Karel Beckman

Editor's Letter: The Age of Integration

The editor of our June 2019 Firestarters publication describes the holistic nature of real estate with technology and how everything is ultimately being connected.

Real estate crowd-investing: big investors are beginning to take notice

Crowd-investing in real estate is growing fast – and incumbent players are taking notice.

Get smart

In the war for talent between businesses, the smart experience of the workplace is vital, says Akshay Thakur, Head of Smart Solutions EMEA at JLL.

Eye-openers - Top Picks

Our editor's selection of stories from the broad world of proptech covered in the most recent issue of Firestarters magazine

New technology promises super-fast, smooth, simple investment appraisal

With a new app, Dashflow, the Australian-based company Intellect Automation wants to revolutionise the international real estate investment market.

Bouwinvest: “Sustainability and technology form a wonderful combination”

For Bouwinvest sustainability and innovation are two sides of the same coin

New fund sees opportunity in proptech startups breaking through national barriers

Round Hill Ventures (RHV), a venture capital firm incubated by Round Hill Capital (RHC), is about to launch what may become the largest European-wide proptech fund.

Can proptech save the retail sector

A Q&A with Julie Villet, CSR Manager and Director of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Lab.

Real Estate Innovation Network sets new European standards for digitalisation

The Real Estate Innovation Network (REIN), the organisers of the annual Innovation Contest at Expo Real in Munich, are rapidly expanding their activities. One of their goals is to establish European-wide standards that will advance the digitalisation of the real estate sector. The first product is a rental contract generator which produces modular, standardised contracts that can be used throughout the European market.

KPMG Global Proptech Survey: industry talking about proptech, not acting much

97 percent of property organisations “think digital and technology innovation will impact their business”. 60 percent think “this impact will be very significant”. Yet 66 percent “do not have a clear enterprise-wide vision and strategy when it comes to digital and technology innovation”.