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Julia Arlt

Founder of PropTech Events

Vienna, Vienna

Overview 

Julia Arlt is an accomplished entrepreneur, investor, and sustainability expert who previously served as the Ex Global Digital Real Estate Leader at PwC. She is also a keynote speaker, author, and mentor with a strong background in PropTech, venture capital, and start-ups, and has co-founded various initiatives such as FuturePlace and the Austrian PropTech Initiative (apti). Highlights of Julia's career include her role as a Co-Founder & Head of Global Partnerships at FuturePlace and her position as the Co-Founder and Chairwoman of the Austrian PropTech Initiative (apti), showcasing her leadership in driving innovation and sustainability within the real estate industry.

Work Experience 

  • Global Digital Real Estate Leader

    2017 - Current

    With over 223,000 people in 157 countries, PwC is one of the world’s largest professional services networks. But our size is only a part of who we are. The real story is about our people and how we work tirelessly to enhance their experience and development, both personal and professional. To get this right, it’s critical we listen to them to make sure our initiatives and actions are meaningful and relevant.

  • Co-Founder and Head of Global Partnerships

    2020

    FuturePlace is a full service media, events, advisory and sales enablement platform focused on connecting buyers and sellers from across the digital real estate spectrum. Our mission is to unlock innovation and drive the transformation of the built world by promoting new ideas and solutions - and by facilitating relationships between the people and companies that need each other the most. You can learn more about us @ https://futureplace.tech/

  • Venture Partner

    2023

    Realyze Ventures backs the brightest European founders that create solutions for the industrialization & decarbonization of the Real Estate & Construction industry.

  • Startup Bridge Mentor

    2017

    The MetaProp acceleration team, led by Zach Aarons (Millennium Partners), Clelia Peters (Warburg Realty), Phil Russo, Leila Collins and Columbia’s Josh Panknin has a proven track record. Additionally, MetaProp is now investing out of our second venture fund, backed by world-renowned LPs, including a who’s who of the US and global real estate industry. Moreover, we have a support network of startups, mentors and partners (most notably Columbia University and, of course, our global industry partner, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). In particular, we’re supported by MetaProp’s 20+ new, cross-border experienced mentors from the UK, US, Western Europe, Israel and beyond, including top UK PropTech influencer Dan Hughes (RICS), Leon Shpilsky (Oxford Sciences), Ben Lerner (MRI/Qube), Julia Arlt (PwC), Lisa Shaforostova (CBRE), Mark Zeevi (BMBY), venture czar Taylor Wescoatt (Concrete, SeedCamp), UK accelerator pioneer Juliette Morgan (British Land) and many more.

  • Leadership Board

    2024

    The Center for Real Estate Technology & Innovation Leadership Board is a community-led network of world-leading real estate technology investors devoted to the promotion of diversity, inclusion, entrepreneurship, and financial advocacy of innovation in the built and digital world.

  • Advisor and Investor

    2024

    The trusted software provider for sustainable and profitable real estate portfolios. A science-based, enterprise-grade B2B SaaS solution (AI enabled) to enable real estate owners and investors to decarbonize their assets and entire portfolios on their pathway to net zero.

  • Guest Lecturer in Real Estate MBA classes

    2020

  • Co-Founder and Chairwoman

    2017

    The Austrian PropTech Initiative connects founders of digital real estate business models in Europe. Our goals are the dialogue with each other as well as the focused exposition of activities of our members towards the established real estate industry and investors as well as the media. We organize the annual PropTech Vienna event! PropTech Vienna is well established as the leading & most well attended CEE event dedicated to the technology innovation & digital transformation occurring in the wider Real Estate sector. The event is attended by over 400 delegates, including the world’s leading real estate companies, agents, brokers, technical VCs, media and institutional investors, to connect with the PropTech ecosystem.

  • Co-Founder and Speaker Placement

    2021

    https://proptech-events.com/ The intelligence platform for digital real estate and innovation in Europe! Attend the best real estate tech live events. Network with industry leaders, hear about commercial, residential, industrial, construction real estate tech trends and discover the most innovative startups at our events. We also provide content for other event plattforms e.g. Expo Real

  • MIPIM Cannes, MAPIC & Propel by MIPIM Awards Committee Member

    2016

    We are excited to announce the inaugural Global PropTech Awards. The first annual Global PropTech Awards recognize individuals, technologies and organizations that have gone above and beyond to positively impact next generation PropTech. NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN (see below) and close September 15th. Finalists will be announced October 1st and Award Winners will be presented at a ceremony during NYC Real Estate Tech Week 2017. Reed Midem is a global leader in the organisation of C-level international B2B events, a subsidiary of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading events organizer, with over 500 events in 39 countries. Reed brings together each year over 7,000,000 active event participants from around the world.

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