Real estate tech funding has increased 10x in past 5 years and the number of real estate tech start-ups have increased from less than 5 per year to 50-100 per year. Why? What's driving the investment interest in CRE tech disruption? The roundtable discussion will provide insights into early stage CRE tech trends and where venture capital is anticipating the greatest demand and impact. The panel/ audience discussion will approach this topic from different perspectives in the real estate tech space: CEO/ entrepreneurs, investors, service providers and occupiers. 

The CEO and founders of StateBook, Serraview and Modo Labs will shares their perspectives on the challenges of launching and scaling CRE tech businesses, working with VCs, identifying opportunities to disrupt/ create value with occupiers and making big bets on the future. They will also engage the audience on how CRE leaders can better collaborate with the start-up community to inform where innovation should be focused.

Key Takeaways:

• Describe key real estate technology trends and understand how investors/ entrepreneurs  are betting on CRE technology’s disruption of the real estate industry.
• Identify areas where occupier needs can be addressed by existing and future CRE tech, including how to increase your company’s bottom line via cost savings, worker productivity and wellness.
• Understand how new tech-enabled business models could impact the role of service providers and create the potential for new players.