RETAs Results: What is the Best Overall CRE Tech Site of 2014
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RESULTS: Best Overall CRE Tech Site of 2014
It’s time to announce the 2014 RETAs (Real Estate Tech Award) winners!
Results for each category will be announced throughout this week. Be sure to check back every day to view the winners for the following categories:
Most influential CRE tech thought leader of 2014 (RESULTS HERE)
Best CRE tech mobile app of 2014 (RESULTS HERE)
Top VC that backed one or more CRE tech companies in 2014 (RESULTS HERE)
Most innovative CRE tech entrepreneur/CEO of 2014 (RESULTS HERE)
Best overall CRE tech site of 2014 (RESULTS HERE)
1. Hightower
Hightower is one of the most sophisticated leasing platforms for commercial owners and brokers. With Hightower, you can manage your entire portfolio, deal pipeline, leasing documents, and collaborate with your leasing team, all in real time. Brokers use Hightower to stand out in the industry, streamline the reporting process, and get real work done away from the office. Owners use Hightower to track deals across their portfolio and communicate in real time with their leasing teams.
Backed by top venture capital firms like RRE Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Thrive Capital, Hightower is a hugely powerful CRE tech product. Take their recently closed $6.5 million Series A investment round for example.
Hightower was also a winner in another RETAs category: Best CRE Tech Mobile Apps of 2014
Founder and CEO, Brandon Weber, was also a winner in another RETAs category: Most Innovative CRE Tech CEO/Entrepreneur
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2. View the Space (VTS)
View the Space is a cloud-based leasing and portfolio management platform that provides brokers and owners with real time visibility into every aspect of the leasing process. The company was wildly successful in 2014 and now hosts more than 850 million square feet of office space on behalf of landlords and brokerages.
VTS was also a winner in another RETAs category: Best CRE Tech Mobile Apps of 2014
Founder and CEO, Nick Romito was also a winner in another RETAs category: Most Innovative CRE Tech CEO/Entrepreneur
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3. Compstak
Compstak is THE marketplace for the exchange of lease comps. Their data is used by institutional owners to compare properties, hedge funds to make investments, and provides meaningful data for brokers, investors, appraisers, asset managers, economists and more.
Compstak has gotten tons of great press in 2014, including this recent article from The Real Deal.
Founder and CEO, Michael Mandel, was also a winner in another RETAs category: Most Innovative CRE Tech CEO/Entrepreneur
4. Floored
Backed by RRE Ventures, Floored is a New York City-based company you need to know about. Floored creates interactive 3D graphics and technology for the hospitality and commercial, residential, industrial, and retail real estate industries. Recently, Floored raised $5.26 million to make more 3D scans for real estate with its laser sensors.
Learn more about Floored and CEO, David Eisenberg, in this exclusive News Funnel video interview.
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5. REthink CRM
REthink CRM provides a next generation customer relationship management experience for real estate professionals, brokers and agents. The cloud-based solution on the Salesforce platform makes real estate agents and brokers more productive in each stage of every transaction.
With REthink CRM, professionals can track the lead conversion process, browse listings, close deals and monitor their pipeline through each stage of the sales cycle.
REthink CRM was also a winner in another RETAs category: Best CRE Tech Mobile Apps of 2014