More about Fatima and Sugar Fatima Dicko is the founder & CEO of Sugar, a platform that helps apartment residents feel more at home. Before Sugar, Fatima spent 5 years at P&G as a senior engineer on a product team developing products 3-10 years away from market. Fatima came to the U.S. from Mali at a young age and grew up in New York City, receiving her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and MBA from Stanford Business School. Fatima is a frequent mentor and volunteer f...
Aug 15, 2022•54 min•Season 11Ep. 121
More about Steve and Plant Prefab Steve Glenn, CEO, founded Plant Prefab in 2016 as an offshoot of the award-winning residential design studio, LivingHomes, which he founded in 2006. Previously, Glenn worked with the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) and managed the development of a $220 million program in Mozambique. He was also the founder and CEO of PeopleLink, a leading provider of enterprise community solutions; founding partner of idealab, a business incubation firm that raised and invest...
Aug 09, 2022•50 min•Season 11Ep. 120
More about Lydia and RentCheck My name is Lydia Winkler and I co-founded RentCheck in 2019. RentCheck is a direct result of a personal problem I faced: when I was a law student, I had to sue my former landlord over a security deposit that was wrongly withheld. I was successful, but realized my problem could be eliminated through the use of technology, and RentCheck was born. We’re RentCheck, a venture-backed, New Orleans, LA startup on a mission to make renting fair and transparent. We’ve built ...
Aug 02, 2022•46 min•Season 11Ep. 119
More about Michael and RentSpree Michael Lucarelli is the CEO and Co-Founder of RentSpree, an award-winning rental software company. Lucarelli founded RentSpree in 2016 to reimagine how people rent homes. His mission is to pioneer a new rental process that allows all renters, landlords, and agents to interact seamlessly. Lucarelli is the recipient of Forbes 30 under 30, Los Angeles Business Journal 20 in their 20s, ASPIRE Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year, and Resident Malibu Award. Additionally, ...
Jul 26, 2022•50 min•Season 11Ep. 118
More about Datadoor and Tyler Okland Datadoor is a data analytics startup that collects robust iBuyer data in real time. Tyler Okland is a Stanford trained physician who currently works as a Fellow in Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery at Vanderbilt Hospital. He writes a newsletter called The Operator, covering technology and business strategy. Tyler co-founded Datadoor, a proptech analytics startup with Sebastian Szturo in May, 2022. Follow Tyler on Twitter Follow Datadoor on Twitter Ch...
Jul 19, 2022•50 min•Season 11Ep. 117
More about Occupier and Matt Giffune The way organizations interact, leverage, and use real estate has changed, especially throughout COVID-19, but the way in which teams manage their real estate tasks has not. With an increasing demand for real time data, quick insights, and collaboration tools, the use of email and spreadsheets to get things done just doesn’t cut it. Teams need a smarter way to rapidly gather, organize, and share critical information within their real estate portfolio. Tenants...
Jul 19, 2022•57 min•Season 11Ep. 116
More about Marcela and Alfred Marcela Sapone is the co-founder and CEO of Alfred, the most advanced residential technology and management platform in the U.S., specializing in a single-stop solution to maximize asset value. Alfred’s footprint expands to over 300,000 residents in single-family and multi-family rentals, in 52 markets in the U.S. and Canada. Sapone has been named to Crain’s 40 under 40, Top 30 under 30 by Forbes and among Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, and winner ...
Jul 12, 2022•52 min•Season 11Ep. 115
More about James and Catalyze James brings twenty-five years of entrepreneurial, technology and finance expertise to energy analytics with degrees from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, UCLA, University of Texas at Austin’s Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program. Previously, James spent 17 years exclusively building software companies as Managing Director of Converge Venture Partners, a Boston-based seed investment fund, and its predecessor, CommonAngels, an angel group comprised of leaders in the ...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 11Ep. 114
More about PURE Property Management and Joe Polverari PURE Property Management is the fastest growing profitable residential property management and technology companies in the U.S. Led by a team of experienced industry professionals and seasoned technology innovators, PURE acquires residential property management companies and invests in their people and processes. By deploying technology and providing operational efficiencies, PURE creates simple and satisfying experiences for residents and in...
Jun 28, 2022•52 min•Season 10Ep. 113
Learn more about Dwellwell and Dan Dwellwell is the first and only comprehensive “check engine light” for homes. This patent-pending technology senses and alerts residential property owner-operators to irregularities in core building systems’ performance, providing early detection of issues before they lead to system failure or devolve to catastrophic faults. Dwellwell monitors and proactively identifies issues across core property systems — including HVAC, electrical and plumbing, as well as in...
