Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2) – TechCrunch

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Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2)
Zach Aarons, MetaProp
Pete Flint, NFX
Ryan Freedman, Corigin Ventures

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Business model innovation, data accessibility and the proliferation of mobile, SaaS and other cloud-native software have already given rise to a cohort of tech unicorns that sit amongst the world’s most influential real estate companies.
Emerging technologies and growing capabilities across machine learning, 5G, IoT and more — coupled with fast-moving regulations and dramatic cost structure changes — have opened up opportunities for the next wave of innovation across a wide set of multi-billion dollar real estate verticals and sub-verticals.
And despite WeWork’s implosion garnering countless headlines in the real estate and technology worlds, venture dollars are continuing to spill into real estate tech (or proptech) companies at a rapidly increasing rate.
Just upwards of $16 billion in venture capital has flowed into real estate-related startups in 2019 alone, according to data from Crunchbase and Pitchbook, with major fundraises happening across industrial, commercial, residential, and financial categories.
If we follow the money, it’s clear that more and more leading VCs are turning to real estate tech or proptech for ripe opportunities for juicy returns and disruption on a global scale.
Given the countless subsectors where exciting new startups are popping up, we asked more than 20 leading real estate VCs who work at firms that span early to growth stages to share where they see opportunity within the colossal real estate category.
For purposes of length and clarity, responses have been edited and split up into part one and part two of this survey (in no particular order).
What trends are you most excited in real estate tech from an investing perspective?
We like to track trends that play out in the broader real estate markets.
How much time are you spending on real estate tech right now?
We spend 100% of our time on real estate tech (proptech)

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