May 15, 2023

Sally Jones, former Head of Strategy, Digital & Technology at British Land, becomes first British Venture Partner at PT1 – Proptech1 Ventures, expanding the UK presence of the VC platform for transformative real estate technologies London, 10 May 2023 – Only two years after PT1 – PropTech1 Ventures has made its first investment in the UK, it has substantially increased its British presence. The independent venture capital platform for transformative real estate technologies has now won its first prominent UK Venture Partner, Sally Jones. Sally Jones is an experienced real estate professional, having been Head of Strategy, Digital and Technology and member of the Executive Committee of British Land, one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1856 in London, British Land owns or manages a portfolio of high quality UK commercial properties valued at £14.1bn, making it one of Europe’s largest listed real estate investment companies. Sally Jones is also Non-Executive Director at the tenant experience platform Equiem after having been Member of the Advisory Board at WiredScore, the global certification for technology in the built world. The UK’s growing significance in PT1’s activities across Europe is also illustrated by the increasing number of investments in startups that tackle various problems that face the real estate industry. PT1 is to date already invested in four British companies, with more in the pipe: Desana, the flexible workspace platform enabling the future of work, FloodFlash, the future of climate risk insurance for the built world, Ontik, the digital trade credit platform on a mission to turn merchants into better banks for their SME clients, and Climate X, the platform for global climate risk data analytics. PT1’s enhanced interest in the UK PropTech market is also expressed by the UK headcount: It now has four full-time employees on the ground in the London office located in the 22 Bishopsgate skyscraper, whose time is predominantly spent on sifting through the extensive offering of innovative British startup solutions. The UK team is lead by Kingma Ma, PT1 Managing Director UK, who was recently elected to the Board of the UK PropTech Association and is also part of the Solutions & Innovation Advisory Group of the UK Green Building Council. Legal disclaimer: This is a marketing advertisement. Please read the EuVECA information document and the key information document before making a final investment decision. Theo Bonick Venture Partner Sally Jones is an experienced real estate professional, having been Head of Strategy, Digital and Technology and member of the Executive Committee of British Land, one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1856 in London, British Land owns or manages a portfolio of high quality UK commercial properties valued at £14.1bn, making it one of Europe’s largest listed real estate investment companies. Sally Jones is also Non-Executive Director at the tenant experience platform Equiem after having been Member of the Advisory Board at WiredScore, the global certification for technology in the built world. Nikolas Samios is a serial entrepreneur, long-time expert for startups and venture capital and early sustainability advocate. He founded his first company around 25 years ago in parallel to doing A-Levels in Munich, Germany, and was quickly sucked into the grand new thing called „the Internet“, mainly helping traditional industries like print publishers, TV stations, retail chains and banks to digitise their businesses. Around 15 years ago, he increasingly focused on the transactional aspects, financing, buying and selling startups. He set up a special family office for like-minded Internet entrepreneurs and venture capital investors that, for example, built up and managed the personal investment holdings of MP3 inventor Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg and AOL Europe founder Jan Henric Buettner. After many years, more than 100 venture capital transactions and co-authoring the German reference book on venture capital methodology DEALTERMS.VC, he co-founded PT1 – PropTech1 Ventures, one of the first PropTech/ConstructionTech venture capital funds in Europe and most likely the first ESG SFDR article 8 fund in this segment. He was also appointed “Co-Chairman” of the PropTech platform of leading German real estate association ZIA as well as Deputy Chairman of the Young Digital Economy Advisory Board to German federal minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck. Nikolas is part of the committees of multiple industry awards and events and was recently awarded “Head of the Year” by Immobilienmanager magazine. In his rare spare time, he is producer and keyboardist of a VC band and supports multiple NGOs, including LFCA and many sustainability-oriented good causes. Anja Rath As early as 1998, Anja joined her first startup immediately after finishing her A-Levels (Abitur), initially as an intern in the finance department. This startup was one of the first companies co-founded by Nikolas Samios in Munich. She quickly assumed more responsibility in the growing company and soon replaced the previous COO/CFO