#109 Samantha Kempe, Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at IMMO

Samantha Kempe is the Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at IMMO. She has c.20 years of real estate experience across private equity and corporate finance at Blackstone, PwC and Cushman & Wakefield.

Her real estate acumen focuses on capital raising, acquisitions, portfolio management and the execution of both value-add asset management and workout strategies of direct real estate, and real estate loans for institutional investors.

Sam is a Chartered Surveyor, MRICS in Real Estate Finance and Investment, and holds an MSc in Real Estate Investment (Distinction) and an MBA from London Business School.

I sat down with Sam to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:

• Her unexpected journey into the real estate industry

• Key early career moves and pivotal experiences that shaped her path

• Why she set up IMMO, having undertaken an MBA

• The IMMO business model & competitive edge

• Building proprietary tech to power each part of the real estate investment management value chain

• Navigating the challenges of raising both VC capital and “real estate” capital

• Attracting top talent: challenges faced, lessons learned, and strategies for success

• New-build residential vs. retrofit

• European vs US market & size of the opportunity

• Identifying the current opportunity landscape in real estate

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