The proptech sector enjoyed investment of $12.6bn in 2017 - largely helped by two major deals involving Japanese company Softbank - despite a 7% drop in the number of deals to 347, compared to 2016, according to Re:Tech. “I think in 2018, you’re going to see the rise of an alternative class of assets that’s somewhere in between and an alternative investment group set up to fund those assets. In 2017, there were more than 100 new companies listed on Nasdaq, up from just over 50 last year, and about half as many mergers and acquisitions valued at $1 billion or more, down from nearly
The proptech sector enjoyed investment of $12.6bn in 2017 - largely helped by two major deals involving Japanese company Softbank - despite a 7% drop in the number of deals to 347, compared to 2016, according to Re:Tech. In 2017, there were more than 100 new companies listed on Nasdaq, up from just over 50 last year, and about half as many mergers and acquisitions valued at $1 billion or more, down from nearly