Brendan Wallace of Fifth Wall Ventures joins Nick to discuss the massive opportunity in real estate tech and how fifth wall can be a startup Kingmaker. In this episode we discuss:
- how building a fund is different from a startup
- why fifth wall invests in real estate tech
- why they take a different approach to workign with LPs and portcos
- how large corporate LPs get comfortable with threatening tech that can destroy existing asset value
- Brendan gives an overview of the real estate tech landscape and how it’s segmented
- why he thinks no other funds are focused on this sector
- the common demoniator he looks for in startups
- the concept of the built world and how tech will bridge the gap between physical and digital
- the most disruptive ideas he’s come across in real estate
- how the hot trends like AI, AV, robotics and VR/AR will effect the sector
- and finally, what’s surprised him most since raising fifth wall fund 1
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