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Tangent 💚 Proptech

Edward Cohen, Jeff Berman & Zach Aarons

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A new era is upon us, and Tangent💚 is back with our fourth new limited series, hosted by Proptech entrepreneur Edward Cohen, and venture capitalists Jeffrey Berman (Partner at Camber Creek) and Zach Aarons (Co-founder and GP at MetaProp). Tangent unites Proptech founders💡, real estate investors🏢, urban leaders🏙 and passionate creators🌎 who are improving our communities and cities. Join us to learn how we can solve present day challenges with innovative technology and greater collaboration.

💚Tangent Tank: Housing Crisis: Intrepid founders apply to come pitch their impactful business ideas to help solve the housing affordability, accessibility and supply crisis in the US and worldwide.

If you would like to apply to pitch your startup on Tangent Tank: Housing Crisis, email us your application to tangentcommunity@gmail.com .

💚Tangent Proptech: Proptech founders, real estate CEO's and urban leaders sharing groundbreaking companies, ideas, entrepreneurial lessons and inspiring stories. Stimulating debate may include the future of cities, the hybrid work era and Discomfort Zones (TM). Edward & Jeff cover also cover trending topics in Commercial real estate, Residential real estate, Proptech, Venture Capital and Finance with select industry experts.

If you're working with a non-profit org., a small business or an early-stage Proptech, that makes our communities and cities better, and would like to have your mission featured during our Features segment, please apply to tangentcommunity@gmail.com.

Tune in to our 3 previous limited series, wherever you get your podcasts.

Stay curious and always be learning! 🤓

PS. Do not take anything said on this podcast as investment advise or seriously, this is for entertainment purposes only. 🙃

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💚Peak Power's website💚Peak Power on Twitter (@peakpower_inc)
💚Peak Power on LinkedIn

Imran Noorani is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder at Peak Power, a Canadian company that is putting commercial and industrial buildings at the center of the clean energy revolution.

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💚Virtuance (website): Real Estate Photography & 3D Tours at Scale

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💚Edward Cohen on Twitter

(1:38) - Imran Noorani's background: from charging a Gameboy to powering commercial real estate
(4:18) - What's the problem with our current building's energy infrastructure and grid system
(8:10) - What economic, environmental and social benefits can commercial real estate owners unlock with Peak Power
(14:25) - Feature: Virtuance - Real Estate Photography & 3D Tours Technology at Scale
(15:34) - What commercial and industrial real estate asset types work best with Peak Power
(18:17) - How are buildings generating carbon emissions and polluting the environment
(20:47) - Prioritizing innovation within the ESG framework
(24:31) - How to finance and find the right partners for a clean energy building retrofit
(30:22) - What can cities learn from Canada's innovation ecosystem?
(34:51) - Future of Cities: What would Imran change about Toronto?
(36:20) - Discomfort Zone: Applying diversity across everything we do

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11/11/22 • 40 min

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Kevin Ortner is the President of Appreciate Holdings and CEO of its operating arm Renters Warehouse. Kevin Ortner is the author of Rent Estate Revolution: Today's Key to Retirement Security, Financial Freedom & the New American Dream.

(1:24) - State of the SFR market
(4:36) - Strategies for institutional and retail SFR investors
(8:43) - Starting an SFR property mgmt. company
(13:56) - How to build a vertically integrated real estate tech stack
(18:48) - Feature: Lendai - US Mortgage for Foreign Investors (Apply here today)
(20:25) - Residential Real Estate data sources
(25:28) - Property condition and appraisals
(27:40) - Appreciate's SPAC
(30:23) - Solving the housing supply and affordability crisis
(36:23) - Get rich slow: Owning rentals and the New American dream
(40:45) - Future of Cities: Minneapolis, MN
(42:35) - Discomfort Zone: Hybrid work

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Kevin Ortner on LinkedIn💚Appreciate's website
💚Rent Estate Revolution by Kevin Ortner (on Amazon)

