PlayBook 3Q 2018

What does the future of cities look like—and where do the private markets fit in? We’ve created a datagraphic exploring the six different verticals that make up the urban technology ecosystem.

In recent years, private real estate strategies in North America have sought to capitalize on the oft-discussed trends of millennials bypassing suburbia for city life. But demography is not destiny.

In recent months, an ever-growing crop of startups centered on personal mobility have raised billions from venture capitalists. But the bike and scooter crazes haven’t been without controversy.

When PE firms make headlines, it’s usually for a billion-dollar fund, a billion-dollar deal or a PE-backed company’s bankruptcy. Infrastructure fundraising? Not so much. Here’s why that could change.

As the global population grows and urbanization intensifies, cities must become more efficient and sustainable, and the private markets are helping to drive this transformation.

Food deserts affect more than 20 million people in the US, predominantly in urban areas. But rapidly maturing agtech solutions like vertical farming are starting to chip away at the problem.