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Colliers Proptech Accelerator Class of 2019
Written by Dion EdwardsSeptember 11, 2019 Ten companies from across the globe converge in Toronto, Canada for proptech accelerator program
TORONTO, 9 September 2019—Colliers International (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI) announced today its Class of 2019 proptech startups taking part in the Colliers Proptech Accelerator Powered by Techstars. As the first truly global initiative of its kind, this groundbreaking program highlights our commitment to targeted innovation and our belief that strategic investments in the right technologies and founders can transform the industry.
This year, we received hundreds of applications from unprecedented 50+ countries, demonstrating strong growth in proptech, the intersection of tech and real estate. Our 2019 class of 10 companies represent six countries and are tackling a wide range of solutions, including quant valuation and investing, crowdfunding, asset fractionalization, machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, as well as augmented and virtual reality.
“We set out on a mission to look for early-stage technologies across the real-estate value chain that deliver smarter, more personalized services to our clients and people,” said Jay Hennick, Colliers Global Chairman & CEO. “Building on the successes of last year’s inaugural class, in 2019 we are beginning to explore longer-term opportunities and more advanced solutions that could disrupt the industry which is helping us advise our clients on what is noise and what is real.”
The intensive three-month accelerator program is hosted in Toronto. It is designed to help the class refine business plans, gain a global real estate perspective through the eyes of over 120 mentors, and explore pilots and partnerships with Colliers’ people and clients to accelerate growth prospects for all parties. The program culminates in Demo Day, featuring presentations to clients, real estate industry leaders, and technology investors on December 4, 2019, providing a global stage for our startups.
This year’s Demo Day is particularly exciting as we are proud to be the title sponsor of the Buildings Connect feature of The Buildings Show (December 4-6) and technology partner of The Real Estate Forum (December 4-5), adding a digital innovation lens to the real estate conversation. More details on proptech programming will be shared in the coming weeks.
“What we have with Techstars is a special partnership. Startups get exposure to Techstars’ global expertise in tech innovation and building accelerators combined with Colliers’ enterprising culture, real estate expertise, and global network. It is the only global program in the industry that combines a wide lens with a proprietary process that sharpens our focus as we identify targeted innovation,” said Zach Michaud, Colliers Vice President, Strategic Investments | Global. “We’ve now established formal partnerships with four companies from the 2018 class, including Lane, Booqed, Upsuite, and Basking, and continue to work with the others towards their goals. We have gained tremendous energy and insight from our class participants and the program and look forward to working with the incoming class.”
Colliers Proptech Accelerator Class of 2019
| ADEx | ADEx leverages machine learning and natural language processing to analyze legal documents and extract structured data efficiently and accurately. This offline data is combined with online sources to provide deeper insight and predictive analytics. | Berkeley, USA |
| AREX | AREX is a software company that creates real estate solutions using blockchain and the most advanced technologies. | Madrid, Spain |
| BlueSuit | BlueSuit creates unique insights for the commercial real estate investment lifecycle by leveraging modern artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to replace and advance the analyst teams exclusive to institutional owners. | Denver, USA |
| BRED Token | BRED Token utilizes blockchain technology and tokenization to pioneer the future of public offerings and create a more efficient real estate investment process, providing freedom, security, liquidity, and tradability on public stock exchanges. | Toronto, Canada |
| Fast Office | Fast Office takes PDF flyers and generates 3D layouts with a total cost of occupancy in minutes that gets offers rolling in fast. | Toronto, Canada |
| Finneo | Finneo is a comprehensive technology platform for commercial real estate debt management and placement. | Toronto, Canada |
| PropertyQuants | PropertyQuants was founded by a team of Ph.D. ex-quant traders looking to apply quantitative finance and data science techniques to global real estate, to improve decision making and help investors beat the market. | Singapore, Singapore |
| Realar | Realar is an augmented real estate app that helps people spatially visualize the property as life-size walkthroughs before it’s built. | Gold Coast, Australia |
| Skenario | Skenario predicts the value and risks in properties using data and artificial intelligence on both residential and commercial real estate. | Helsinki, Finland |
| Talox | Talox is a cloud-native, data-powered inventory and deal management system for the commercial real estate industry in the Asia Pacific. | Singapore, Singapore |
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Written by Dion EdwardsSeptember 11, 2019 Global real estate company Colliers in collaboration with Techstars has announced the startups to join its three-month accelerator programme in Toronto.
