ULI Europe launches Accelerator programme

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe, the world’s largest network of real estate and land-use professionals, has launched ULI Accelerator, a major new programme designed to connect real estate corporations with the innovative solutions offered by high impact PropTech scaleups to drive environmental and social impact.

Following a rigorous selection process and receipt of more than 70 applications, the first cohort of forward thinking, impact focused PropTech startups were selected to participate in the inaugural ULI Accelerator. The cohort of 11 participants was announced at this week’s ULI C Change Summit in Paris, which is part of a ULI-led programme to mobilise the European industry to accelerate the decarbonisation of real estate.

The first cohort includes blocksquare (Slovenia), Cambio AI (USA), Gravity Co. (UK), Mobility46 (Sweden), Optiml (Switzerland), Placemaking AI (UK), Planarific (UK), Symphony Energy (Ireland), Syte (Germany), Vizcab (France) and WasteTracker (Poland).

All start-ups took part in top level presentations to senior real estate decision makers at the PropTech Innovation Exchange held during the C Change Summit.

Lisette van Doorn, CEO, ULI Europe, comments, “Innovation is critical for our industry to thrive, and yet real estate is often seen to be slow, including around addressing significant challenges to improve social and environmental impact. While the number of startups has largely increased, the landscape is hard to navigate for real estate companies due to unclarity around the problem each innovation is trying to solve, applicability across different countries and their financial viability.”

“Europe’s innovation engine is humming—more than 3,500 PropTech solutions are already reimagining the value chain,” said Sara Pfajfar, ULI Accelerator Lead at ULI Europe. “Our role is to cut through the noise, match problems to solutions, and help teams move from pilot to portfolio.”

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