The TL;DR
Seed to Series B Founders: Join us for Growth Summit this July.
Interested in $30k in wage subsidies for new grad under 30 (product, engineering, and digital marketing hires) ? Take 1 minute to help us secure a grant that can help you with your next hire.
Save thousands on your next international conference — Proptech Collective members can now apply for up to 50% reimbursement for attending conferences.
Upcoming events:
LaunchPad's second cohort has kicked off — and we have some spicy poll results from Agent of the Future. Read on!
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PROPTECH CONFERENCE & PROGRAMS
Program for founders
Growth Summit is coming back for the third year, and we are making it better than ever.
Designed for Seed to Series B proptech founders, this is a chance to think bigger, engage with experts, and be around peers who are building in proptech alongside you. Starts with afternoon workshops, ends at a patio to chill and sip.
Companies who attended last year include:
We are finalizing the date next week - submit your availability and have a say at our program:
Want to sponsor this day? Contact us.
Hire your next employee — and get up to $30k back
The federal Digital Skills for Youth program lets you hire a post-secondary graduate under 30 at no cost to your company — up to $30,000 in wage subsidies per hire, for a placement of up to one year. You're eligible as long as your company has fewer than 500 employees and can offer a digital skills-focused role.
Proptech Collective is applying to deliver this program for our community — and the strength of our application depends on how many companies are on our list.
If you're interested, fill in this form before May 15 so we can include you. Companies on our list get first access to matched candidates when the program launches. Takes you 1 minute and doesn't commit you to anything.
Attend a conference and get up to half your costs covered
We're covering up to 50% of your trip costs so you can head to one of the five proptech conferences without the full price tag.
50% of the spots have been taken - allocated first-come, first serve.
Eligible expenses include airfare, hotel accommodation, ground transportation, and conference ticket.
This program is exclusively for Company Members. Join today to get access.
EVENTS
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, May 13 - Toronto
REALTOR QUEST: Proptech After Hour
We are hosting a reception on the first day of Realtor Quest!
Wednesday, May 13 - Vancouver
The Intelligent Building: Founders on AI Reshaping the Built Environment
A founder-to-founder fireside on how AI is shaping our sector.
Thursday, May 28 - Toronto
[TO Tech Week] AI-Native: What it actually takes
If you're building, hiring, or navigating the AI shift inside your own company — this is the room to be in.
Have a great space? We’ve got events!
We have big plans for 2026 — more in-person meetups, workshops, and socials from coast to coast. If your company has an office, lounge, or rooftop where we could co-host an event, we’d love to partner!
Event Recap
Last month we kickstarted our second LaunchPad program with 25 founders. Our first workshop was a speed mentoring session where each of the attendees got some face time with VC, GTM experts, and their perspective customers. Learn more about our program here.
Agent of The Future Recap
We also hosted an interactive session with myAbode last month to explore what the real estate agent of the future will look like. We asked the audience to weigh in before letting our panel respond. Here's how it went.
When we asked which skill AI couldn't replace, the audience voted trust and emotional presence. The panel agreed — and was very vocal about having your own personal brand and unique voice that doesn’t sound like AI.
On the future agent count, most thought there will be fewer. On what shape the survivors take, the audience leaned narrower: the hyper-local expert who knows the block, the train schedule, the best restaurant. In contrary, the panel leaned wider — clients grow up, move, have kids, and the agents who build careers grow with them. Which leaves two shapes that survive: go very niche, or become the lifelong advisor who carries the client across every stage.
We are hosting another event with myAbode during Toronto Tech Week on AI-Native: What it actually takes. Join us!
INDUSTRY NEWS
Who Raised Capital
HomeLight, a startup AI Escrow Agent platform, has raised $40 million.
NanoTech, innovating in paint-on insulation tech, has raised $29 million in a Series A led by HPI.
All3, a Swiss startup Swiss construction robotics company, has raised $25 million in a Seed led by RTP.
Casa, a startup home maintenance app, has raised $20 million in a Series A led by Forerunner Ventures.
Fence, a startup RE credit platform for investors, has raised $20 million in a Undisclosed led by Galaxy Ventures.
Primepoint, a startup site drawings analysis stack, has raised $10 million in a Seed led by Navitas Capital, Penny Jar Capital, NextView Ventures, GS Futures.
StudentCrowd, a British startup British student housing review stack, has raised $9 million in a Series A led by YFM.
Prefix, a startup facility management platform, has raised $7.5 million in a Seed led by Collide.
Real announced it will be acquiring Re/Max, in the latest consolidation merger in the brokerage world, for $880 million. This will bring together 180,000 agents globally and the tech infrastructure that Real offers.
Johnson Controls acquired Nantum AI.
VertiGIS acquired 1Spatial.
What We Are Reading
Series: Selling to Real Estate Brokerages & Agents (myAbode)
Industry Opportunities & Resources
DMZ Centre for Housing Innovation (CHI) accelerator cohort 3 is open for application until May 8.
Backing Canadian Small Businesses program is open for application. 100 Canadian small businesses will be selected to each receive a $10,000 grant and mentoring support from DMZ.
Riipen’s LevelUP program matches your business with soon-to-be graduates for up to 60 fully subsidized hours of project-based work delivered over a 2–8 week period. Employers may engage up to three students per project at no cost. Reach out to Jennifer if you are interested.
Jobs in Proptech
🔍 Seeking Opportunities? Access the Foundation for Innovation in Real Estate (FIRE) job board to find your next role.
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