The Proptech Podcast with Kylie Davis

We're all familiar with the idea of adding an extension or a pool to increase the value of our home. But what about your homes energy efficiency - or lack of it? We are moving into a new era where the energy efficiency and carbon credentials of your home will soon play a significant role in how much your home will be worth.  And my next guest, Allys Todd is the co-founder and CEO of a Proptech...

Buckle up people because in this episode of the Proptech Podcast we are doing a deep dive into the world of building and construction technology and its a doozy!  My guests are Murray Ellen and Andrew Giles from PT Blink and this is an extended episode because we got totally into a conversation about the problems that desperately need solving in construction and the role of technology to digitise...

My guest in this episode is Sonja Markovic from an exciting new proptech  called Evitat that is making it easier to renovate and build homes using materials and services that are energy efficient and have strong green and health credentials.  Evitat were the winners of the Most Innovative Startup in the Environment Social and Sustainability in the 2023 Proptech Awards and it has a great story. Evi...

There are always plenty of legal documents required whenever you buy or sell a residential property! Conveyancing also involves multiple stakeholders, processes and tasks, which means that there are plenty of good opportunities in there for technology to help! On this month’s The Proptech Panel, we explore the intersections of proptech and legaltech, including the innovations in the market such as...

In this months panel, Proptech Association Vice President Jennifer Harrison was joined by: - Justin Williams from ConstructionID - Chris Polin from DLP Manager - Bart Crowther from PlanRadar The discuss revolved around"contech". Contech describes everything that is related to the building & construction phase of the real estate life cycle. This can include procurement, resourcing, pr...

The Consumer Data Right (CDR) started in open banking in 2020, then moved into open energy in 2022, and non-bank lending will be next. Currently, customers can choose to share their banking and energy data with accredited third party data recipients. Data sharing is governed by consent-driven rules and happens automatically and electronically via secure APIs. As June is CDR Month, The Proptech Pan...

I am very excited about my next guest, Andrew Cox, because he is from a brand new proptech just launched called SensorGlobal. Sensor Global is doing groundbreaking work saving lives with next generation internet of things software designed specially for residential properties. IoT are smart devices that are connected to cloud-based software. Sensor Global’s first product is a new automated smoke a...

My guest in this episode is Jennifer Harrison, a communications and PR expert with Reputation Edge and the vice president of the Proptech Association of Australia, where she was one of the first to put up her hand and get involved in the association. Jennifer had an extensive career in the corporate banking sector and fintechs, is part of IdeaSpies which specialises in identifying emerging excitin...

This week on the Proptech Podcast my guest is Shelley Horton, the executive manager of mortgage solutions at PropTrack, the property data arm of Realestate.com.au Shelley has a long track record in the property industry, starting her career as a property valuer holding various roles at Genworth, and then becoming a buyers agent and consultant to large corporates including Macquarie and CoreLogic....

My guest in this episode is Joe Rossi, the national sales and go-to-market director of the property data provider National Property Group.  National Property Group connects Australian property professionals with ready-to-use, property data, marketing and sales platforms to power strategic business growth. They have a long heritage in the property industry - for those with long memories, they were...

In this episode we meet Andy McColgan, CEO and director of construction Proptech Procuracon.  Andy's 15 years combined experience as a site inspector at Ogilvie Construction and project manager and project director at APP Construction gave him first hand experience into the pain and inefficiencies around construction tendering processes. And Procuracon is working to remove the pain points - an...

My guest is this episode is Will Alexander, CEO of New Zealand Proptech Renti, which is making it easier for property managers to provide a better service to tenants, and help them to  apply for rental properties more easily and move in more quickly.  Will has had an extensive career in real estate. Before joining Renti, he was the general manager of Property Brokers, spent a total of seven years...

My guest in this episode is Scott Bateman, CEO of property management proptech Kolmeo. Scott’s career started in banking, working for BT Financial Group and Bank of Melbourne, before he was convinced to join Little Real Estate, founded by billionaire businessman and philanthropist Paul Little who was managing director of Toll Holdings from 1985 until his retirement in 2011. In this interview, Scot...

My guest in this episode is Jake Isman, founder of new proptech startup Propti - that’s spelt P.R.O.P.T.I Propti is a one stop shop for the plethora of property reports needed across a property transaction - whether that’s building and pest, strata management, property valuations and even more technical reports like engineering and soil analysis - creating a simple, verified and faster way to iden...

My guest in this episode is the fabulous Isaac Coonan, founder and head of Proptech BNE or Proptech Brisbane, which specialises in promoting the value of Proptech to south east Queensland. Isaac and his team have recently released the Australian Proptech Economic Impact Report - a landmark document that is now in its third year that captures the data about the Proptech ecosystem across Australia a...

There are always plenty of legal documents required whenever you buy or sell a residential property! Conveyancing also involves multiple stakeholders, processes and tasks, which means that there are plenty of good opportunities in there for technology to help! On this month’s The Proptech Panel, we explore the intersections of proptech and legaltech, including the innovations in the market such as...

In this months edition of The Proptech Panel Association Australia Vice President Jennifer Harrison hosted a conversation with three of our winners from the Proptech Awards 2022: Robert Coorey, Co-Founder at Archistar.ai Trish Mackie-Smith, Co-Founder at inndox Mickael Roger, Co-Founder at PropHero They shared their founder's journey stories and, in particular, the challenges that can arise wh...

My guest in this episode is the irrepressible Peter Schravemade, the head of Australia’s premier proptech accelerator, the REACH Australia program, director of the Proptech Association Australia and someone I am very proud to call a dear friend.  Pete took up the mantle of the Reach program this year after many years at BoxBrownie, one of the posterboys for scaling Australian proptech where he gre...

My guests in this episode are Richie Ragel and Michael Cleary, long time friends with marketing backgrounds who turned their side hustle of property investing into a buyers agency that specialised in helping the expat market buy and sell property in Australia. The pair have since expanded the business into a full service model that supports all elements of researching, selecting, owning, managing...

When America sneezes, will Australia catch a cold? What changes will major layoffs and restructures by US tech giants, the "right sizing" of VC interest and global economic pace changes have on Australian proptech? Hosted by Founder & CEO of Instarent, AJ Chand, in conversation with: Ari Ginsburg, Startup Advisor, Earnnest Peter Schravemade, Managing Partner, REACH Marisa Warren, Co-...

My guest in this episode is Christina Lennie, chief customer officer of StaffLink.  StaffLink began as a property management Proptech founded by Corey Davis, Joel Davis and Bryn Humble but now has expanded to remove pain across all areas where processes and tech cross over including sales and even Strata.   It was born out of the real life experiences - and pain - of running a real estate office a...

My guest in this episode is Tony Tadros the managing partner of SaleFish which is a self described Transaction Service Engine that joins the dots between a CRM and Pexa in the house and land companies. Tony had a career in real estate selling land packages before embarking on a tech solution to solve some of the pain points he regularly experienced. And in one of those weird coincidences, it was d...

My guest in this episode is Glenn Marland, the Property director at Capstone Recruitment, one of Australia’s most established recruitment firms across the property and proptech space. Getting your people right is absolutely essential in proptech and indeed in any business. You need to attract a team that has both the skills and the temperament to grow with you and help take your company to the nex...

In this episode of the Proptech Podcast, get ready for a deep dive into the world of payments. My guest in this episode is James Foster, CEO of Ezypay - a man whose depth of knowledge of the history - and future - of the Australian payment system is matched only by his passion. In this podcast, James explains the legacy of current payment systems, the pain they cause for property renters and buyer...

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