UK proptech pioneers have crossed the Atlantic in a bid to find business growth opportunities and possible investors on the other side of the pond.

Yesterday, members of the UK PropTech Association arrived in New York to start an inaugural trade mission.

Delegates from residentially focused proptech businesses attending the trade mission include Russell Quirk, CEO of eMoov; James Davis, CEO of Upad; Kai Peeters, CEO of HiP Interactive Property; and Andrew Nicholls, CEO of EyeSpy360.

James Dearsley and Dan Hughes are also there on behalf of the Association.

Coinciding with New York Real Estate Tech Week, one of the largest property industry events, delegates will get the chance to engage with the top companies from all over the world.

The main event is the MIPIM PropTech Summit, designed to provide delegates with an insight into the US market and the global proptech industry. Winners of the Global Real Estate Tech Awards will also be announced during the day. UKPA is nominated as a finalist in the ‘Top Association’ category.

UKPA has also organised meetings for attendees with the leaders in the US market, WeWork and Zillow.

There will also be meetings with USA-based investors and potential partners, giving delegates the potential opportunity to open new relationships in America.

Eddie Holmes, chairman of UKPA, said: “I am delighted to help UK proptech businesses build their networks and explore opportunities in the huge market of the US.

“The UK has led from the front in the growth of the proptech sector and it’s excellent to see so many of our members looking beyond the UK’s borders.”

Russell Quirk said: ‘This trip is all about researching collaboration ideas and networking with the great and the good of the international property and proptech community.

“I’m fascinated to learn where our US friends are in terms of proptech adoption and what we can learn from them.

“However, I suspect that those learnings will also work both ways and could result in some very interesting synergies between the big and the small and the new and the old.”