The ten companies represent six countries and focus on a range of solutions, including quant valuation and investing, crowdfunding, asset fractionalisation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and augmented and virtual reality.
Real estate debt management and placement startup Finneo shows its process, click to enlarge
The aim is to provide the startups with global real estate knowledge from the perspective of 120 mentors, explore pilots with Colliers’ people and clients, and refine business plans. To round off the 12-weeks there is a Demo Day where the companies present their work and service to clients, real estate industry leaders and technology investors.
This year’s Demo Day will be on 4 December.
Hennick wants “smarter, more personalised services” for Colliers and its clients
Jay Hennick, Colliers Global CEO and chairman said: “We set out on a mission to look for early-stage technologies across the real-estate value chain that deliver smarter, more personalised services to our clients and people.
“Building on the successes of last year’s inaugural class, in 2019 we are beginning to explore longer-term opportunities and more advanced solutions that could disrupt the industry which is helping us advise our clients on what is noise and what is real.”
Zach Michaud, Colliers vice president of strategic investments and global, said: “What we have with Techstars is a special partnership. Startups get exposure to Techstars’ global expertise in tech innovation and building accelerators combined with Colliers’ enterprising culture, real estate expertise and global network. It is the only global programme in the industry which combines a wide lens with a proprietary process that sharpens our focus as we identify targeted innovation.
“We’ve now established formal partnerships with four companies for the 2018 class, including Lane, Booqed, Upsuite and Basking, and continue to work with others towards their goals. We have gained tremendous energy and insight from our class participants and the programme and look forward to working with the incoming class.”
You can read more here.
Written by Dion EdwardsSeptember 10, 2019 Click Here to see the original article from Ben Liao from CRE Tech
“We are thrilled to welcome ten startups from around the world to convene in Toronto, Canada for the 2019 Colliers Proptech Accelerator powered by Techstars.
We have reached a tipping point in Proptech, the intersection of tech and real estate, with hundreds of applications to our program from each region around the world this year. We received applications from an unprecedented 50+ countries, resulting in the selection of 10 amazing teams! I’m proud to have them join us this September 9th in Toronto for 13 weeks, culminating in Demo Day on Wednesday December 4th.
Building on the successes of last year’s inaugural class along with our initiative to further grow the global Proptech entrepreneurial ecosystem, we are beginning to explore longer-term opportunities and advanced solutions to disrupt the industry. We selected a geographically diverse group of founders looking to build products, grow their businesses, and take advantage of the deep bench of worldwide resources that our program has to offer. This year’s companies are joining from Singapore, Madrid, Vantaa, Gold Coast, Berkeley, Denver and Toronto. We are fortunate to run this program with our global partner, Colliers International, who brings a deeply committed team of mentors and global reach and expertise to our accelerator.
Our entrepreneurs are innovating across a wide range of areas in the built world, including: machine learning/AI, blockchain, visualization solutions including AR/VR and more. Such technology advancements are enabling us to address a broader array of areas further upstream in the real estate value chain, which was thought to be further out in the industry just years ago. An important takeaway here is that this view has changed substantially over the past year alone, which is a sign of how quickly Proptech is evolving. Early adopters in the industry will be pleasantly surprised by our upcoming class.
Lastly, we will be evolving our Demo Day format to meet the needs of an industry craving deeper relationships with startups. This year’s Demo Day format will focus on driving more meaningful relationships between industry and startups through our proud title sponsorship of the Buildings Connect feature of The Buildings Show (December 4-6) and technology partner of The Real Estate Forum (December 4-5), adding a digital innovation lens to the real estate conversation. I have also teamed up with my good friend Michael Beckerman to launch the first episode of CREtech Toronto which will line up a full week of content focused on real estate and tech in the city. It’s time for Proptech in Canada to shine!”
Finneo | Toronto, Canada
Finneo is the comprehensive technology platform for Commercial Real Estate Debt management and placement.
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