Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder and Managing Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    MetaProp
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner
  • Investor Stage  Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture

Aaron is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of MetaProp, a New York-based venture capital firm focused on the real estate technology (“PropTech”) industry. Founded in 2015, MetaProp’s investment team has invested in 100+ technology companies across the real estate value chain. The firm manages multiple investment funds for both financial and strategic

real estate investors representing a pilot- and test-ready sandbox of 15+ billion square feet across every real estate asset type and global market.

Aaron served as Chairman of Chicago-based BayRu, LLC, the US-Russia ecommerce shopping and shipping specialist and eBay.com’s exclusive drop shipping partner for Russia/CIS consumers. After Aaron joined the company in 2010 as an investor and CEO, BayRu grew to become the 8th largest international online retailer in Russia. In 2013, BayRu was #11 on the Inc5000 “Top 100 Retail Companies” list and was named “Exporter of the Year” by the official export promotion magazine of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Prior to BayRu, Aaron was a commercial real estate executive with Cushman & Wakefield and oversaw more than 270 professionals as leader of the Chicago region. Aaron received numerous honors and awards during his real estate career including Top Producer, Most Creative Deal, Agency of the Year and Most Promising Brokerage Professional.

Aaron has a BA from the Univesity of Illinois and an MBA from DePaul University. He is co-author of PropTech 101 (proptech101.com) published by Advantage Media. He has also been featured in dozens of international publications and media including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Chicago Tribune, Crain’s, CBS Radio, The Moscow Times, RIA Novosti, RBK, Vedomosti, and Kommersant.

Outside of work, Aaron served as a board member of numerous organizations including Young Presidents Organization (“YPO”), New York City Community Board Five, and Friends of the Chicago River. In addition to English, Aaron also enjoys speaking Spanish and Russian.

Number of Partner Investments 6
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 18, 2024
Briq
MetaProp
Yes
Series B - Briq
$8M
Feb 15, 2022
Showdigs
MetaProp
Yes
Seed Round - Showdigs
$7.4M
May 11, 2020
Briq
MetaProp
Series A - Briq
$10M
Oct 7, 2019
Briq
MetaProp
No
Seed Round - Briq
$3M
Feb 22, 2019
Briq
MetaProp
No
Seed Round - Briq
$3M
May 16, 2018
Workframe
MetaProp
No
Series B - Workframe
$9.5M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 1
Aaron Block is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at MetaProp. Additionally, Aaron Block has had 1 past job as the CEO at BayRu.
  • MetaProp Co-Founder and Managing PartnerJan 1, 2015
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
BayRu
CEONov 2010Feb 2014
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 3
Aaron Block holds 3 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Showdigs, Board Member at Briq, and Advisor at Kidz Central Station.
Number of News Articles 2
NewsAug 6, 2020