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  • Czech PropTech in 2020: acquisitions, investments and skyscrapers in NYC

    Czech PropTech in 2020: acquisitions, investments and skyscrapers in NYC

    Despite the difficulties caused by COVID-19, 2020 was a turning point, in a positive sense, for most Czech PropTech companies.

    Thus, many companies have expanded to foreign markets, where Czech solutions for residential and commercial development are receiving positive responses.

    It was the epidemiological situation that created strong pressure to automate and digitize processes using modern technologies.

    These technologies include machine reading, artificial intelligence, or the Internet of Things.

    The Czech-Slovak Association of PropTech Companies made a top of the most 5 progressive companies in this field.

    Sharry

    The company has more than doubled its turnover in 2020, even though many of its projects have slowed down due to the pandemic.

    Sharry also won a contract to implement software and mobile applications in 23 skyscrapers in New York (including the iconic One Vanderbilt).

    “We are registering an enormous demand from our customers for contactless solutions, such as mobile access or our product innovation – the ability to call an elevator directly from a smartphone avoiding the need to touch shared surfaces. More and more clients are also in demand for our data analysis tools to help them strengthen the tenant’s confidence in office comeback,” says Vlad Mašinský, Strategic Partnership & Business Development Lead.

    Also, last year, Sharry became the global technology partner of HID Origo.

    Realpad

    The software provider for residential developers operating in 12 European markets after it entered Romania, Lithuania, and Estonia in 2020.

    Despite the covid-19 pandemic, Realpad expects year-on-year sales growth of 80%.

    They are working on the first coliving project and have information on the development of real estate prices.

    According to Realpad, the share of buyers increased to 40% for investment reasons.

    ”During this year, in cooperation with the development company Corwin, we managed to implement a pilot project to digitize the handover of apartments. It was the onset of the digitization of the covid-19 pandemic that accelerated significantly, and we are registering increased demand for the product from foreign and local developers,” says Marián Škvarek on behalf of Realpad.

    Spaceflow

    Integrating data, technology, and people, Spaceflow helps landlords to go through digital transformation to finally connect buildings with their occupiers.

    Spaceflow delivers an operating system that integrates both physical and digital aspects, and community engagement to create an elevated experience for occupants in residential and commercial buildings in 17 markets.

    ”We are monitoring the increased interest in technologies enabling contactless access, whether it is building entrance and contactless door opening, cashless payments, monitoring energy consumption, air quality, occupancy or contactless reservations – all with connection to the building from one mobile application we provide,” says Petr Bořuta, who is responsible for marketing at Spaceflow.

    Flatio

    Flatio provides medium-term housing rentals in 17 markets. This year, they bought NOMADX’s activities in the Portuguese market, where it now offers 2,000 housing opportunities.

    Due to Covid-19, it faced a spring income halt, yet it is growing at a double-digit rate compared to last year.

    But, it appears that a large number of residential property owners are abandoning the format of short-term leases and looking for medium-term ones.

    Upvest

    In the midst of an ongoing pandemic, Upvest managed to achieve two significant milestones in 2020, gradually strengthening its position within the Czech market.

    With an increase of 98 %, the company has doubled the volume of invested projects on its platform, exceeding a total of 3 574 investments secured.

    Secondly, Upvest partnered with Komerční bank through its subsidiary KB Smart Solutions in July 2020. KB Smart Solutions entered the company by acquiring an 18,9 % share. B

    The capital is now being implemented so as to further advance growth and improve the services offered.

  • Sharry to install advanced software into 23 skyscrapers in New York

    Sharry to install advanced software into 23 skyscrapers in New York

    Sharry, a Czech PropTech company, will be deploying its digital platform for modern office buildings in 23 high-rise buildings in New York.

    SL Green Realty has selected the solution for its portfolio to contribute to the protection of the thousands of people working in these high-rise buildings while preparing for the post-Covid era.

    Users can download a mobile application for the given building that gives them a mobile access card that will unlock the turnstiles in the lobby or the door to their office.

