August 2025: Vancouver Summer Social, Growth Summit highlights, LMRE’s annual Built World Salary Survey, and the countdown to Proptech Connect & Blueprint
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The summer wouldn’t be complete without one of our signature socials… So join us in Vancouver on August 19 for a great evening of connection and conversation!
We’re also gearing up for a busy fall on the road — after wrapping up our Growth Summit, we’re headed to Vegas for Blueprint and London for Proptech Connect (see discount codes below ✈️). If you’ll be at either, reply this email and let us know so we can include you in our plans!
🎟️ Proptech Events and Conferences
Vancouver Summer Social (Vancouver, August 19)
Our members get free tickets. Check with your company to see if you're already a member — or consider joining us to get access.
Proptech Connect (London, September 3–4) - Proptech Collective and our delegation will be joining the Proptech Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) cohorts on site.
We’re in the early stages of planning the third annual Maple Mixer! Be sure to sign up here. A big part of what makes this event possible is the support of partners. We're looking for co-sponsors to join us in bringing it to life. It’s a great opportunity to raise visibility, invite key guests, and have a presence at the conference. If you're interested, reach out to Rachel.
CREtech New York (New York City, October 21-22) - Get 20% off general attendee passes here.
Smart City Expo World Congress & Tomorrow.Building World Congress (Barcelona, November 4-6) - Free visitor passes (limited quantity), reach out to Rachel.
The Buildings Show 2025 (Toronto, December 3-5) - 20% off ticket here and 10% off 10x10 booth (original price $5,075). Reach out to John Connell.
Highlights from the Growth Summit
Last month, we brought together 35 incredible proptech founders and executives from across Canada for our Growth Summit in Toronto.
We kicked things off with dinner, then spent the next day in candid conversations about what it really takes to build in this space — from the highs and hard lessons to scaling challenges, partnerships, and unfiltered fundraising stories.
It was exactly the kind of connection and honesty our community thrives on. We'll be sharing a few tidbits and learnings in the weeks ahead — just a sliver of the insight and experience that was shared throughout the day.
See you next year!
P.S. Thank you to our sponsors: RBCx, Dentons, and Alister Creative Agency.
⭐️ Perks & Opportunities For Members
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Judging and pitching opportunities at the Toronto Buildings Show
🗞️ Hear from our Members & Partners
Hyyve Launches Canada’s First Residential Real Estate Listing-Bid Platform with 500 select, invite-only agents. The platform is free for sellers to use, enabling them to receive upfront cash and compare side-by-side proposals from top agents competing to earn their listing. Learn more.
FrenzyGo is looking for its first cohort of residential buildings to pilot a simple, self-serve micro-store for snacks and essentials. Residents order from their phones, on-site staff handles delivery, and building operators keep the profit. Property managers can set prices, products, and hours while FrenzyGo powers checkout, analytics, and payouts behind the scenes.
To learn more, reach out at [email protected] or request a demo.
🗞️ Industry Opportunities & Resources
🚨🚨 LMRE has launched their 4th Annual 2025 Built Environment Salary Survey and we’d love your input. Take the 2-minute survey here and get a chance to win a ticket to Blueprint before August 14th.
The Critical Industrial Technologies (CIT) Initiative supports Ontario's construction innovation with funding for talent development, product innovation and sector transformation. Ontario SMEs can access grants from $10K to $500K to advance projects in construction. Learn more and apply.
The Startup Canada Equal Slice Pitch Competitions offer early-stage, underrepresented entrepreneurs the chance to showcase their businesses, receive expert feedback and compete for $100,000 in cash grants. Learn more and apply.
🗞️ What We Are Reading
💰 Who Raised Capital
BedRock Robotics: a startup developing retrofit self-driving kits for construction and worksite vehicles, has raised $80 million in a funding round led by Eclipse and 8VC. Founded by veterans from Waymo and Segment, the company aims to upgrade existing fleets with AI-driven sensors and computing to operate autonomously around the clock.
Trunk Tools: an AI platform built for the construction industry, raised a $40M Series B led by Insight Partners and Redpoint to expand its AI agents that streamline workflows and surface insights from project data.
Pacaso: the San Francisco-based tech-enabled marketplace for co-owned luxury vacation homes, has raised more than $35 million from over 10,000 individual investors as part of its ongoing Regulation A+ offering.
Flyhomes: the Seattle-based company has raised an additional $15 million to support its shift from a consumer-facing platform to a behind-the-scenes financial product provider focused on its “Buy Before You Sell” wholesale lending platform.
TakeUp: an AI-powered revenue optimization platform for independent hotels and inns, has raised $11 million in a Series A round led by 1848 Ventures to expand its platform and support growth.
Parkade: a parking management startup, raised $10 million in a Series A led by Navitas Capital. The company digitizes and automates parking for multifamily properties across 23 states and three countries. Its platform reduces costs and improves flexibility for property managers and tenants.
Capitalize: an AI-powered platform for commercial real estate finance, raised seed funding from Lerer Hippeau to help brokers and lenders identify deal opportunities through real-time insights.
RealPage: an incumbent real estate software provider, has acquired Rexera, a pioneer in agentic AI for real estate operations, to streamline and automate key processes like HOA document retrieval and lien searches.
Doorvest: the real estate investing platform, acquired Wreno to support its strategy of scaling through local PMC integration, using Wreno’s tech to centralize data and streamline operations.
🇨🇦 Get involved at Proptech Collective
Join our committee - we’re always looking for highly-motivated individuals to be part of the team!
We have multiple volunteer roles open in Vancouver. If you’re based elsewhere and want to get involved, let us know — we have a long list of initiatives we’re working on! Apply today.
Partner for an Event or Program (Canada-wide)
Our events calendar is underway for the rest of 2025 and 2026. Reach out to [email protected] if you are interested in exploring partnering with us on events or programs in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary or launching an event in a new city.
💼 Jobs In Proptech
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