Dave Eisenberg is the founder, and Managing Director of Zigg Capital, a venture capital fund focused on the real estate and construction industries. He invests in companies that provide novel software and hardware solutions to the real estate industry or that create new uses of space entirely. Before founding Zigg Capital, Dave was the global Senior Vice President of technology at CBRE Group, which he joined due to their acquisition of Floored, which Dave also founded. Dave graduated from Harvard with a degree in psychology and lives in Manhattan with his wife and two daughters.

Dave joins me on the Realty Mogul podcast to talk about what Zigg Capital is, what they're doing, their core focus, and why they are exclusively looking for technology-based businesses. He also educates us on the different buckets that PropTech investments fall into, from Software as a Service (SaaS) to transaction platforms and hardware companies. Dave also describes just how much net new activity there is in the broader PropTech ecosystem and shares the PropTech niches he is most excited to see develop over the next 10-20 years.

"There's a lot that's working against you when you're a startup: no one's heard of you, you have no brand, but what you have is you have the ability to take risks that are hard for big companies to take for fear of cannibalizing existing profit streams. You are also able to build on very, very modern infrastructure." - Dave Eisenberg

This week on The Reality Mogul Podcast:

Dave's career trajectory so far and how his previous fascinating roles led to him founding a capital venture fund
Why Dave believes that startups are better suited to innovate in the PropTech world than large companies
How Zigg capital sets itself apart when working with entrepreneurs and the competitive advantage it gives them
Why Dave thinks that artificial intelligence is going to impact real estate
Some clear applications for upcoming PropTech
Why the innovation in the broader real estate ecosystem inspired Dave to start his own fund
How cryptocurrency will impact the real estate industry over the next 20 years

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