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April 25, 2019

Can PropTech Dream Big Enough For VC Investors?

The money targeting PropTech is getting serious.

Earlier this month PropTech venture capital specialist Fifth Wall submitted a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing which showed it had raised $468M for its second fund. And data from CREtech showed that, even when you take out the $6B investment in WeWork by SoftBank, PropTech investment almost tripled to around $4B in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2018.

VC investor interest in the sector is at an all-time high. But can the sector live up to the expectations of the money targeting it? One of the biggest and best established names in the sector thinks PropTech needs to think more about scale, or risk going out of business.

Can PropTech Dream Big Enough For VC Investors?

“There has been a real focus on the industry with new venture capital money coming, and that is good for the industry, but it brings new pressures,” VTS co-founder Ryan Masiello said. “There will be winners and losers…

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