Welcome to the Herd, Carbon Title! ClimateTech and PropTech are becoming increasingly linked as Real Estate sits at the forefront of the decarbonization challenge. Carbon Title is the Real Estate industry’s first end-to-end decarbonization platform allowing building owners and developers to accurately measure and neutralize their building’s climate impact. The…

Authors: Daniel Fetner, Ryan Freedman & Adam Donahue This is the second post in Alpaca’s ongoing Next Gen Real Estate Series. Missed the previous post? Read it here. Unpacking Yesterday’s Real Estate When most investors hear the term “Real Estate,” a few adjectives generally come to mind: Tangible asset class …

Alpaca’s new Field Study unpacks the what’s new and what’s next for EV and Parking Tech Authors: Ryan Freedman, Linna Zambardino, Daniel Fetner Introduction With gas prices hitting $7 a barrel in California this year, people are reminded once again that the future of transportation is electric. Last year, 2021…

Welcoming Venly: a blockchain technology provider creating powerful tools and products for businesses and games to leverage Web3 technology and integrate it seamlessly into their own processes — without sacrificing user experience or security. The Elevator Pitch The future is decentralized, and it lives on the blockchain. Once an early…

Written by Andrew Peng and Ryan Freedman, November 2nd, 2021 Welcoming The Sandbox: the most exciting metaverse gaming platform on the blockchain and a play on Virtual Real Estate. Technology building the metaverse aims to create a robust economy that allows the physical world and virtual worlds to interoperate with…

Building high-quality affordable single-family homes for the next generation — Diamond Age’s elevator pitch Diamond Age is leveraging robotics and 3D printing to automate new home construction. Their Robotics as a Service (RaaS) platform and a suite of end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) for finishing home construction will significantly offset labor and material costs and ultimately will produce a home in just…

Last Thursday, our portfolio company Compass began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: $COMP). Congratulations to Robert Reffkin, Ori Allon, and the entire Compass team for this huge accomplishment! As our first investment, Compass holds a special place in our heart. The company has been part of…

A huge congratulations to Luke and the team at Latch for going public via a Tishman Speyer SPAC. It has been a real pleasure to work with this crew. They grew from a hardware company to a wider, deeper services offering with literal access being the key to winning in…

A huge congratulations to Luke and the team at Latch for going public via a Tishman Speyer SPAC. It has been a real pleasure to work with this crew. They grew from a hardware company to a wider, deeper services offering with literal access being the key to winning in…