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Australia’s first specialist Real Estate Technology Fund Oversubscribed
- Published January 18, 2019 12:00AM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
PieLAB Venture Partners, led by prominent Australian entrepreneur and real estate industry thought leader Chris Rolls, has officially closed the Real Estate Industry Venture Capital Fund to further investment.
The Real Estate Industry Venture Capital Fund is PieLAB Venture Partner’s first fund has closed over-subscribed.
With investors representing over 50 real estate brands – and 250 businesses – in the Australian residential real estate market, the strategic fund is Australia’s first and only real estate technology focused fund.
The fund currently has investments in four Australian founded companies, and the PieLAB team are actively looking for well led, high growth businesses attacking large markets to fill the portfolio.
If you are at scale-up stage (or know of someone) and looking for highly strategic capital to take your business through the next phases of growth, the team would love to hear from you.
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