Jury

National and international PropTechs can apply for the apti Award in 6 categories. From all applications, 2 finalists per category will be nominated by a top-class jury.

The finalists will then compete against each other in the final pitches on October 06, 2025 at EXPO REAL!

Who will win the awards this year?

Jury 2025

Andreas Holler
Managing Director
Lukas Lengauer
Technologie Services ∣ Teamleitung Nachhaltige Technologien
Caecilia Kemper
Investment Manager
Scott Cations
Senior Vice President International
Moritz Vettermann
Partner
Alex Burger
Senior Investment Manager
Roger Baumann
COO Global Real Estate and Head Product Development
Daniel Hinz
MD Dreso Ventures
Jules Barker
Associate Partner
Isabella Chacón Troidl
CEO BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management Germany GmbH
Peter Engert
Geschäftsführer ÖGNI
Cliff Fetner
John Helm
Managing Director
Ravi Kumar Sapata
Founder PropTechBuzz
Alexander Ghezzo
Partner
Matthew Maltzoff
Founder & CEO
Herwig Teufelsdorfer
Oliver Brichard
CEO
Stefan Merkle
Redaktion, Innovationen
Patrick Madl
Head of Sales
Sean Wright
Investment Principal
Angie Mahtaney
PropTech Investor
Mauricio Tessi Weiss
Founding Partner
Wouter Truffino
Founder
Robert Oettl
Managing Director
Heinrich Gröller
Venture Partner
Charles Steiner
Chefredakteur
Elisabeth Della Lucia
Managing Partner
Christine Catasta
Member of the Supervisory Board AUA, BIG, VERBUND AG and Erste Group
Guillaume Bazouin
Partner, EMEA
Johan Wiksell
Head of smart homes and buildings
Niklas Kohl
Investment Manager
Judith Kössner
Head of Immobilien
Susanne Eickermann-Riepe
Chairwoman
Manfred Heid
Managing Partner
Dr. Eugen Otto
Managing Principal
Kremena Irinkova
Markus Ertler
Business Angel
Gregory Pitl
Gründer
Frank Brün
Real Estate Expert & Founding Chair
Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Head of Startup-Services
Dirk Paelinck
Chairman
Friedrich Csörgits
Publisher LEADERSNET Real Estate
Iris Einwaller
Managing Partner
Julia Arlt (Parvanta)
Chairwoman & co-founder
Ferdinand Dietrich
Co-Founder & DREA Board member
Jörg Buß
Co-Founder & DREA Board Member

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Timeline 2025

April - June, 2025
Online applications
During this period tech providers and startups in the real estate sector can apply themselves or be promoted via third parties.
April - June, 2025
Until August, 2025
Evaluation of the applications received
A high-caliber jury (selected from the category sponsors and high-ranking VCs or business angels) will select two finalists per category in a pre-selection process.
Until August, 2025
September, 2025
The two nominees per category will be published.
Two finalists per category were selected by the top-class jury. As soon as they have accepted their nomination, the finalists will be published.
September, 2025
October 6, 2025
Award Ceremony @ EXPO REAL
The winners in each category will be announced!

Jury 2024

Andreas Holler
Managing Director
Peter Engert
Geschäftsführer ÖGNI
Stefan Merkle
Redaktion, Innovationen
Angie Mahtaney
PropTech Investor
Mauricio Tessi Weiss
Founding Partner
Wouter Truffino
Founder
Robert Oettl
Managing Director
Heinrich Gröller
Venture Partner
Charles Steiner
Chefredakteur
Elisabeth Della Lucia
Managing Partner
Frédéric Van den Weghe
Managing Partner
Jürgen Narath
Director
Tim Fischer
Managing Director
Helmut Beer
Partner tpa Austria
Paige Pitcher
PropTech Advisory Board Member
Christine Catasta
Member of the Supervisory Board AUA, BIG, VERBUND AG and Erste Group
Judith Kössner
Head of Immobilien
Miguel Nigorra Esteban
Partner
J.P. Bowgen
Investor
Manfred Heid
Managing Partner
Dr. Eugen Otto
Managing Principal
Frank Brün
Real Estate Expert & Founding Chair
Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Head of Startup-Services
Iris Einwaller
Managing Partner

Jury 2023

Judith Kössner
Head of Immobilien
Manfred Heid
Managing Partner
Andrea Dissauer
Managing Director
Dr. Eugen Otto
Managing Principal
Eva Frei
Head of Innovation-Services
Kremena Irinkova
Markus Ertler
Business Angel
Lenz Husmann
Sales & Partnerships Manager
Gregory Pitl
Gründer
Andreas Winter-Extra
Partner
Niklas Benesch
Principal
Frank Brün
Real Estate Expert & Founding Chair
Gernot Singer
Business Angel
Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Head of Startup-Services
Iris Einwaller
Managing Partner
Daniel Pölt
Investment Manager
Julia Arlt (Parvanta)
Chairwoman & co-founder

Jury 2022

Mirjam Techt

willhaben

Nicolas Reitbauer

 Payment Services Austria / „ich.app“

Cynthia Billisich

 Otto Immobilien

Markus Ertler

startup300

Heinrich Gröller

Speedinvest

Herwig Teufelsdorfer

sIMMO

Erich Ebenkofler

Die Presse

Julia Arlt

PwC/apti

Johannes Eisert

 epmedia/Immobilien Magazin

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