R-LABS, the real estate venture builder dedicated to co-creating and scaling companies that address the industry’s most pressing problems, has raised $3.5M (CAD) and expanded its partnership capabilities. The raise was led by Hatch, a global engineering, project delivery, and professional services firm, and was joined by existing investors Oxford Properties, Dorsay Development Corp, and LandSure Systems Ltd.
The funds will expand R-LABS’ capabilities to co-found new companies with experienced entrepreneurs addressing Canada’s most complex sector challenges, particularly in housing affordability, climate resiliency, complete communities, and building optimization.
Beyond the investment, R-LABS welcomes Hatch as a partner to its ecosystem, joining a partnership of other leading innovative corporations and institutions across the real estate sector.
“The challenges in real estate, housing, resilience, and economic productivity are not what is defining Canada today,” said George Carras, Founder and CEO of R-LABS. “What is defining us is how we are choosing to tackle them and this investment from Hatch adds world-class engineering strength to our growing collaborative partnership, accelerating bold ideas and uniting innovators, institutions, industry leaders, and game-changing entrepreneurs who are committed to building the next generation of great Canadian companies.”
“As entrepreneurs with a technical soul, Hatch welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the success of R-LABS. This is a great platform for us to combine our strengths with wonderful partners to tackle some of Canada’s—and the world’s—biggest challenges,” said John Bianchini, chair and CEO, Hatch. “By joining R-LABS’ ecosystem, we’re unlocking new opportunities alongside other leading and innovative real estate companies making real impacts, helping solve climate change and realizing better places and outcomes for people.”
R-LABS is a unique partnership structure designed for long-term alignment providing forward-thinking corporations and institutions the opportunity to create strategic enterprise value through venture building and investment. R-LABS’ ecosystem of industry and limited partners includes 23 corporations and institutions across the broader real estate sector and is expanding its partnership in 2025 with strategic capabilities from engineering, construction, multi-family development, banking, finance, services, and technology.
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