Jun 21, 2022•57 min•Season 10Ep. 112
More about Mathias and Baselane Mathias co-founded Baselane together with Thorben Scheidger and Jad Yaghi with the goal of building modern financial technology to help the 11 million individual landlords and real estate investors in the US grow their rental investment portfolios, and to make real estate investing more accessible to new investors. While working together at Boston Consulting Group from 2012 to 2018, Mathias and Thorben saw the opportunity to build a vertical-focused financial plat...
Jun 14, 2022•52 min•Season 10Ep. 111
More about Yieldeasy and Jeff Gopshtein Yieldeasy is a marketplace to buy & sell small apartment buildings. Having spent 7+ years in institutional real estate investing and private equity, Jeff ventured off into the entrepreneurial world and is building Yieldeasy to help mom and pop investors acquire small balance CRE. Jeff's previous work experience also includes capital markets, development, and property management. He's bought and sold single family rentals during the pandemic which gave ...
Jun 07, 2022•47 min•Season 10Ep. 110
More about Roost and Chanin Roost’s free platform helps large multifamily automate the deposit intake and refund process, reduce compliance risk, and minimize disputes. It also helps renters avoid late fees and build credit history thanks to renting and financial tips, savings deals, and a simple way to turn their refundable deposits into an instant emergency fund. Roost is a mission-driven tech company focused on improving property NOI and renter financial health. Co-founder & CEO Chanin Ba...
May 31, 2022•47 min•Season 10Ep. 109
Learn more about Estated and Josh We offer quick and easy access to data on 150 million residential and commercial properties nationwide across the US. We've built a database which allows users to search properties across over 3,200 counties in real time. Hundreds of customers have integrated our property data into their businesses to gain deeper insights into their clients. Estated graduated from Techstars Boulder in 2017, which led to capital partnerships with Foundry Group and Techstars Ventu...
May 24, 2022•53 min•Season 10Ep. 108
More about Vince and Uplisting Uplisting, an Airbnb Preferred Partner, is a property and channel management software built specifically for growing short-term rental businesses. Property managers can manage short-term rentals and bookings, automate tasks, message guests, take payment, and so much more, in one easy-to-use platform (that never double-books). Vince Breslin is a co-founder of Uplisting, a property and channel management software built specifically for growing short-term rental busin...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 10Ep. 107
More about Earnnest and Russell Earnnest is how money moves in real estate! We are a digital payments company based in Greenville, South Carolina. We are the industry leader in digital earnest money payments - free for agents, free for escrow holders - and also offer a full payment suite for all payment occasions - agent fee billing, commission disbursements, lease payments, etc. Russell Smith serves as Earnnest's Chief Revenue Officer, leading all marketing, sales, and customer success efforts ...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 10Ep. 106
More about Snappt and Daniel Snappt, a PropTech company offering fraud detection for property managers, today announced it has secured $100 million in Series A funding, led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners. The company's Series A funding continues the momentum of rapid growth Snappt saw in 2021, including apartment unit and revenue growth of +700%. The new investment will be used to accelerate product development, increase sales and marketing effo...
May 03, 2022•49 min•Season 10Ep. 105
More about Auditmate and Ashleigh With a combined total of 117 years of experience in the property management industry, Ashleigh's team realized that property managers were always getting the short end of the stick when it came to elevator/escalator contracts. Ashleigh founded Auditmate as a way to ensure that property managers are actually receiving the services that they are paying for and are able to save tens of thousands of dollars in the process. Ashleigh Wilson is a San Francisco-based En...
Apr 27, 2022•43 min•Season 10Ep. 104
More about Pacaso and Austin Allison Pacaso is a technology-enabled marketplace that modernizes real estate co-ownership to make owning a second home possible and enjoyable for more people. Pacaso curates luxury listings with premium amenities and high-end contemporary interior design, offers ⅛ to ½ ownership with integrated financing, and, after purchase, professionally manages the home and supports seamless resale. Co-founded by Austin Allison and Spencer Rascoff in 2020, Pacaso is the fastest...
Apr 19, 2022•53 min•Season 10Ep. 103
More about Landsearch.com and Michael: Land represents a massive opportunity with over 1.3 billion private acres in the U.S. across distinct uses. However, an ecosystem around it hasn't been fostered–from education and discovery to finance and improvement. Our initial focus is creating the best marketplace experience with a long-term goal of being the face of land and making land more accessible for all. Michael has over 15 years of marketing and technical experience. He cofounded a digital mark...
