Ben Liao
Managing Director @ Techstars
Toronto, Canada
Ben Liao is a pre-seed investor at Techstars in Toronto focused on Software and Real Estate. Ben has nearly a decade of combined private equity, consulting and operational experience. He is the Managing Director of the first global PropTech Accelerator at Techstars. Prior to Techstars, Ben was at Ritual, a venture-backed technology company, where he was a member of the senior leadership team, focusing on creating growth strategies acrossthe U.S. and globally, and leading national partnerships focused on new market entry. Leadership Board at CREtech.
- Total investments:
- 29
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 24%
Last updated:
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Industries Ben Liao invests in
Stages Ben Liao invests in
Countries Ben Liao invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (28%)
- Real Estate 8 (28%)
- Commercial Real Estate 8 (28%)
- SaaS 4 (14%)
- Real Estate Investment 4 (14%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 12 (41%)
- Seed 6 (21%)
- Series D 1 (3%)
Country
- Canada 6 (21%)
- United States 5 (17%)
- Singapore 2 (7%)
- Sweden 1 (3%)
- Finland 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Measurabl is the world’s most widely adopted ESG (environmental, social, governance) data management solution for commercial real estate. Customers use Measurabl to measure, manage, and report ESG data on more than 11 billion square feet of commercial real estate across 80 countries. Measurabl helps companies measure, manage and disclose ESGperformance, assess exposure to physical climate risk, and act on decarbonization and sustainable finance opportunities. Learn more at measurabl.com. | $93M / Series D / May 31, 2023 | ||
| Our process automates the CRE financing industry. From CIM creation to lender matching algorithm (using advanced data analytics and machine learning), our platform offers work flow efficiencies and cost savings. Finneo is an End-to-End technology platform for CRE Debt Placement and Management.We are the only software in the industry that isexclusively focused on debt management and placement. Our software allows the user to be in full control at all times during the entire life cycle of debt origination, placement and management. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Jan 06, 2020 | ||
| RealAR is an augment real estate app that allows seeing a property before it's built. | $120K / Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Talox builds software that digitizes all workflows and data for office landlords and agents.Talox is transforming the commercial leasing and asset management industry in the Asia Pacific with a cloud-native, purpose-built software that digitizes all workflows and data for office landlords and agents. Designed specifically for the real estateindustry, Talox is the preferred technology and data partner of family offices and institutional landlords in the region with millions of square meters on the platform. By using Talox, clients with single assets and portfolios increase workplace productivity, boost internal & industry collaboration, and increase property values through data insights. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Arextech designs and creates apps & software solutions for businesses to automate and improve processes that deal with complex problems.Arextech has created the next generation of real estate deal management and execution that works for the user. Our cloud-based software provides the tools real estate professionals need to carry out any deal ona single platform wherever they are. The integration of deal stages and automated collaboration amongst tools phases provides a shared and unified process with structured and meaningful information. Unlike other solutions, we do not use or sell you your data. | $120.3K / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Skenario Labs offers intelligent property analytics for real estate owners, asset managers, and financial institutions.Skenario Labs is an AI-driven real estate analytics company specialized in providing automated property valuation and technical risk assessments for both residential and commercial real estate. Its clients range from assetmanagers, property owners, and financial institutions, just to name a few. The company is funded by innogy Innovation Hub and is expanding towards international markets.The company's AI-powered database already contains data from over 16 million properties globally. In other words, its platform already produces accurate insight derived from reality and tells our customers in the real-estate sector in detail where to invest. | $120K / Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| BlueSuit extracts information from several kinds of real estate documents. Its ExtractAPI platform uses real estate-specific algorithms and machine learning technology to produce structured output data from input documents. BlueSuit was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. BlueSuit is a proud TechStars company. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| BRED provides a flexible approach to liquidity for assets with a partial or full disposition need. The company aims to provide growth and increased value for asset holders and companies with alternative capital needs.BRED does this using its disciplined strategy; it values the risk and performs due diligence to ensure an asset meets ourinvestment criteria. BRED's platform offers a frictionless approach to raising capital from individuals worldwide.In addition to working with institutional and high-net-worth investors, we work with both accredited and non-accredited retail investors to allow the opportunity to invest in the real estate space.BRED'sgoal is to help stabilize assets, grow value and simplify the structure to provide our shareholders greater value. | $120K / Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| PropertyQuants helps its clients to harness data at scale, to find the best real estate investments globally.PropertyQuants is a team of PhD ex-quant traders bringing quantitative investment strategies to real estate. Its products allow buy-side real estate firms to identify the best locations to invest in today and know when to buy and sell ineach market. The company helps to rapidly screen and prioritize deals. LPs in real estate funds can understand fund risk, returns, and management skills. These products are fully customizable to user-specific criteria and integrate user datasets. | $120K / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| FastOffice is a leasing due-diligence solution that provides incredibly fast 3D test fits and comprehensive cost estimates to increase tenant confidence and accelerate deal velocity. The company was founded in 2017. | $120K / Seed / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Techstars
Techstars offers a pre-accelerator initiative designed to equip participants with training and tools for business development. Additional offerings include three-day sessions that allow aspiring entrepreneurs to experience the process of launching a startup. The company also organizes events featuring speakers, educational sessions, and pitch competitions to support entrepreneurship. Its operations involve connecting founders with a network of mentors and peers across various technology verticals.
Techstars Contacts
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Andrew Cleland
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Artur Hasselbach
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Atlanta Daniel
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Beata Puncevic
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What does Ben Liao invest in?
Ben Liao invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Commercial Real Estate startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Ben Liao closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 29 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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