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Lendai - US Mortgage for Foreign Investors (Apply here today)
Connect with Tangent:
💚Edward Cohen on Twitter
💚Edward Cohen on LinkedIn
💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on Twitter

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01/31/23 • 46 min

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Zach Aarons has been working at the intersection of real estate and venture capital for the past decade. Zach is the most active early-stage PropTech investor in the United States, having funded over 60 startups in the space as an individual and 150 startups through MetaProp NYC’s venture capital funds. Zach also teaches Real Estate at Columbia Grad School and is a published author with his book Proptech 101. Zach has also worked on large scale mixed-use development projects in cities like Boston and Los Angeles with Millennium Partners.

Learn More:
💚Zach Aarons on Twitter
💚MetaProp's website
💚Zach's book Proptech 101

Featured:
💚Market Stadium (site): Optimize Your Real Estate Market Due Diligence

Other Resources:
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Think Again by Adam Grant

Connect with Tangent:
💚Edward Cohen on Twitter
💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on Twitter

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08/30/22 • 53 min

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Jason Fudin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Placemakr. Placemakr is a tech-enabled real estate and finance optimization platform that partners with developers, property operators, and investors to curate a collection of apartment-like spaces in selected neighborhoods. Their buildings range from brand-new apartments as they’re leasing up to established apartments looking to maximize their value. Jason previously led commercial developments at Vornado Realty .

(1:19) - Placemakr's origin story
(2:56) - Pop-up hotels
(9:16) - Feature: Prophia - Access validated commercial real estate data in real-time
(10:34) - Blending Hospitality and Multifamily
(13:42) - Asset-light vs. asset-heavy approach
(15:56) - Flexible residential buildings with commingled uses
(19:45) - Navigating city regulations and incentives
(23:24) - Office to housing conversions
(27:47) - Future of Cities - Washington DC, a tale of two cities
(28:59) - Discomfort Zone - Building the right team and tech adoption in slow real estate

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Jason Fudin on LinkedIn💚Placemakr's website
💚Job openings at Placemakr (link)
💚Placemakr on LinkedIn

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Prophia (website) - Access validated commercial real estate data in real-time

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💚Edward Cohen on Twitter
💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on Twitter

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01/04/23 • 33 min

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Noah Isaacs is Co-founder and Co-CEO at Bowery Valuation, a commercial real estate appraisal firm that is powering the best-in-class appraisers to help them appraise smarter and faster. Before co-founding Bowery, Noah worked for BBG, valuing over $2.5B worth of commercial real estate in New York. Noah graduated from McGill University with a major in Statistics and a double minor in Operations Management and Labor-Management Relations. He has on multiple occasions lectured at Columbia University, with a primary focus on Proptech and the future of real estate.

(1:36) - State of the Commercial Real Estate market
(8:38) - What's wrong with Commercial Real Estate appraisals?
(13:22) - How Bowery Valuation solves collaboration issues during the appraisal process
(15:56) - Feature - Transform Your City : Create urban spaces that lead to safer, healthier, and greener streets and cities.
(17:17) - The future of Commercial Real Estate appraisal tech: Bowery Valuation's client-facing platform
(21:16) - The 5-day Commercial loan vision
(22:39) - New data sources for appraisals: tenant space usage and carbon emissions.
(24:40) - The state of Office: are appraisers considering conversions or alternative highest and best uses?
(28:24) - Bowery Valuation's fundraising journey: from MetaProp to Camber Creek to Goldman Sachs
(39:56) - Benefits of having a strategically diverse investor stack - LeFrak, Capital One, Alpaca VC, Goldman Sachs, MetaProp, Camber Creek
(42:46) - Future of Cities: What's one aspect of NYC Noah would choose to improve?
(43:24) - Discomfort Zone: How Noah has adapted his leadership approach to empower Bowery's team

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💚Bowery Valuation's website

Featured:
💚Transform Your City (website): AI-generated urban spaces to create to safer, healthier, and greener streets and cities.
-To donate and support Transform Your City -> Donate now

Connect with Tangent:
💚Edward Cohen on Twitter
💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn
💚Zach Aarons on Twitter
💚Tangent on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on Twitter

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12/13/22 • 47 min

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💚MetaProp (site)
Maureen Waters on LinkedIn
Featured:
💚Urban Impact Agency (site) - Making cities smarter and more sustainable.