    Another solution being implemented is an innovative guest management system for visitors.

    ”A guest will receive a meeting invitation with a QR code, thanks to which under certain conditions they can get from the street to the given company’s reception desk without the need to be in contact with the receptionist in the building’s lobby”, says Ondřej Langr, Sharry product manager.

    For users, the mobile application offers a way to reserve any amenities as a shared terrace, gym, or electric scooter (if these features and services are available in the given building) directly from their mobile phone.

    The community section of the application operates as a virtual bulletin board where users can “pin” messages or invitations to events they are organizing.

  • Sharry appointed as technology partner for One Vanderbilt in NYC

    Sharry appointed as technology partner for One Vanderbilt in NYC

    SL Green Realty Corp has appointed Sharry to be a technology partner for the One Vanderbilt project scheduled to be opened in September 2020 in midtown Manhattan.

    Sharry is a Czech company and pioneer in the newly emerging market of PropTech (property & technology).

    One Vanderbilt will be the epitome of the twenty-first century workplace. Developed by SL Green Corp., the 1,401-foot-tall (427 m) commercial office building will be the 5th tallest building in the U.S. TD Bank is signed on as the anchor tenant of the 1.7-million-square-foot property, which is due to open in September of 2020.

    All users and tenants will be equipped with smart and mobile products delivered by Sharry.

    What innovations by Sharry improve One Vanderbilt experience? 

    The company brings in a new set of smart features integrated to the building; mobile access allowing workers to open doors or turnstiles just with their smartphones.

    If the workers drive, a smart camera link recognises their license plate and opens the gates. Parking management ensures maximal utilisation of parking spots.

    All users can take advantage of a tenant engagement platform for sharing important building-related news, chatting with other users, or booking shared amenities.

    Visitors to buildings where software from Sharry is installed can also expect the utmost in convenience.

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    Along with One Vanderbilt, Sharry is completing the implementation of its smart tools ecosystem in several other office buildings on the East coast of the USA.

    “We always wanted our software to be in the best buildings in every city to which we expanded. And New York was our dream destination. I am very proud of our entire team that we can work together here on the iconic building One Vanderbilt will soon be,” adds Josef Šachta, CEO and co-founder of Sharry.

  • Sharry launches touch-free elevator system for COVID-safe buildings

    Sharry launches touch-free elevator system for COVID-safe buildings

    Sharry, a Czech company, has developed a special solution for touch-free elevator control. This innovation contributes to countering the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases.

    Ondřej Langr, Sharry’s product manager, describes how this product works: “When a person passes through turnstiles on the ground floor, our system automatically calls an elevator set to stop on the floor where they work. If they miss the elevator or want to go to a different floor, they can simply use their mobile phone to choose the floor number”.

    ”Users can thus control the elevator from their mobile phones and avoid using its buttons, which in normal operation are touched several times a day by virtually every employee and visitor to the building. “We are developing this new technology in cooperation with major elevator suppliers and based on the requirements of our customers all over the world,” adds Ondřej Langr.

    The touch-free elevator system works uses special sensors – Bluetooth low energy beacons – located by the elevators.

    This proximity device runs on a single battery for up to four years and broadcasts its identifier to nearby portable electronic devices such as smartphones or smart watches.

    “When a user approaches the elevator beacon, the system automatically sends a push notification to their phone’s display, through which they can call the elevator. Their ‘favourite floors’ that they visit most often will be displayed, or they can choose a different one,” says the Sharry product manager.

    The new touch-free elevator feature is fully integrated with Sharry’s mobile access system.

    This feature will be available in Q3/2020 in the Sharry Workplace product line, and will be available for the Apple Watch in Q4/2020.

    “The world has changed. We must prepare for the fact that even after the coronavirus pandemic subsides, efforts will continue to eliminate contact with other people and things as much as possible. The future is touch-free. But touch-free elevator control is no science fiction, it’s already here,” points out Josef Šachta, Sharry’s CEO.