MetaProp NYC, the world’s premier real estate technology nexus and RETech accelerator, announced today that Aaron Block, the company’s Co-Founder and Managing Director, will be honored by City & State Reports with its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Award in the Tech, Energy & Utilities category.
The award will be presented at the Corporate Social Responsibility Awards in Tech, Energy & Utilities, Thursday, June 30, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Manhattan. This is the second annual event honoring tech and energy executives who have demonstrated excellence in social responsibility.
"Throughout his career, Aaron has built an impressive reputation for creating and growing businesses with both success and integrity," said Julie Samuels, Executive Director of Tech:NYC. "His enthusiasm and passion for creative business development has never been more apparent than now as he builds MetaProp NYC, a real leader in real estate technology startup industry. We're lucky to have him here in New York building and growing the RETech and PropTech communities."
City & State Reports’ annual CSR Awards: Tech, Energy & Utilities recognizes the top corporate citizens in the industry. The awards breakfast draws an audience of more than 200 executives from New York’s business, government and academic worlds and features a thought leadership panel on social responsibility in today’s dynamic tech and energy worlds.
The event features keynote speaker is Libby Wayman, Global Director, Ecomagination at GE and remarks from Andrew Rasiej, Chair, NY Tech Meetup, along with a Thought Leadership panel discussion with industry experts discussing the importance of social responsibility in the tech, energy and utilities sectors. The event will include an awards presentation to City & State’s distinguished honorees.
Block is a noted early stage investor with a passion for building high-growth real estate and technology businesses. The MetaProp NYC real estate technology accelerator is the world’s leading growth program for early stage companies and is based in the heart of Silicon Alley. MetaProp NYC's team and strategic seed stage funds invest in real estate technology and have invested in 50+ companies across the full real estate value chain that have raised more than $2 billion and employ over 1,500 people globally. MetaProp Advisors provides strategic advisory, innovation outsourcing, growth consulting and market research for real estate companies that are serious about innovation.
Previously, Block served as an investor, CEO and Chairman of Chicago-based BayRu, LLC, a US-Russia ecommerce shopping and shipping specialist and eBay.com’s exclusive drop shipping partner for Russia/CIS consumers. By 2013, BayRu grew to become the 8th largest international online retailer in Russia, was #11 on the Inc5000 “Top 100 Retail Companies” list, and was named “Exporter of the Year” by the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Prior to BayRu, Block was an executive with commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield and oversaw more than 270 professionals as leader of the Chicago region. He received numerous honors and awards during his real estate career including Top Producer, Most Creative Deal, Agency of the Year and Most Promising Brokerage Professional. Notably, he completed the largest leasing deal in Russian history and the largest leasing deal of the year in Ukraine (2007).
Outside of work, Aaron has served as a board member of numerous organizations including Young Presidents Organization (“YPO”), New York City Community Board Five, and Friends of the Chicago River.
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MetaProp NYC
MetaProp NYC is the world’s premier real estate technology nexus and RETech accelerator. MetaProp NYC brings together the brightest minds in real estate and technology to help quickly build our industry’s most promising young companies. Each year, the best technology driven real estate industry startups are selected to participate in the 22-week intensive growth program based in New York City. The program culminates in a Demo Day for partners, investors, VCs and media.
