Faura CEO - How Women are Emerging into Leadership Roles in Proptech
In 2023, women-led proptech firms secured $1.5 billion in funding, likely an annual record and accounting for more than 10 percent of the $11.38 billion invested in proptech last year, according to the Center for Real Estate Technology and Innovation. Still, women make up a small fraction of proptech venture capitalists, principals and C-suite executives.
These six women are a part of that fraction. They have emerged into leading roles in proptech from varied backgrounds — finance, engineering, aeronautics, design, etc., inside and outside the United States.
Valkyrie Holmes is the CEO and co-founder of Manhattan-based Faura, an assessment app designed to lower natural disaster home insurance premiums.
“Faura helps insurance companies and homeowners reduce their natural disaster risk with property and climate analytics,” said Holmes. “Essentially, we do digital risk assessments of both personal and small business properties, giving them the risk factors and ways to reduce their risk that tie directly into their premium. Then we’re able to give that data back to insurance companies to help them balance their portfolio.”