in all his duties. Parallel to her work in financial management, organizational development, and general management, Anja studied part-time at the British OU University in Milton Keynes and received both a Master’s in International Finance and an MBA. After many years of first-hand experience in corporate management, Anja increasingly specialized in supporting other founders and their shareholders in growth and turnaround situations and structured numerous financing rounds, mergers, and exits, often taking on interim CFO mandates. Together with Nikolas Samios, she also set up Brandenburg Ventures GmbH, the VC investment entity of MP3 inventor Prof. Karlheinz Brandenburg and advised numerous listed companies on corporate venture capital programs, portfolio, and M&A aspects. Together with Nikolas, Anja is co-author of the venture capital standard reference book DEALTERMS.VC. She is furthermore a member of the Extended Board of Directors of the Startup-Verband (German Startup Association). Klara Ritter Associate Partner After successfully completing her Bachelor’s degree in business administration at Vienna University of Economics and Business, she gained first professional experience in the FMCG industry, both in a startup and in the corporate environment, as well as in innovation management of a tech group. As a venture capital analyst at SIGNA Innovations she was able to combine her passion for technology and innovation and gained deep insights into the PropTech world. After a short detour back to university, she graduated with a M.Sc. in strategic management at the Rotterdam School of Management and is since 2020 part of the investment team of PT1. Investment Manager Burhan was the first employee at Gridizen, a UK PropTech, and was responsible for their technology and product. At Gridizen, Burhan designed, architected and launched the UK’s first ESG reporting tool for the social housing sector. In addition to this, Burhan was the co-founder and CTO of Mentyoo, an EdTech startup that brings mentoring to underrepresented communities. Burhan holds a first-class master’s degree in theoretical physics with a focus in climate modeling from Imperial College London. Since 2022, he has been a member of the investment team of PT1. Here, Burhan focuses on companies which are decarbonising buildings and infrastructure, planning adaptations for climate change and those which are deep-tech. In his spare time, Burhan is a climber, cook (currently cooking his way through the Noma Guide to Fermentation), tabletop gamer (Pathfinder) and an active blogger (bp.simple.ink). Investor Relations Lead After working as the youngest UK correspondent for the Bulgarian television channel with the largest viewing audience, covering breaking news and current affairs, Tzvete used her background as a journalist to transition into tech business development, heading the PR and strategy operations at an alternative co-working PropTech startup. Before starting her career in venture capital (at the VC spinout of multinational real estate investment manager Round Hill Capital/Ventures), she was appointed to develop Bosch’s urban mobility co-creation hub in London, creating an ‘innovation ecosystem’, bringing together entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, investors, and public sector executives. Tzvete’s varied experience across different areas of the finance industry helped her to understand the challenges innovators face when accessing early stage capital – an awareness that fueled her drive and efforts to bring more diversity in PropTech and in venture capital. At PT1, she helps the team on fundraising and with platform activities, including helping to strengthen the brand in DACH, UK, and beyond. Member of the Investment Committee Panel Jan Henric Buettner’s career has been focused on new technologies from the beginning. As early as 1988, he was involved in Axel Springer’s efforts to acquire the D2 mobile communications license, which at the time represented the start of private mobile communications in Germany. In 1994, he became Managing Director of AOL Germany, which resulted in the sale of Bertelsmann’s shares to the American AOL parent company for a total of approximately $10 billion. Finally, as one of the German venture capital pioneers, he founded his first own VC fund, BV Capital, in 1997, which later changed its name to e.ventures (today Headline), with offices in San Francisco, Hamburg, Berlin, Tokyo, São Paulo, and Beijing. Subsequently, Jan Henric Buettner bought the Weissenhaus estate at the Baltic Sea, completely restored it for almost €100 million and converted it into a luxury resort. Klaus Freiberg Member of the Investment Committee Panel Klaus Freiberg until May 2019 was Member of the Board & COO and played a significant role in the success of the DAX-listed real estate company Vonovia SE, which is today the largest non-state owned residential real estate owner in Europe, growing the total number of employees to around 10,000 during his tenure. After the resignation at his personal request, he remains true to his entrepreneurial spirit as business angel and founder & CEO of the company builder 1648 factory