Sharad Rastogi, President of Revenue at JLL Technologies.  They talked about their recent investments, the...

In this week's episode of The Propcast, Louisa speaks with Scottie Lee, Vice President, Strategy & Research at Equity Residential in Chicago and Marco Biasiotto, Director of Retail and Digital Strategy at Primaris Management Inc. They talk about how PropTech startups can get the attention of funders and VC's to partner and support their products go to market strategy or fund their scale up. Scotti...

In this episode of The Propcast, Louisa speaks to David Williams, Smart Buildings Industry Lead at Microsoft, and Fanie Reynders, Head of Technology at EDGE Next, about the future of smart buildings. In this episode they discuss the movement towards net zero and what that means for real estate businesses, construction companies and landlords, and how the technology needed for smart buildings has b...

In this week's episode of The Propcast, Louisa speaks to Michael Werner, CEO and Founder of HomeX, a home services platform for both homeowners and service providers, radically improving the complex and fragmented home services industry. In this episode they discuss the trends and problems that exist within the residential home services industry and how these challenges can be addressed through Pr...

In this episode of The Propcast, Louisa speaks with Peter Gibbons, MD of Openn Negotiation and Jeffery Gray, Founder and CEO of PROPIC about what it takes to exit and IPO a real estate company. They discuss how to set your company up to be IPO ready, how exciting it is to be in the Proptech sector right now, and how to maintain resilience when working in a Proptech startup.   Companies Mentioned:...

In this week's episode of the Propcast, Louisa speaks with Brad Hargreaves, CEO and Founder of Common, a residential brand creating a better kind of multifamily property manager through innovations in technology, design, and operations. This episode covers the differences between the UK and US rental markets, and how co-living has taken off in US markets and what this might mean for the market in...

In this episode of The Propcast, Louisa speaks with Dan Salmons, CEO of Coadjute, the company who is creating a 'National Grid' for the property market to make buying and selling real estate quicker, simpler and a more transparent process for everyone involved by utilising blockchain technology. We discuss why the property buying and selling process is so lengthy and laborious, and how Proptech is...

In this episode of The Propcast, Louisa talks with Roger Smith, CEO of TermSheet, about how productivity in real estate deals can be maximised through centralised data, workflows and collaboration tools to bring together all functions of a  firm, saving time, increasing efficiency and extrapolating data in meaningful ways.    Companies Mentioned Fundrise https://fundrise.com/ RealtyMogul https://w...

In this episode of The Propcast, Louisa talks with Tyler Scriven and Maxwell Bonnie from Saltbox about making warehouses and logistics accessible to everyone in e-commerce. We discuss creating hyperlocal logistics centres, what this means for diversity and reducing the barriers to entrepreneurship for everybody across the board. We talk about building a compelling brand and recruiting the right pe...

I can't believe season 6 is over! I have been out in the US, finally getting the chance to meet many of our clients overseas and taking the opportunity to build on new relationships we have made from a distance in the last year. I had the honour of attending Blueprint, and now I am heading to CREtech New York. So if you are listening to this and will be there - get in touch! I want to see as many...

In this episode The Propcast talks to James Dice the founder of Nexus Labs, and Ramya Ravichandar from JLL Technologies, about the Nexus Lab Foundation Course and how it can help further the industry's understanding of smart buildings and sustainability. We also chat through how the smart building space is going to affect the future of our buildings. Explore the course here !   Key Insights From T...

In this episode The Propcast talks to Serene Al-Momen from Senseware, and Sara Anzinger from Measurabl, to discuss those famous three letters that everyone loves talking about -the ESG - and how technology can really play a part in not only assisting the climate crisis but helping to reduce it. We also find out what changes in the adoption of real estate technology they have been seeing, and some...

In this episode The Propcast talks to Kylie Davis, President of PropTech Australia Association and Scott Willson, CEO of Forbury to talk about the trends in Australian PropTech adoption, along with the obstacles PropTech can face down under. They also discuss the mission of PropTech Australia Association, and find out more about Forbury's CRE valuation software which has recently launched in the U...

In this episode The Propcast talks to Vik Venkatraman, founder of Blueprint, real estate's premier event for tech startups, VCs, and industry players to connect. Blueprint is hosting an in-person live event this autumn in Las Vegas! They are joined on the podcast by Matthew Boras, from RXR Realty and Nima Wedlake, from Thomvest, both of whom are speakers at the Blueprint 2021 to find out what to e...

In this episode The Propcast talks to Jeremy Sicklick, from HouseCanary , about how we can use data to maximise value in real estate. Jeremy chats us through how HouseCanary keeps their real estate product competitive in the market, predictions from the data that is emerging, and how the role of technology is changing the real estate space.    Key Insights From This Episode I saw a need to bring i...

Summary : In this episode The Propcast talks to Paul Zukauskas and Joseph Binestock from Guesty about the changing times of short-term rental, what to expect in terms of summer and winter trends, Guesty's recent acquisitions, as well as delving into the shift in consumer behaviour they have seen.    Key Insights From This Episode   There is also a growing demand for automating more processes – Jos...

Summary : In this episode The Propcast talks to Sean Godoy from Divercity, and Wayne Berger from iShack, to discuss the emerging PropTech sector in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. You'll hear of trends, tech, adoptions, and obstacles Sean and Wayne encounter across Africa.   Key Insights From This Episode     I believe that the real success stories are still on the way in Africa and in South...

Summary : In this episode The Propcast talks to Helen Kings from Touchstone , and Tom Allason from Residently about their partnership to improve the customer experience within the rental market, new changes coming into play that can affect the rental space, and what tenants really want in 2021. Key Insights From This Episode I had the realisation that what most of the world are going to spend the...

Summary : In this episode The Propcast talks to Julian Brockhurst and Isaac Coonan, from PropTech Brisbane and Aprao, about Brisbane as a PropTech hub, tips for start-ups planning to launch in Australia and who is leading the way in Australia's PropTech space    Key Insights From This Episode What we're wanting to do with PropTech Brisbane is to bring visibility, transparency and amplification to...

Summary : In this episode The Propcast talks Jack Sibley from Insurami, and Alex Edds from JLL about the next phase of PropTech and what this means for the real estate industry. We review the last five years and lessons learned, the education gap between VCs and solutions, and what various buzzwords really mean. And we address the hard questions focused around diversity and organisation's strategy...