Dec 1, 2021
In this week's episode of The Propcast, Louisa speaks with Scottie Lee, Vice President, Strategy & Research at Equity Residential in Chicago and Marco Biasiotto, Director of Retail and Digital Strategy at Primaris Management Inc. They talk about how PropTech startups can get the attention of funders and VC’s to partner and support their products go to market strategy or fund their scale up. Scottie and Marco share their best advice for any startups looking to secure funding, as well as their do’s and don’t’s of fundraising.
Companies Mentioned:
REIM Tech https://www.linkedin.com/in/naqash/?originalSubdomain=uk
PGIM site https://www.pgim.com/
La Salle https://www.lasalle.com/
Primarche https://primarche.ca/
Tableau https://www.tableau.com/
Shout Outs
Naqash Tahir - https://www.linkedin.com/in/naqash/?originalSubdomain=uk
Dropit - https://www.linkedin.com/company/dropit-shopping/
Key Insights From This Episode:
Keywords: investment, proptech, retail, startups, institutions, failure, success
About Our Guests:
Scottie Lee
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottie-lee-05a6313/
Scottie Lee is Vice President, Strategy & Research at Equity Residential in Chicago where he manages a team responsible for market research, sustainability, resilience, energy and environmental. Prior to Equity, Mr. Lee served as Vice President, Strategy & Analytics at Taubman where he oversaw corporate strategy, market research, financial planning & analysis, and financial & data analytics.
Mr. Lee is a member of the Urban Land Institute. He previously was a member of ULI Michigan’s Technology Local Product Council and was a member of ULI Michigan’s Larson Center for Leadership’s inaugural class. He is an emeritus member of ICSC’s North America Research Group. He previously served on the Governing Board of Detroit Chief Data Officer.
Mr. Lee received his MBA with High Distinction from the University of Michigan and his BS in Industrial Engineering and Economics from Northwestern University.
Company description
Equity Residential is an S&P 500 company focused on the acquisition, development and management of rental apartment properties located in urban and high-density suburban markets where today’s renters want to live, work and play. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 307 properties consisting of 79,322 apartment units, primarily located in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California and Denver.
Marco Biasiotto
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-biasiotto-35383923/?originalSubdomain=ca
Marco Biasiotto is the Director of Retail and Digital Strategy at Primaris Management Inc. He oversees the evolving industry trends and provides strategic recommendations that drive success for our shopping centre business. Marco is responsible for developing an insights platform at Primaris while also focused on embracing innovation through emerging technologies and partnerships.
With a retail research and
shopping centre career spanning over 25 years, Marco is a leading
expert in retail real estate technology and business insights. He
recently launched the first ever omni-channel multi-shopping centre
marketplace linking real time inventory. He is an active
participant in ICSC’s North American Research Group and the
Canadian Research Group. Marco holds a master degree in
Spatial Analysis from Ryerson University.
About Primaris
Primaris is a wholly owned subsidiary of H&R REIT. Primaris owns and manages more than 7.5 million square feet of commercial space, including 17 enclosed shopping centres located across Canada. H&R REIT is one of Canada's largest real estate investment trusts with total assets of approximately $13.1 billion at June 30, 2021. H&R REIT has ownership interests in a North American portfolio ofhigh-quality office, retail, industrial and residential properties comprising over 40 million square feet.
About Our Host
Louisa Dickins
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-dickins-ab065392/?originalSubdomain=uk
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.