💚ility (site) - SaaS platform enabling commercial real estate owners to increase NOI by creating awesome workplaces.
To learn more: hello@ility.com

Maureen Waters, Partner at MetaProp, the largest Proptech Venture Capital firm focused on early-stage Proptech companies, with over 150 investments in startups. Maureen leads the growth of MetaProp’s Innovation Services, where she helps commercial real estate LP's leverage Data, ESG & Climate Tech and prioritize, pilot and deploy tech solutions across their portfolios. Prior to MetaProp, Maureen was President of Ten-X, one of the largest online commercial real estate marketplaces. Maureen was previously head of real estate and asset management at Bill Gates Investments and Cushman & Wakefield.

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04/13/22 • 38 min

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Rudin Management
Nantum OS - Prescriptive Data

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RealEstateXTechnology - Newsletter about modern real estate and the technologies that impact it
Boom - The most flexible and rewarding way to pay rent

Michael Rudin, SVP of Rudin Management and a key member of his family's proptech investing business Rudin Ventures, shares on Tangent what it takes to stay relevant in a saturated market; from tenant-focused renovations that prioritize both physical and technological amenities, to being a corporate leader in ESG strategies and the importance of public-private partnerships to solve some of the most challenging issues the industry is currently facing.

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11/08/21 • 29 min

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ProptechVC
Zain Jaffer on Twitter
Boxabl - Modular homes construction

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Jelly - The new following experience (NFT's)

Zain Jaffer, Partner at Bluefield Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm investing in Commercial Real Estate & Proptech. Zain stepped into the real estate world after he sold his start up called Vungle to Blackstone for $780 million.

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03/02/22 • 35 min

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Rabbet (website)Will Mitchell on social: LinkedIn

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Knock - Residential leasing proptech with self-touring technologySupportive Housing Network of NY - Collective effort to end homelessness among the most vulnerable New Yorkers

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03/27/22 • 23 min

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Tangent is back with a new limited series hosted by Edward Cohen & Jeffrey Berman (Partner at Camber Creek). In this episode, we introduce the series' main themes, including how Proptech leaders are improving our cities and quality of life, how will the remote work revolution reshape our cities and impact Real Estate valuations, the Great Tech Correction (don't call it Dotcom 2.0) and how we can tackle the Housing supply and affordability crisis. We will examine these topics through diverse frames, including founders, venture capitalists, real estate investors, public sector leaders and media and academia experts.

Connect with Tangent:
💚Edward Cohen on Twitter
💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on LinkedIn
💚Tangent on Twitter

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💚Quext - Smart Apartment Technology (learn more)

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07/08/22 • 22 min

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FAQ

How many episodes does Tangent 💚 Proptech have?

Tangent 💚 Proptech currently has 36 episodes available.

What topics does Tangent 💚 Proptech cover?

The podcast is about Fintech, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, Data, Ecommerce, Podcasts, Nyc, Finance, Technology, Business, Data Science and Sustainability.

What is the most popular episode on Tangent 💚 Proptech?

The episode title 'How Commercial Real Estate Can Unlock the Clean Energy Revolution, with Peak Power CSO Imran Noorani' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Tangent 💚 Proptech?

The average episode length on Tangent 💚 Proptech is 38 minutes.

How often are episodes of Tangent 💚 Proptech released?

Episodes of Tangent 💚 Proptech are typically released every 20 days, 20 hours.

When was the first episode of Tangent 💚 Proptech?

The first episode of Tangent 💚 Proptech was released on Oct 1, 2020.

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