as well as as Non-executive Chairman at ecoworks. Before his approximately 10 years at Vonovia, Klaus Freiberg was Managing Director of the Arvato Group, where he took over and optimised service centres of, for example, Deutsche Post or Deutsche Telekom. Venture Partner After studying Economics and Computer Science at the Vienna University of Technology, alongside Sander Van de Rijdt, Ibrahim launched 5 IT companies with operations in Europe, the U.S., the Middle East and Central Asia, leveraging his 15+ years of experience in marketing & sales and his network to drive these companies from concept to growth. Afterwards, he co-founded PlanRadar where he was responsible corporate and growth strategy as well as all the go-to-market teams – the departments of marketing, business development, sales, channel management and customer success report to him. In 2022, PlanRadar won the EY Scale-up award where Ibrahim was also a winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award. Venture Partner After studying mechanical engineering, Michael initially worked at Braun AG as a product manager. From 1999 to 2009, he was responsible for building up the energy services business at MVV Energie, becoming the Managing Director from 2003 onwards. From 2010 to 2013, Michael was a member of the Executive Board at Kofler Energies AG and in November 2010, he became the Chairman of the Executive Board. In 2013, Michael moved to GETEC WÄRME & EFFIZIENZ as a member of the Executive Board and has been Chairman of the Executive Board since 2015. Since January 2022, Michael is the CEO of GETEC Germany. Michael is part of the ZIA – German Property Federation and also sits as Vice Chairman on the Committee for Energy and Technology Business Council and the Committee for Real Estate and Smart Cities. Venture Partner Marius Marschall von Bieberstein began his career after studying European Business with a management trainee program at Mercedes Benz Bank AG in Stuttgart. He then held positions in various Daimler Group companies in the areas of sales and business development at national and European levels. In 2006, Benjamin Otto (from the Hamburg UHNWI family) and Marius Marschall founded their first joint venture. In the following years, further construction and technology-oriented business areas were established and purchased. Since 2009 Marius developed many real estate projects with his main company evoreal. He is also a co-founder and key shareholder in FORTIS Group (around 50 RE privatization projects). Even before it was common practice to summarize startups from the real estate sector under the term „PropTech“, he began to make investments in this sector with his investment vehicle ImmoTech Ventures. Venture Partner Nicholas Neerpasch is a Diploma Architect and holds a Bachelor’s degree. He began his career in 2001 as an employee in the renowned architectural firm of Zaha Hadid Architects in London. He then worked for six years as a consultant at the management consultancy Ernst & Young in Berlin, further developing his expertise in the real estate sector. With the necessary specialist knowledge, he immediately succeeded in taking the first step into self-employment in 2007 when he founded his first own company, acht+ Baumanagement und Immobilienberatung GmbH, in 2010. He left the successful company in 2012 to join the GFP Group as Managing Partner (successful exit). In 2014, he founded the now million-funded PropTech startup Doozer, a marketplace for modernization management. Venture Partner Robert Oettl has been working in the field of planning, construction and management of complex buildings for more than 20 years. The cgmunich GmbH, which he founded with two partners in 2002, quickly established itself as a consultancy for the optimization of real estate management. From 2014 to 2021, the engineer for production and automation technology worked for the TÜV SÜD Group in various companies related to the real estate life cycle for strategic product and corporate development. Among other positions, he was Managing Director and CEO of TÜV SÜD Advimo GmbH from 2016 to 2021. TÜV SÜD Advimo is a consultant and manager lifecycle partner for professional real estate users, owners and operators. TÜV SÜD Advimo is among the TOP3 Property Managers (Bell Report 2016-2020) and TOP3 Lift Managers in Germany. Robert Oettl is also active as a business angel, senior advisor and advisory board / supervisory board member in the startup environment. Venture Partner Beat Schwab was Head of Global Real Estate in the Asset Management division of Credit Suisse, one of the world’s largest real estate asset managers with over €50 billion in assets under management. Prior to that, he was CEO of Wincasa, Switzerland’s leading property manager. His current positions include Chairman of the Board of Zug Estates, a real estate company listed on the Swiss stock exchange, and Member of the Board of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft. In addition, he has been active as a business angel in the PropTech environment for several years. In the role of Venture Partner, he contributes comprehensive expertise in asset and property management as well