151. Kingmaking, De-Risking Every Investment & the Future of Real Estate Tech (Brendan Wallace)

Brendan Wallace of Fifth Wall Ventures joins Nick to discuss Kingmaking, De-Risking Every Investment & the Future of Real Estate Tech.  In this episode, we cover: how building a fund is different from a startup why fifth wall invests in real estate tech why they take a different approach to workign with LPs and portcos how large corporate LPs get comfortable with threatening tech that can destroy existing asset value Brendan gives an overview of the real estate tech landscape and how it's segmented why he thinks no other funds are focused on this sector the common demoniator he looks for in startups the concept of the built world and how tech will bridge the gap between physical and digital the most disruptive ideas he's come across in real estate how the hot trends like AI, AV, robotics and VR/AR will effect the sector and finally, what's surprised him most since raising fifth wall fund 1   To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.