Zach Aarons

Co-Founder at MetaProp

Panelist

Zach Aarons is Co-Founder and General Partner of MetaProp, a leading venture capital firm focused on real estate technology (PropTech). An award-winning investor, best-selling author, professor, and frequent speaker, Zach has spent more than 15 years at the intersection of real estate and technology.

Since co-founding MetaProp in 2015, Zach and his team have invested in more than 175 PropTech companies, helping advance technologies that make the built world more affordable, accessible, sustainable, and resilient. Prior to MetaProp, Zach worked in real estate development at Millennium Partners and served as a Senior Associate at ENIAC Ventures. He began his career in investment banking at Solomon Partners and also founded Travelgoat, an online and offline tourism company.

Zach is the co-author of the Amazon bestseller PropTech 101, published in three languages, and an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. He is also a member of the Technology Committee for the Real Estate Board of New York and serves on the Investment Committee for Brown University's student-run venture capital fund, Van Wickle Ventures.

Recognized as Global PropTech Awards' 2017 Investor of the Year and a frequent Business Insider Seed 100 honoree, Zach regularly speaks at leading real estate and investment conferences, including SuperReturn International, MIPIM, Urban Land Institute, and the Citi Global Property CEO Conference. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.