OpenAgent
| OpenAgent | |
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Real estate |
| Founded 📆 | 2012 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | Australia |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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OpenAgent is an Australian start-up company based in the real estate industry. The independent online platform provides a comparison of real estate agents based on rankings and reviews.[1] OpenAgent is currently based in Alexandria, Australia.[2]
History[edit]
Marta Higuera and Zoe Pointon, former McKinsey & Company consultants, founded OpenAgent in 2012.[3]
In 2013, the company received $400k in their first round of funding.[4] The following year, a group of angel investors, including real estate giant Pete Flint from Trulia, invested $1m into OpenAgent.[5] In 2015, the company secured a $6m investment from Hollard Investments of the Hollard Group.[6] In their most recent 2016 round of funding, OpenAgent received $12m from Reinventure, the Westpac-backed venture capital group.[7]
In both 2014 and 2015, the firm was named a Deloitte Fast 50 Rising Star.[8] In the same years, the company was part of Anthill’s Top 100 Coolest Companies in Australia and SMART 100.[9][10] Also in 2015, Zoe Pointon received the Telstra New South Wales Business Women’s Award in the start-up category.[11] The following year, it was backed as part of Westpac’s 200 Businesses of Tomorrow.[12] In 2017, OpenAgent’s Marta Higuera was selected as part of the Ernst & Young Accelerating Entrepreneurs Asia-Pacific program.[13] Both Zoe Pointon and Marta Higuera were then named regional finalists in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year awards in 2018.[14] The firm has been recognised as part of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 for three years in a row from 2016 to 2018.[15][16][17] In 2018, they were also listed as one of The Australian Financial Review’s Most Innovative Companies in the Property & Construction industry.[18]
Services[edit]
OpenAgent ranks real estate agents across Australia. The company calls to pre-qualify property sellers and to determine what they need in an agent before providing a list of suitable options. If a property is sold, the successful real estate agent pays 20% of their commission to OpenAgent.[19] OpenAgent also provides a property valuation service called OpenEstimates.[20]
References[edit]
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- ↑ Waters, Cara. "More than money: the flight from corporates to small business and start-ups". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ↑ "OpenAgent". LinkedIn.
- ↑ Smith, Paul. "TripAdvisor for real estate agents raises $6 million from Hollard Investments". The Australian Financial Review.
- ↑ Kimmorley, Sarah. "Here are 17 Australian startups that had a cracking 2014". Business Insider.
- ↑ Smith, Paul. "TripAdvisor for real estate agents raises $6 million from Hollard Investments". The Australian Financial Review.
- ↑ White, Kye. "OpenAgent.com.au raises $6 million to capture more of Australia's property market". SmartCompany.
- ↑ Redrup, Yolanda. "OpenAgent raises $12 million, led by Westpac's Reinventure". The Australian Financial Review.
- ↑ "Deloitte, NetSuite and ASX celebrate Australian Technology Fast 50 winners". Deloitte.
- ↑ "Top 100 Coolest Companies in Australia 2014". Anthill.
- ↑ "OpenAgent [SMART 100, 2015]". Anthill.
- ↑ "Last night's Telstra's NSW Business Woman of the Year Awards". Women’s Agenda.
- ↑ "Westpac backs 200 Australian businesses to unlock Australia's economic potential". Deloitte.
- ↑ Davies, Kate. "Australians dominate entrepreneurs selected for the EY 2017 Asia-Pacific Accelerating Entrepreneur program". Ernst & Young.
- ↑ "Meet the 2018 entrepreneurs". Ernst & Young.
- ↑ "The results are in - 2016 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 (Australia)". Burst SMS.
- ↑ Henderson, James. "Who are Australia's 50 fastest growing tech companies?". ARN.
- ↑ "Speedwell places 27th in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Australia 2018". Speedwell (website).
- ↑ "Most Innovative Companies 2018: the full list". The Australian Financial Review.
- ↑ Duke, Jennifer. "How agent referral sites actually work". Domain Group.
- ↑ Castle, Jemma. "Property valuations and price estimates". Choice (Australian consumer organisation).
