CRE Tech Influencers: GSPV in the News

CRE Tech Influencers

By Erika Morphy | GlobeSt.com February 04, 2022

It’s been a long, long time since the days when CRE technology dragged behind most other industries. The sector has exceeded those early expectations and now excels in just about every CRE-related category. Driving these developments are men and women whose innovation and expertise have helped propel proptech to its current heights. On the following pages are our selections for tech influencers of the year.

GREENSOIL PROPTECH VENTURES

Greensoil PropTech Ventures of Toronto has a track record of backing, scaling and exiting high-impact PropTech companies, including those that make smart home battery systems, environmental building data and invoice automation platforms, construction management software, real estate deal management platforms, wireless lighting controls and carbon sequestering technology for concrete. Greensoil has helped pioneer PropTech-only and impacts investor-focused venture capital funds with the launch of its first fund in 2015 – the $59 million Greensoil PropTech Ventures I fund. The fund was launched with anchor funding from the Duke of Westminster’s Grosvenor Group, one of the world’s largest and most diversified independent alternative asset management funds. In March 2021, the company launched Greensoil PropTech Ventures II, a $100 million follow-up fund, with anchor support from the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers. Greensoil’s funds invest in early to mid- stage venture capital opportunities in North America, Europe and Israel. Founded in 2011, the firm is led by Alan Greenberg, co-founder and chairman; Gideon Soesman, co-founder and managing partner; Dave Harris Kolada, managing partner; and Jamie James, managing partner. The firm and its leaders have emerged as subject matter experts with mentions in an array of national and international real estate and finance news outlets. Their messages are consistent with the firm’s mission to digitize and decarbonize the built environment. The firm believes profits and public service aren’t mutually exclusive and that the road to innovation leads through the built environment, with PropTech offering a crucial solution to lowering costs, increasing profits and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in real estate.