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Concrete's DNA
Concrete Ventures works closely with leading global real estate partners to understand the key challenges and identify the technology startup founders making a real impact.
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We INVEST early in founders who have something truly unique to offer the real estate world.
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We RESEARCH the critical opportunity spaces.
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We ADVISE partners on demonstrable impacts coming from the startup sector.
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Why Concrete Ventures?
A 'win-win-win' model.
WE SOLVE TECH FOR RE LEADERS
We separate wheat from chaff with VC discipline, advising our partners and introducing them to startups that create the most value for their business.
STARTUPS GET MORE FROM CONCRETE
Our unique partnership network delivers valuable insights and critical introductions to startups in the portfolio.
WE BACK THE BEST INNOVATORS
Learning from our partners helps us identify exceptional startups who are solving a global problem and have validated their impact on RE operations.
Meet the team
MANAGING DIRECTOR
TAYLOR WESCOATT
created Concrete to meet the needs of Corporate and Investment RE professionals. He has worked at Seedcamp, eBay, AOL, TimeOut, and many startups.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
ARNAUD VAN DER WYCK
joined Concrete after 7 years as a Partner at San Francisco based Sway Ventures and previously 17 years in investment banking at SG Warburg and UBS, real estate private equity and entrepreneur founding several companies incl. Capital Alliance Partners, Voxxcom and Riva Asset Management.
ADVISORY PARTNER
ANGELICA DONATI
helps Concrete while still operating her family's large construction and RE Development business, Donati SPA, in Italy. Angelica is a frequent contributor to Forbes on PropTech, and an Oxford MBA graduate.
INVESTMENT ANALYST
BENEDETTA MAISANO
joined Concrete after graduating in Philosophy and Economics from Cambridge University. She brings with her investment and research experience from the EBRD and Agritech fund Wheatsheaf.
INVESTMENT ANALYST
VICTORIA LEBEGUE
brings her experience as a startup entrepreneur and investor having spent time as an analyst with Finch Capital, The Venture Collective, and VentureOut. Victoria holds a Geography degree from UCL.
FINANCE
NELL BRENNAN
qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte spending time in London and Sydney. Nell went on to spend 11 years leading in-house finance teams within Brookfield Asset Management.
VENTURE PARTNER
CHRIS STEPHENSON
joined Concrete after over 18 years of experience in international real estate, most recently worked as managing director for AIG Global Real Estate.
ADVISORY PARTNER
ADAM BURSTOW
brings his 34 years’ experience in real estate, construction and technology. Prior to joining Concrete, Adam worked at KMPG, Telereal Trillium and most recently at Grosvenor as Group Digital & IT Director. He is also co-chair of the Urban Land Institute’s UK innovation forum.
ADVISORY PARTNER
BEN LERNER
brings his 16 years experience in M&A and operational and executive management in the PropTech sector from his time with Qube Global Software and MRI. He assists the Concrete team with dealflow, industry knowledge and portfolio support.
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