28 Hottest Proptech Startups, as Chosen by Leading Venture Capitalists

The pandemic has changed the landscape of the real-estate world and revealed a new set of challenges.

A new crop of property-technology, or proptech, startups is making noise by attacking some of those challenges head-on.

Hometap

Why it’s hot: Home equity reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the analytics firm Black Knight, as home prices surged. For those looking, or willing, to move, it’s east to access accumulated equity by selling their home, though that can mean wading through dozens of offers. But for people looking to stay put, the traditional option has been to take on a home equity loan. So Hometap has built a nondebt alternative: Cash in exchange for investments in the homes themselves.

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