Investor Series #2 ft. Luke Graham: "These are the times when the best startups are founded and funded"

In the second episode of the PropTech Talks Investor Series, I spoke with Luke Graham. Luke is the Head of Research at Pi Labs, the first ever VC to target early-stage strategic investments in the built environment in Europe and currently the most active VC in the PropTech space.
Luke’s relationship with the built environment started “as quite a romantic one”. Luke first invested in property while focussing on the field of engineering in the Australian military. After pursuing further education in the built environment, Luke shifted his professional journey to the investment field and ended up starting his journey as an entrepreneur with First Link Property and he became increasingly inclined towards innovation and change. After exiting his start-up and moving to the UK for his Oxford MBA, Luke was onboarded by the university’s Future of Real Estate Initiative and later joined Pi Labs as their Head of Research.
In this interview, Luke shared invaluable insights into the hidden opportunities of economic shakedows for venture, the startups that will succeed as the industry matures, leveraging research and industry connections to effectively drive innovation, future-proofing buildings beyond 2050, and much more.
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