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Summary: On the
fourth episode of Season 8 of the Propcast, Louisa speaks with Liza
Benson, covering her journey to becoming a partner at one of the
most prominent female-led Venture Capital funds in the Real Estate
Tech space, Moderne
Ventures. In this episode
you’ll hear how Liza balances the time being a board member of
several companies whilst also raising $200 million in 2021. You’ll
also hear about the plan for deployment and what Liza and the team
look for when evaluating a PropTech business or a tech company.
Lastly, you’ll hear about Liza’s personal experience with being a
woman in the Proptech space, as well as a woman in Venture Capital
and the effect of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives
within some of their portfolio companies.
Companies Mentioned:
Resources:
Shout Outs:
Key Insights From This Episode:
Keywords: Venture Capital,
Real Estate Tech, Women, Investing
About Our Guests:
Liza Benson is a Partner with
Moderne Ventures and helps lead and manage investment activity with
particular focus on high-growth technology companies that can
achieve rapid adoption and scale. Prior to Moderne, Liza was a
Partner with StarVest Partners, focused on expansion stage B2B SaaS
investments. Previously, Liza was a Managing Director of Highbridge
Principals Strategies and invested primarily in online video,
digital media, and marketing technologies and prior to that she was
a Managing Director with Bear Stearns’ Constellation Growth Capital
and an investment banker at Patricof & Co and First Union where she
started her career.
About Our Host
Louisa Dickins
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisa-dickins-ab065392/?originalSubdomain=uk
Louisa started her career in
property working at a well-known estate agency in London. Realising
her people skills, she moved over to Lloyd May to pursue a career
in recruitment. She now is a Director at LMRE, who are a specialist recruitment firm driven
by PropTech and recruitment professionals, and Louisa oversees
their 5 core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and provides a
constructive recruitment platform to the new disruptors in real
estate. Louisa is also on the board of Directors at UK PropTech
Association (UKPA).
About LMRE
LMRE believe there is a better
way to recruit. LMRE focus on a more comprehensive, client led focus
delivering exceptional talent to the place at the time. They are
passionate about the industry and passionate about people’s
careers. LMRE spend time with each client to become and an
extension of the business, and their transparency and core values
help them grow with the sector. LMRE simplify recruitment and
innovate with our clients and evolve the people driven, PropTech
community.
Timestamps:
[02:00] You started off in
investment banking, at First Union and then a part of StarVest
partners. How did you come to Moderne Venture and meeting your
partner, Constance?
[05:50] What makes Moderne
unique, besides the 2 female leaders, and what does that mean to
you? Is there a set mission behind the fund?
[8:05] Some of your strategic
investors include; Avalon Bay Communities, Greystar and leading
real estate companies such as Oak Tree Capital Management. Constance
generated a lot of these herself but how do you continue to support
them?
[10:10] You have got about 700
real estate execs of which some notable names are Icon Port, Hippo
and Betta Mortage covering real estate, mortgage, finance and
insurance. Is there anything Moderne Venture looks for when
evaluating a company?
[13:10] You are on various
boards as well like Widevine and Webify. What is it like balancing
all of this and being on the board of various companies?
[16:15] Is there any advice that
you can give to woman looking to get into the investment space,
whether they’re coming from the banking side, the consultancy side,
the venture capital side?
[17:55] Are there any positive
experiences personally for you or any successful changes your
various portfolio companies have implemented to ensure
DEI?
[19:55] The ‘LMRE’ part, Louisa
asks the guests to talk about:
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