Feb 16, 2021
Summary: In this episode the Propcast talks to
Courtney Cooper and Julia Chelaru from the PropTech Collective
about the trends they are seeing in their new Canada PropTech
Report.
The
Propcast is by Louisa Dickins, Co-Founder of LMRE the leading
Global PropTech recruiter brought to you in partnership with UK
PropTech Association, The UK PropTech Association is a membership
organisation to drive the digital transformation of the property
industry. This show will focus on connecting the Proptechs, real
estate funds and VC’s globally…and get everyone talking about
innovation of the build to rent environment.
About Host
Louisa Dickins
Louisa started her career in property working at a well-known
estate agency in London. Realising her people skills, she moved
over to Lloyd May to pursue a career in recruitment. She now is a
Director at LMRE, who are a specialist recruitment firm driven by
PropTech and recruitment professionals, and Louisa oversees their 5
core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and provides a constructive
recruitment platform to the new disruptors in real estate. Louisa
is also on the board of Directors at UK PropTech Association
(UKPA).
About LMRE
LMRE believe there is a better way to recruit. LMRE focus on a more
comprehensive, client led focus delivering exceptional talent to
the place at the time. They are passionate about the industry and
passionate about people's careers. LMRE spend time with each client
to become and an extension of the business, and their transparency
and core values help them grow with the sector. LMRE simplify
recruitment and innovate with our clients and evolve the people
driven, PropTech community.
About Guests
Julia Chelaru
Julia is a start-up workplace experience consultant and co-founder
at the PropTech Collective with a BSC in Chemistry and Economics
from the University of Waterloo. She started her journey to
PropTech and 2015 as an innovation strategy consultant at Founders
Intelligence in London. As Julia's passion for helping
entrepreneurs succeed in growth, she joined TechStars to launch and
run the first ever international PropTech accelerator program.
Julia is a community builder at heart. She loves all things
strategy, people and operations and is now focused on building
engaged, inclusive and collaborative work cultures and communities
that inspire positive change in the tech industry.
Courtney Cooper
Courtney is a principal at Alate Partners. In this role, she helps
identify and scale promising real estate technology companies,
provides market analysis and due diligence, and manages
relationships with industry partners. Courtney has spent most of
her career in real estate —including more than four years at Dream,
leading innovation and business transformation initiatives. She
went on to work as an Innovation Strategist at Great-West Life,
where she helped one of Canada’s largest financial institutions
analyse new markets and identify opportunities for growth. Courtney
takes a human-centred approach, developed through her graduate
studies in Strategic Foresight and Innovation at OCAD University.
She holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a specialty in
Operations from Georgetown University.
About The PropTech Collective
The
PropTech Collective is a collective of real estate professionals,
technologists, entrepreneurs, and community builders that believe
technological innovation can change the built world for the better.
Through the collision of people and experiences, we provide our
members with the opportunity to make meaningful connections and
elevate their work.
Resources
LMRE website www.lmre.co.uk
UKPA website www.ukpa.com
The
PropTech Collective website www.proptechcollective.com
The
Canada PropTech Report www.proptechcollective.com/report
Insights from this Episode
- I think our goal here is to increase collaboration. We can't really do anything without working with others – Julia Chelaru
- Canada is actively looking to bring in talent and hopefully trying to make it as easy as possible – Courtney Cooper
- I do think the Canadian ecosystem is definitely a key hub for real estate innovation – Julia Chelaru
- I would say that great talent anywhere they are in the world, they have lots of options – Courtney Cooper
- We came to the conclusion that there is basically a need in this space to create a place where people can authentically come together and actually collaborate. So most of the real change, happens when people know and understand one another – Julia Chelaru
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