The pitch decks that Proptech startups used to raise millions
- Proptech companies were already in vogue, but the pandemic has attracted more VCs to invest in them than ever before.
- The technological tools of real estate and construction have become essential for many businesses once they have moved away.
- These pitch decks reveal how 16 different startups presented their visions and products to investors.
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The real estate and construction sectors are undergoing a major technological transformation as startups touting everything from online home buying to interactive office management software attract millions of dollars in venture capital funding.
As the property’s tech space, known as proptech, has grown in size and dollars raised year on year, it has exploded during the pandemic. Latecomers who had yet to embrace digital workflows were forced to do so, and venture capitalists poured money into companies with exciting new products in residential real estate. , commercial real estate, construction technology, short-term rental and hospitality.
Insider collected 16 pitch decks that top performing companies have used to raise funds from venture capital and private equity firms.
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Residential real estate
Residential real estate, more than any other segment of the market, has been on fire during the pandemic, with house prices and rents in almost every corner of the country skyrocketing. Risk investing in the technology that powers the industry – and helps bring it online and streamline once-tedious processes – has followed. Startups that help investors buy and manage homes remotely, tools for residential brokers and leasing agents, and digital fence companies that digitize paper-heavy real estate transactions have all raised impressive sums of money. .
Commercial real estate
Even though COVID-19 has left many offices partially filled and retail stores vacant, startups that help businesses secure their spaces against viruses – for example, by keeping track of social distancing or monitoring the ventilation of buildings – have become extremely important. Companies that promised to reduce the friction (and costs) in day-to-day operations by digitizing them have also attracted venture capital investments.
Building technology
The pandemic has stimulated the interest of traditional construction companies in the high-tech sector of the sector. Startups that make digital tools to manage job sites remotely have suddenly become indispensable, while the current housing shortage has drawn even more attention to companies that are developing ways to build faster and cheaper.
Short-term rental and reception
At the start of the pandemic, hotel businesses stagnated as travel stopped across the world. Once things reopened, short-term rental companies based in rural areas or in small towns began to see bookings – and funding – pour in. As a boom in vaccinated travel looms, tech companies rivaling Airbnb that enable flexible tourism, digital nomadism and remote working should take advantage.