With Realyze Ventures, ATechX expands its growing partner network with another influential investor focused on technology and transformation across the real estate, construction, and energy sectors. With its clear focus on sustainable transformation and technology-driven business models, Realyze Ventures is an ideal complement to ATechX and strengthens the joint mission to drive innovation in the real estate and construction industry in a targeted manner.
ATechX, Aroundtown’s innovation and venture platform, continues its dynamic expansion, adding its third cooperation partner within a few weeks, following LEG Immobilien and the Supernova Group. Other partners in the startup program include Vonovia, Fifth Wall, noa, and Round Hill Capital.
Barak Bar-Hen, CEO of Aroundtown, says: “With its strong focus on sustainability and future-oriented transformation, Realyze Ventures is a valuable addition to ATechX and the practical testing environments we offer startups. The cooperation demonstrates how consistently we are expanding our partner network to create the best possible conditions for young companies to grow and scale.”
Realyze Ventures: Measurable impact through strategic investments
As a venture capital fund focused on digitalization, process efficiency, and decarbonization, and supported by a strong network of leading industry partners, Realyze Ventures invests in scalable technologies for the real estate, construction, and energy sectors. The fund follows a platform-based investment approach, testing solutions in real-world operations prior to investment and subsequently implementing and scaling them together with industry partners. The team combines investment expertise with industrial implementation experience and today ranks among the largest sector-focused early-stage venture capital funds in Europe.
“We invest in solutions that create measurable ecological and economic added value – from efficient building operation and new energy concepts to data-driven processes,” explains Manfred Heid, General Partner of Realyze Ventures. “ATechX provides an exceptionally hands-on environment that perfectly complements our approach of testing, implementing, and scaling technologies.”
Practice meets strategy: innovations in real-world operations
As part of the ATechX program, startups benefit not only from the strategic expertise of Realyze Ventures, but also from the opportunity to test their solutions under real-world conditions in the European real estate portfolios of Aroundtown and partner companies. The program is complemented by mentoring formats, pilot projects, and access to an international network of industry partners and investors.
With the addition of Realyze Ventures, ATechX is specifically strengthening its role as a bridge builder between sustainable innovation, capital, and real-world operations—and is resolutely driving forward the transformation of the industry.
About ATechX
ATechX is a pioneering Proptech accelerator powered by Aroundtown, dedicated to supporting innovative founders. The program offers a focused, four-month journey, customized individually for each early-stage startup ready to scale disruptive solutions across the entire real estate lifecycle—from finance and design to leasing and operations—covering all asset classes including residential, commercial, and hospitality. Startups gain exclusive access to the extensive European portfolios of Aroundtown, Round Hill Capital, Vonovia, Supernova Group, Realyze Ventures and LEG Immobilien with a portfolio size of €130 billion. This provides a unique, real-world environment to validate and enhance their technologies. ATechX emphasizes execution, with a hands-on approach guided by seasoned real estate professionals from diverse disciplines. These experts help startups refine their market fit and sharpen their value proposition, ensuring practical, strategic growth.
The program is supported by leading industry players: Aroundtown, Fifth Wall, noa, Vonovia, LEG Immobilien, Supernova Group, Realyze Ventures and Round Hill Capital.
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About Aroundtown
Aroundtown is one of Europe’s largest real estate companies, M-Dax listed and focused on income generating quality properties that have potential for value-add in central locations mainly in Germany, the Netherlands and London. The portfolio comprises mainly office, residential and hotel properties. Hundreds of experienced employees from all areas of the value chain ensure that Aroundtown effectively realizes long-term potential. Professional organization, flexibility, innovation and extensive tenant services make Aroundtown a reliable partner for growth and success. Aroundtown is a sustainability leader in the European market with strong visibility in ESG indices such as the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index, and more. Aroundtown is a member of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), the German Property Federation (ZIA), the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), the UN Global Compact Network Germany, Supporting member of the Society of Property Research (gif) as well as a signatory the Charter of Diversity. Aroundtown has received multiple EPRA BPR Gold Awards and EPRA sBPR Gold Awards for its transparent financial and sustainability reporting. Avisco (controlled by Yakir Gabay) holds 15% in Aroundtown (date: 29.07.2022) and Stumpf Capital GmbH 10% (date: 13.11.2023). Other shareholders include Blackrock, Norges, Vanguard, BNP Paribas, AXA, Alliance-Bernstein, APG, Dekabank, State-Street, Bank of Montreal and many other leading international investors. The main bond investors include ECB, GIC, Union Investment, DB, UBS, Nordea, Allianz, M&G, Pictet, Credit Agricole and many other major institutional investors.
About Realyze Ventures
Realyze Ventures invests at the early stage in European technology startups driving climate and process efficiency in the built world – as well as technology companies at the intersection of the real estate and energy sector. By leveraging the expertise of key players from the industry, Realyze Ventures accelerates the net-zero transformation, addressing process efficiency, decarbonization and the shortage of skilled craftsmen. The fund’s ecosystem provides valuable insights for investors, with a network of national and international industry leaders. The experienced management team aims to seize promising opportunities and deliver strong returns for investors.
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