INVESTING TO CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY
Concrete's DNA
Concrete Ventures is a Proptech venture capital investor working closely with institutional 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 in seed and Series A companies 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.
Research & Insights
We conduct research and produce insights on emerging themes and macro trends on the intersection of the built environment and technology.
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Meet the team
GENERAL PARTNER
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.
GENERAL PARTNER
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.
VENTURE SCOUT
ARMANDE POLA FOSSI
helps Concrete with her expertise in deep technologies, having worked at Thales for 3 years. Armande holds a PhD in Physics and an MBA from INSEAD.
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.
ADVISOR
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.
ADVISOR
DOMINIQUE GONFARD
brings over 15 years experience in the construction and manufacturing sectors, working with startups and enterprises. She currently leads UK strategic operations for Tetris, JLL's in-house design and build firm. Dominique holds a Masters of Architecture.
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.
ADVISOR
TANGUY QUERO
brings a career in traditional and digital marketing for Real Estate to the team's mindset. Tanguy also leads JLL Spark's European Team.