Ashurst sponsors and hosts Australia's first Proptech Awards

On Thursday 27 May 2021, Ashurst sponsored and hosted the inaugural national awards for Australia’s PropTech sector. The awards celebrated the achievements and successes of the people and businesses comprising the PropTech sector.

Over 150 people joined nationally, in Sydney and satellite locations, to congratulate the winners of 15 awards, 3 best of the best awards, and 3 special prizes.

The event was livestreamed via Property TV with satellite events hosted at River City Labs in Brisbane and PropTech Hub WA in Perth.

The planned satellite event at Stone & Chalk in Melbourne was cancelled earlier in the day.

“We are so pleased and proud to be celebrating this evening! It’s been a massive team effort involving our Board, our members, foundation supporters, event sponsors and of course all the entrants and judges. We are particularly grateful for the support of Ashurst,” said Kylie Davis, Founder & President of Proptech Association Australia.

“The judges have commented that the winners solve for clearly identified problems using technology that clients trust and like using,” continued Ms Davis.

Ashurst Partner, Corporate Transactions, Stuart Dullard said: “Ashurst is delighted to be sponsoring the PropTech Association and is delighted to host the first dedicated, national awards for Australia's PropTech sector. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!"

Winners Box+Dice (Established Supplier Proptech of the Year) with Ashurst Corporate Transactions Partner, Stuart Dullard | Ashurst Real Estate Partner, Vicki Aron with winner Hubble – (Start-Up - Design and Development)

The Proptech Awards are organised across three main categories – Start-Ups, Scale-Ups and Established Suppliers – within which there are individual awards for different business solutions. This means that proptech ventures are judged against their peers in terms of company size and maturity by a panel of expert judges from across the real estate industry.

Ashurst sponsored one of the major awards of the evening, the Established Supplier Proptech of the Year, which was awarded to Box + Dice whose goal is to be best real estate CRM and transaction management platform in Australia & New Zealand.

WINNERS OF THE INAUGURAL PROPTECH AWARDS 2021

Administration & Operations

• Lendhaus - Most Innovative Start-Up
• Vault RE - Most Innovative Scale-Up
• ListOnce - Most Innovative Established Supplier

Design & Development

• Hubble - Most Innovative Start-Up
• uDrew - Most Innovative Scale-Up

Smart Buildings & Cities

• Exergenics - Most Innovative Start-Up
• Planet Ark Power - Most Innovative Scale-Up

Ownership, Finance & Affordability

• Brickfloor - Most Innovative Start-Up
• Tic:Toc - Most Innovative Scale-Up

Property & Facilities Management

• Inndox - Most Innovative Start-Up
• Groundfloor - Most Innovative Scale-Up
• Console Cloud - Most Innovative Established Supplier

Sales & Marketing

• Little Hinges - Most Innovative Start-Up
• ActivePipe - Most Innovative Scale-Up
• Box + Dice - Most Innovative Established Supplier

The “Best of the Best” Proptechs of the Year

• Exergenics - Start-Up Proptech of the Year
• uDrew - Scale-Up Proptech of the Year
• Box + Dice - Established Supplier Proptech of the Year

Special Prizes

• Mortgage Mates - Proptech for Good Award
• Instarent - Data Accelerator Award
• AI Assets - Proptech to Watch Award

Proptech Association Australia is the member-based organisation working to grow Australia’s emerging proptech industry and accelerate the adoption of technology at all stages of the real estate value chain.

For more information about the Awards, please contact Ashurst Business Development Executive, Leah Peakman or Kylie Davis, Founder & President of Proptech Association Australia.

On screen Senator the Hon. Jane Hume, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy | The Proptech Association Australia representatives – AJ Chand, Kylie Davis, Marie-Anne Lampotang, Jennifer Harrison and Simon Hayes