The Leading Commercial Real Estate Tech Platform in the U.S. and Built World Technology Alliance of India Structure International Partnership

NEW YORK, July 31, 2018 – CREtech(cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate industry, announced today a collaboration on events, content and research with Built World Technology Alliance (builtworldtech.com). Built World Technology Alliance is a collective who share in a mission to accelerate the digital transformation of India’s real estate sector.

The partnership comes as part of a global trend to explore commercial real estate tech. Indian real estate industry leaders Yash Gupta, Anuj Puri and CapitalM (RMZ Family Office) are supporting the first Annual Event of the Built World Technology Alliance under the banner of their new commercial real estate tech venture capital fund Blue Sky. The Alliance’s inaugural event – Built World Technology Show – will be hosted in partnership with Blue Sky Ventures on 20-21 February 2019 at CoWrks Worli in Mumbai. Keynote speakers include Fifth Wall Co-Founder Brendan Wallace and the MIT Center for Real Estate.

“We are thrilled to announce this new venture with Robert Marten and his new organization focused on PropTech in India,” stated Michael Beckerman, CEO, CREtech.com. “As part of our core mission to encourage investment and innovation in the commercial real estate tech sector globally, we are always looking to partner with the best platforms in other parts of the world. India and South East Asia, where the PropTech sector is showing really positive signs of growth, has always been a target for our expansion and in connecting with Rob and his organization we are confident we have found a great partner,” Beckerman added.

"India is the world's fastest growing economy, with an emerging start-up and venture capital ecosystem," stated Robert Marten, Co-Founder of the Built World Technology Alliance. "Our partnership with CREtech will help shine a light on the many great opportunities India offers."

About Built World Technology Alliance

Built World Technology Allianceis a live events and digital community provider co-founded by Robert Marten – former Managing Director of the Global Real Estate Institute. Founding Members of the Alliance include Yash Gupta and Anuj Puri (Blue Sky Ventures), Abhishek Goenka (CapitalM - RMZ Family Office), Ajay Prasad (Taurus Investment), Anuj Nangpal (JLL Spark), Raja Seetharaman (Propstack), Sameer Nayar (BuildSupply), Srini Sriniwasan (Kotak Investment Advisors), Ashish Khandelia (Certus Capital), Sidharth Menda (CoWrks), Ashish Singla (Max I), Rohit Rajput (Max Ventures and Industries), Michael Beckerman (CREtech) and Steve Weikal (MIT).

About CREtech

Our mission at CREtech is to connect the commercial real estate and tech sectors, bringing a new age of innovation, investment and growth to the industry. The platform features the largest events, most widely read daily newsletter, largest directory of startups and industry leading research. CREtech additionally provides Advisory Services to startups and commercial real estate developers/brokers.

CREtech is owned and operated byThe News Funnel, the leading content, connectivity and event platform devoted to the commercial real estate industry.

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