For decades, Canadian real estate proven itself to be a remarkable investment. However, it’s also been an increasingly difficult investment to get into. In recent years, technology-forward real estate startups like Addy Invest have launched to lower the barrier to access for everyday Canadians to grab their slice of the real estate pie—including me. Example: […]
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Vancouver is Canada’s Second Largest PropTech Hub, New Report Confirms
Proptech Collective is a volunteer-run collective of real estate professionals, city builders, and entrepreneurs that believes “technological innovation can change the built world for the better.” The organization has released its second annual report with a range of updates from the previous edition. 150 startups were added to the database of property technology companies in […]
Parvis Raises $2.6 Million Seed Round to Unlock Real Estate Through Blockchain
Parvis Invest announced that it has raised $2.6 million to launch a blockchain-based platform designed to modernize the investing process and unlock real estate opportunities. The Vancouver-based fintech startup raised the capital in a seed round led by Gravitas Securities. “Access to institutional real estate investment has long been an opportunity reserved for an elite […]
addy Launches Canada’s First Crowdfunded Real Estate Investing App
Vancouver proptech startup addy has launched Canada’s first crowdfunded real estate investing mobile iOS app. addy believes in real estate for everyone with a crowdfunding platform that breaks down traditional barriers to real estate investment. As an addy member, you can invest in institutional-grade commercial real estate (e.g., entire apartment buildings, commercial complexes and business parks) […]
Addy Adds Societal Returns To Real Estate Investing With Newest Property
Vancouver proptech startup addy has ventured into the affordable housing with the purchase of a 96-unit property in Hamilton, dropping tomorrow. addy believes in real estate for everyone with a crowdfunding platform that breaks down traditional barriers to real estate investment. As an addy member, you can invest in properties across Canada for as little […]
With 20th Property addy Enters Quebec Real Estate Market
Vancouver proptech startup addy has launched its twentieth real estate investment opportunity and this time around it is a 18-room boutique hotel in La Belle Province. addy believes in real estate for everyone with a crowdfunding platform that breaks down traditional barriers to real estate investment. As an addy member, you can invest in properties […]
Addy Adds Granville Street Strata Building To Portfolio
City of Vancouver Councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung has proposed closing select streets in downtown Vancouver, including the Granville Entertainment District, to vehicle traffic in order to help revitalize areas hard-hit by COVID. Kirby-Yung’s ideas also include expanding patio spaces for businesses, bringing in live music, and allowing farmer’s markets and craft markets to set up shop. The […]
Investing in Real Estate with Addy: My Early-Adopter Experience
As a teenager, I was thrilled to open my own bank account—not so that I could spend, but so that I could save. When I graduated from college, the first thing I did was buy real estate: a humble apartment suite in Vancouver, where I would work as a journalist and editor for nearly a […]
Addy Adds North Vancouver Apartment Building To Portfolio
Vancouver proptech startup addy has launched its fifth real estate investment opportunity and this time around it is a multi-family property in North Vancouver. Avesta Apartments is a 100% occupied, twenty-two suite apartment building at 1629 St Georges Avenue. addy is offering 1,018,500 units in the property valued at $1 each to enable B.C. residents […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2021
2020 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good one for the Vancouver tech community and the province as a whole. The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to our new […]