Apr 12, 2022•37 min•Season 10Ep. 102
More about Doorsey and Jordan Doorsey is on a mission to innovate the home-buying offer process, offering buyers, sellers, and their agents an offer platform that drives efficiency, transparency as well as confidence. Through Doorsey, buyers, sellers, and agents are able to view all aspects of the offer process in real-time, under pre-accepted terms — enabling all prospective buyers to know exactly where they stand and what it will take to win. Sellers set a minimum price to protect their bottom...
Apr 05, 2022•59 min•Season 10Ep. 101
More about Enertiv and Connell McGill Enertiv is an operational intelligence platform that delivers transparency from the boardroom to the boiler room, enabling commercial real estate portfolios to do more with less, decarbonize operations, and ultimately increase asset value. Connell McGill co-founded Enertiv in 2011. Connell majored in Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy at Babson College. After Babson, he worked Momentum Bay Consulting as an energy analyst for green building projects, and ...
Mar 22, 2022•55 min•Season 9Ep. 100
More about Ian Wong and Opendoor Ian Wong is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Opendoor, where he is responsible for the development of product and technology. Ian is building a team of engineers, data scientists, product managers and designers to modernize the real estate industry. He was previously pursuing his PhD in electrical engineering at Stanford when he left to join Square as their first data scientist. Opendoor is a leading digital platform for residential real estate. Wit...
Mar 15, 2022•47 min•Season 9Ep. 99
More about Reggora and Brian Zitin: Reggora’s appraisal management platform for mortgage lenders and appraisal vendors delivers unprecedented efficiency and agility across the entire residential appraisal process. Through smart automations, configurable workflows, and LOS and POS integrations, Reggora unites systems and stakeholders to help lenders and appraisers increase capacity and deliver high quality appraisals. The platform combines advanced payment processing, algorithmic appraisal orderi...
Mar 08, 2022•47 min•Season 9Ep. 98
More about David and PowerPay PowerPay is a digital lending platform for the home improvement industry. Our fully automated technology offers near-instant approvals on loans up to $100,000, helping homeowners translate expensive home improvement projects into low monthly fees that can be paid over time. Unlike other digital lending platforms, PowerPay is a fully independent company that is committed to delivering loans with no extra fees or added costs in order to offer the lowest monthly paymen...
Mar 01, 2022•50 min•Season 9Ep. 97
More About Spark and Simeon Garratt Spark is an esteemed real estate software company, leading the New Development industry in digital sales, marketing, and management solutions. Working with developers, project marketing firms and new development-oriented brokerages in over 80 cities globally, has positioned Spark as the fastest growing technology platform in the industry and a leader within their respective vertical. As a company they combine several areas of expertise to radically rethink exi...
Feb 22, 2022•38 min•Season 9Ep. 96
More About Northspyre and William Sankey Northspyre is the only intelligence software on the market purpose-built by a real estate developer for real estate developers managing ground-up developments, fitouts and major renovations across asset classes (multifamily, office, retail, hospitality, mixed use, etc.). Northspyre leverages automation, data analytics and artificial intelligence to address age-old challenges faced by real estate project delivery teams like difficult and unpredictable proj...
Feb 15, 2022•52 min•Season 9Ep. 95
About Airsset and Michael Airsset is a data and analytics platform built on top of IoT devices which collect indoor air quality data. We turn data into information and our industry partners turn that into building improvements. Michael has been in the building industry his entire life, from consulting to software proptech start-ups. His passion for air quality began when his father (who spent much of his life as a drywaller), began to lose lung capacity due to drywall dust build up in his lungs....
Feb 09, 2022•43 min•Season 9Ep. 94
About Nick and Zego Nick Latz, Chief Revenue Officer, leads Zego (Powered by PayLease) Go-to-Market organization and is focused on market strategy, marketing engagement, and sales execution. Prior to Zego, Nick worked as a Director of Value Creation at Vista Consulting Group, the consulting and operating arm of Vista Equity Partners. Zego is a property technology company that frees management companies and community associations to go above and beyond for residents through resident experience ma...
Feb 01, 2022•39 min•Season 9Ep. 93
About Zain Jaffer and Blue Field Capital Blue Field Capital has a $1B+ real estate portfolio with investments including land, apartments, warehouses, hotels, office and senior care facilities. An entrepreneur and investor in promising PropTech start-ups, Zainali “Zain” Jaffer is a private investor looking for projects and approaches this budding industry with one foot planted in his tech-industry experience and the other firmly grounded in his commercial real estate acumen. Zain is also the host...
Jan 25, 2022•45 min•Season 9Ep. 92
