Ten startups from around the world convene in Toronto, Canada for
this first global proptech accelerator
Company Website:
http://proptech.colliers.com/
TORONTO -- (Business Wire)
Colliers International Group Inc. (NASDAQ and TSX:CIGI), a global leader
in commercial real estate services and investment management, announced
today its 2018 class of proptech startups for the Colliers
Proptech Accelerator powered by Techstars. This program is part of
our focus on targeted innovation that will enable us to create
solutions, shape technologies and find opportunities to advance our
business and accelerate success. In our inaugural class, we have diverse
technologies and entrepreneurs, including:
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Solutions across the real estate value chain such as commercial
datasets for occupiers and investors; office services and tenant
engagement; big data, analytics and artificial intelligence; space as
a service; marketplaces and space utilization; and, Smart City and
Internet of Things
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Entrepreneurs representing nine cities in seven countries
“Each startup in our Class of 2018 has been carefully selected for
investment based on their approach to near-term, value-enhancing
opportunities for our clients and professionals as well as longer-term
opportunities that, with strong technology platforms, will help us push
industry boundaries,” said Jay Hennick, Colliers Chairman & CEO. “At
Colliers, our enterprising culture values mentorship and the benefits it
can bring to a growing company. Our class will have access to more than
100 Colliers and industry mentors, as part of the Colliers Proptech
Accelerator, giving them an exceptional opportunity to test, pilot and
grow their companies.”
Over the next 13 weeks, the Class of 2018 will work from the Techstars
Accelerator space in Toronto to refine their business plans and gain
traction with the market, while accelerating their fundraising
strategies and developing Demo Day presentations. Through this process,
the startups will work closely with mentors
from Colliers and the broader real estate industry, successful startup
founders and venture capitalists. At the end of the program, each
startup will present to investors and mentors at Demo Day on December 4,
2018.
“Colliers is entrepreneurial and enterprising, which puts us in a unique
position to help startups develop innovative, focused, and
value-enhancing services for our clients and professionals,” said Dylan
Taylor, Colliers President & COO. “Our Proptech Accelerator combines
Techstars’ expertise in technology innovation, startups and alumni
networks with our real estate expertise and international network.”
Colliers Protech Accelerator Class of 2018 |
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A Retail Space (New York, U.S.)
A Retail Space finds the perfect location for your business
through data.
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Basking (Berlin, Germany)
Basking.io is an ROI-driven building automation platform for the
flexible office space market.
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Booqed (Hong Kong, China)
Booqed is a digital marketplace for flexible space, helping to
connect businesses needing places to work, meet or host an event,
with landlords seeking to monetize under-utilized space.
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Lane (Toronto, Canada)
Lane is the operating system for your building, streamlining
building operations on a cloud-based platform you can access
anywhere.
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MapYourProperty (Toronto, Canada)
MapYourProperty is a Google Maps for Real Estate Land Development,
simplifying the planning process to a 3-click solution.
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Propstack (Mumbai, India)
Propstack is a data & analytics company that helps predict real
estate market trends and enables efficient transactions.
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Raybased (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Raybased is the open wireless network for commercial real estate,
communicating across all existing electrical systems to monitor,
control and optimize functions such as heating, ventilation,
lighting and building access.
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RefineRE (Dallas, U.S.)
RefineRE leverages real-time market data to provide CRE portfolio
intelligence for organizations looking to make smarter, better and
faster decisions about buying, selling, leasing, expanding, or
downsizing their property footprint.
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SPCE (London, U.K.)
In partnership with Experian and the world's top universities,
SPCE allows the higher education community to search and pay for
campus-specific, student rental properties and accrue a positive
credit rating without the need for deposits or joint tenancy
liability.
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Upsuite (Denver, U.S.)
Where teams go to find coworking spaces.
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About Colliers International Group Inc.
Colliers
International Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CIGI) (TSX:CIGI) is a top tier
global real estate services and investment management company operating
in 69 countries with a workforce of more than 13,000 professionals.
Colliers is the fastest-growing publicly listed global real estate
services and investment management company, with 2017 corporate revenues
of $2.3 billion ($2.7 billion including affiliates). With an
enterprising culture and significant employee ownership and control,
Colliers professionals provide a full range of services to real estate
occupiers, owners and investors worldwide, and through its investment
management services platform, has more than $20 billion of assets under
management from the world’s most respected institutional real estate
investors.
Colliers professionals think differently, share great ideas and offer
thoughtful and innovative advice to accelerate the success of its
clients. Colliers has been ranked among the top 100 global outsourcing
firms by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals for
13 consecutive years, more than any other real estate services firm.
Colliers is ranked the number one property manager in the world by
Commercial Property Executive for two years in a row.
Colliers is led by an experienced leadership team with significant
equity ownership and a proven record of delivering more than 20%
annualized returns for shareholders, over more than 20 years.
For the latest news from Colliers, visit Colliers.com or
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@Colliers and LinkedIn.
About Techstars
Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed.
Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors,
alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their
companies. Techstars operates four divisions: Techstars Startup
Programs, Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, Techstars
Corporate Innovation Partnerships, and the Techstars Venture Capital
Fund. www.techstars.com.
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Contacts:
Colliers International Group Inc.
Carolyn Merchant
Global
Director, PR + Communications
Direct: +1 416 324 6405
Carolyn.Merchant@colliers.com
Source: Colliers International Group Inc.
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