Thank you to Haussmann Executive Search, and to Nathanael Trouiller, and to ULI France, and to Melanie Charpentier, for welcoming Thibault Weston Smith onto the Proptakers podcast.

One conviction sits at the heart of Crayon Partners: real estate can answer Europe's largest social needs, from housing the younger generations to converting obsolete assets and adapting to an ageing population, while still combining performance and impact.

The episode covers how Crayon Partners was built at the meeting point of venture capital and real estate investment, how each fund is designed around one societal need, and how the rent-to-own model turns rent into equity for households that can service a mortgage but cannot assemble a deposit.

Listen to the episode.