PropTech Talks

Joe White is the Global Technology Solutions and Client Care Lead at Cushman & Wakefield.

If real estate is from Venus and PropTech is from Mars, Joe has made a career “being in the spaceship between the two”. With 15 years of experience in Commercial Real Estate, Joe is passionate about working with clients to digitally transform their strategies and bringing innovation to solve for opportunities and risks in their strategy. Currently, Joe advises Cushman & Wakefield clients as to the appropriate technology platforms that a data, process, capability, and price-optimized CRE department may require.

In this interview, Joe provided invaluable insights into the challenges real estate leaders are facing when digitally transforming their processes, the future of data and AI, advice for PropTech leaders aiming to deploy their technology at scale, and much more. 

Interviews with inspiring Founders, Investors, and Real Estate Executives will be shared weekly on this podcast series - follow the PropTech Talks interview series and stay tuned!

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Michael Brown is currently leading Skyline Robotics as the company’s chairman and CEO.

Michael's journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Since the age of 12, Michael followed his father’s business closely by helping with invoicing and attending board meetings. From working with Al Gore straight after his degree in Information Technology, to capitalising on emerging trends in the coffee industry, acquiring about 60 companies, and building the largest privately held independent company for office supplies, Michael is a living example of the advantages of “never allowing anyone to tell you that you can't get it done” and “surrounding yourself with people who are smarter than you and trusting them to make your business better”.

Today, Michael is the CEO of Skyline Robotics, the world's first at-heights industrial automation company. Originally founded in Israel, Skyline Robotics grew a presence in the US and is currently focussed on expanding to the UK, starting with London.

In this episode, Michael uncovered the strategies to propel businesses to the forefront of the industry, competing with established businesses, and effectively reinventing your business while recognising the opportunities of the future.

Interviews with inspiring Founders, Investors, and Real Estate Executives will be shared weekly on this podcast series - follow the PropTech Talks interview series and stay tuned!

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Luke Graham is the Head of Research at Pi Labs, the first ever VC to target early-stage strategic investments in the built environment in Europe and currently the most active VC in the PropTech space.

Luke’s relationship with the built environment started “as quite a romantic one”. Luke first invested in property while focussing on the field of engineering in the Australian military. After pursuing further education in the built environment, Luke shifted his professional journey to the investment field and ended up starting his journey as an entrepreneur with First Link Property and he became increasingly inclined towards innovation and change. After exiting his start-up and moving to the UK for his Oxford MBA, Luke was onboarded by the university’s Future of Real Estate Initiative and later joined Pi Labs as their Head of Research.

In this interview, Luke shared invaluable insights into the hidden opportunities of economic shakedows for venture, the startups that will succeed as the industry matures, leveraging research and industry connections to effectively drive innovation, future-proofing buildings beyond 2050, and much more.

Interviews with inspiring Founders, Investors, and Real Estate Executives will be shared weekly on this podcast series - follow the PropTech Talks interview series and stay tuned!

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Valentina is the Managing Partner at REACH UK, the real estate technology scale up program created by Second Century Ventures.

Valentina is a strong believer that “changes are always scary, but through change we evolve”, and this principle guided her professional trajectory that got her to where she is today. With 15 years of experience in the Real Estate industry and four years connecting the tech and the real estate “bubbles” through REACH UK, Valentina is currently focused on reviewing applications for the 2024 REACH UK cohort.

Tune into this episode to learn more about Valentina's background, to gain invaluable insights on current opportunities in the real estate market, and to learn more about the selection progress that can change the growth path of your company, both in the UK and internationally!

Interviews with inspiring Founders, Investors, and Real Estate Executives will be shared weekly on this podcast series - follow the PropTech Talks interview series and stay tuned!

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Mauro Cozzi is the CEO and Co-founder of Emitwise, a company focussed on a combination of people, planet, and profit.

With his co-founders Ben Peddie and Eduardo Gomez, Mauro founded their ‘brainchild’ Emitwise. Their mission is to future-proof businesses as they accelerate the transition to a net-zero carbon world. The company has worked with clients across industries for the past four years and with the recent announcement of their partnerships with CBRE, Emitwise is set to continue growing exponentially in the Real Estate sector.

Interviews with inspiring Founders, Investors, and Real Estate Executives will be shared weekly on this podcast series - follow the PropTech Talks interview series and stay tuned!

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Nils Henning is the Founder & Co-CEO of Casafari, as well as a remarkable serial entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in investing and launching ventures. 

Nils built successful ventures with valuations ranging between EUR 100m - 1bn across verticals spanning from the realm of video games, to pioneering one of Germany's first FinTechs and trailblazing in the mobile ad tracking domain.

Find the key takeaways from this interview in writing on my LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-maltzoff/

Interviews with inspiring Founders, Investors, and Real Estate Executives will be shared weekly on this podcast series - follow the PropTech Talks interview series and stay tuned!

Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-maltzoff/