as his network from decades of career in the real estate sector. Venture Partner Jakob spent his childhood in Vienna, Austria, as a son of a Family with a background of 140 years in the construction and real estate industry that has built up the SORAVIA Group with a project volume of €7 billion. Jakob moved to the United Kingdom during his teenage years, finishing both school and university in England. Throughout his business management degree at King’s College London, Jakob complimented the theoretical learnings with a range of practical experience. This includes working at Corestate Capital and Strabag, providing valuable insights into the workings of the real estate industry. While supporting the private investor network at btov Partners, Jakob gained valuable venture capital experience. He then spent time as an Investment Manager at PT1 before moving on to Sector7 Investors to further broaden his horizon. Due to the trusting collaboration, Jakob remains associated to PT1 as Venture Partner. Venture Partner Until recently, Timo Tschammler was CEO of JLL Germany, where he held executive responsibility for more than 1,000 employees. His core responsibilities at the leading provider of real estate services included the expansion of the German digitization strategy, which included the development of proprietary business models such as JLL’s own online commercial real estate portal. During his eight-year tenure at JLL Germany, annual revenue grew rapidly to several hundred million euros. In September 2020, Timo Tschammler left the company to focus on the activities of his consulting company TwainTowers and his private investment activities, which are expressed, among others, in his involvement with PT1. Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, Timo Tschammler was CEO of the real estate consultancy DTZ Germany, which subsequently merged with Cushman & Wakefield. Venture Partner After studying at the Vienna University of Technology and Vienna University of Economics, Sander worked for an international consulting group. From 2006, he launched several IT companies with operations in Europe, the U.S., the Middle East and Central Asia and guided them from idea to growth company, leveraging his international experience as a business consultant. Afterwards, he co-founded PlanRadar where he was responsible for the corporate and growth strategy as well as the finance, HR, legal and administration departments. In 2022, PlanRadar won the EY Scale-up award, where Sander was also a winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award. Member of the Investment Committee Panel Christian Vollmann, as founder and business angel, is one of the most prominent players in the German startup ecosystem. After starting in the Samwer startups Alando and Jamba, he founded the dating portal iLove in 2003 and the video platform MyVideo in 2006. Since 2011, he has been working for eDarling as a participating Managing Director. His investments as a business angel include ResearchGate, Trivago, Moneybookers (Skrill), studiVZ, and Friendsurance. As the founder of his current project nebenan.de, he establishes a social network for  eighborly living. Christian Vollmann was elected „Business Angel of the Year 2017“ and personally holds over 40 active startup investments. He is currently founder and CEO of the carbon capture startup Carbon One. Member of the Limited Partner Advisory Committee Andreas von Blottnitz, together with his business partner Jan Henric Buettner, built up BV Capital / e.ventures (rebranded to Headline) to an internationally renowned venture capital investor after founding AOL Europe and becoming Managing Director of AOL Germany in 1997 (exit for a total of approx. $10 billion). As a serial entrepreneur he continued to celebrate successes such as serving as President and CEO of Expertcity (exit to Citrix Systems for $225 million). Since 2007, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the software company AppFolio, which under his aegis made the move to NASDAQ. Andreas von Blottnitz is also a long-standing venture capital investor with board and advisory board positions in numerous technology startups such as Sonos and Speakeasy. Andreas Wende Venture Partner Andreas was from 1996 Commercial Director North (CFO) of Deutsche Telekom AG for five and a half years, with a clear focus on real estate. For about eight years Andreas Wende then worked for STRABAG PFS (at that time DeTeImmobilien) as Branch Manager North, responsible for the nationwide sales of property management and facility management services as well as a board member at STRABAG Hungary for two years. Following the successful sale of DeTeImmobilien to STRABAG in 2009, Andreas assumed responsibility for the Northern Germany area of Jones Lang LaSalle. The GreenLease working group, co-initiated by Andreas, won the Real Estate Manager Award in the sustainability category in 2013. From 2013 to 2016, Andreas was COO and Head of Investment of Savills Immobilien Beratungs GmbH. Andreas has been founder and CEO of the Arena Group since 2016 and since 2017 COO and Managing Partner of NAI Apollo, one of the leading real estate consulting firms.