Diverse real estate tech founders and executives pitch their vision at Inman Connect Las Vegas to a standing-room-only crowd.
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Twenty Five Ventures 25V Diversity Fund, a venture capital fund investing up to $10 million in early-stage real estate, property, and fintech startups led by diverse founders, today announced the results of the first-ever two-day pitch battle held at Inman Connect in Las Vegas. Participants each had five minutes to showcase their offering and share the value proposition in front of a standing-room-only crowd.
Crowd participants served as the judging panel and cast votes onsite as well as via a post-event survey. This demonstrates a commitment to giving real estate and mortgage professionals a voice in the technology that actually benefits their businesses and solves legitimate issues.
Day One
Winner: DirectOffer, Kathleen Lappe, CEO
Runner UP: ADU Diggs, Kendyl Young Managing Partner
Participants:
Cohome, Mao Du, Founder
iGo, Celeste Starchild, COO
Relitix, Diana Zaya, VP Sales/Marketing
Agently, Maxim Grebernuk, Co-founder/CEO
Day Two
Winner:Fractional, Stella Han, Co-founder
Runner UP: Plunk, Katherine Winston, Founding member & head of marketing
Participants:
Drop Offer, Greg Burns, Co-founder/CEO
Membio, Tracy Weir, Founder
Zentap, Betty Gabbaie, CEO
"We wanted to showcase the incredible diverse talent that we know exists in real estate and give these founders a voice,." said Alex Tieu, 25V Diversity Fund cofounder. "Nine of the eleven presenters were women, an almost unprecedented ratio on the real estate stage. Seeing this talent share their story steeled our commitment to fund and spotlight diverse founders and validated the 25V mission."
25V Diversity Fund was created to help Black, Latinx, Asian, LGBTQ, women, and people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds build successful technology companies and accelerate growth in their respective industries.
About Twenty Five Ventures
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Twenty Five Ventures is led by Maximillian Diez, a Filipino American entrepreneur-turned-venture-capitalist. Diez is an investment, real estate and proptech veteran who started his career managing the family fund for the late Arthur C. Zief, a prominent San Francisco attorney. Since then, Max has held early leadership roles at Redfin and UpNest, and more recently, he served on the executive team that completed a buyout of the US-based Movoto, which was acquired within two years.
Diez is joined by managing partners Tieu and EJ Pineda. Tieu is a Vietnamese-born investor with an impressive background as a real estate, prop tech and legal tech executive—where she held executive roles at Keller Williams, Movoto, Propy, Brevitas and JLG Lawyers. Pineda is a Salvadoran American and a seasoned real estate technology leader who's held leadership roles at Redfin, UpNest and Movoto. Learn more at http://www.25v.co.
Media Contact
Maximillian Diez, Twenty Five Ventures, 6503324068, [email protected]
Molly McKinley, Redtail Creative, 919.423.4088, [email protected]
SOURCE Twenty Five Ventures
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