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The Charter Hall PropTech Accelerator was set up in 2017 in collaboration with Collective Campus . It ’ s an initiative very much led by Coleman : “ We received applications from about 50 startups , went through a process of evaluation and shortlisting that reduced the list to 15 . These we brought in to a two-day boot camp in Melbourne and took them through a very intensive two days of thrashing out their business case and their business model , culminating in a pitch night to which we invited peers , customers and potential investors .”
Out of this group , four startups were invited to join a 13-week programme that stated in February 2018 . The four companies have been given intensive training around business and product development , marketing and everything a startup needs to survive and grow . The programme culminates with a demo day when their products will be showcased to Charter Hall leaders and managers , and a range of investors that partner with Charter Hall .
Why these technologies are of interest to Charter Hall is a no-brainer

“ WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE ALL BUT BETWEEN 5 % AND 10 % OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR DATA CENTRES ”

– Aidan Coleman , CTO , Charter Hall
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