Although funding into European proptech is on the rise, it's still lagging behind other parts of the world. There’s yet to be a European proptech unicorn: three quarters of them are American, and the other quarter are Asian.
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June 29, 2021
Are Asian markets the secret to European proptech success?
Expanding to Asian cities with sophisticated built environments could be the key to success for Europe's proptechs.
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