Rentberry: Rent safely. The first global home rental platform with full automation!

We invested in Rentberry for a number of reasons- but first and foremost is because they’re going to change the world when it comes to- long term rentals. At some point in everyone’s life they have dealt with the headache of finding a place to rent. Not only finding a place, but not knowing if you would get selected, if you were throwing your money away on an application fee and all the other factors that go into the crazy process.

Oleksiy and his team have thought of everything! From giving potential tenants the opportunity to see how many others are bidding on the same property, as well as giving them ability to name their price to land their desired unit. We also love the fact that the platform engagement doesn’t end after the finalization of the contract- but the Landlord and Tenant can communicate with Rentberry- through the length of the contract. The user can make payments, request maintenance work to be completed and all the tenant history can follow them to their next location.

They’re seeing rapid growth in the USA, as well as International markets! And all this has happened without one marketing dollar spent. That shows you the power of Oleksiy and his team to execute the vision of letting SEO search and word of mouth drive user growth. We truly believe Rentberry is just getting started and we are excited to be the lead investor on this round.

Chris Graebe CEO at StartupCamp, Investor at RagingBull
Lead Investor Investing $50,000 this round

I have been diversifying my investments and your company seems like the real deal to me. Hopefully will make a great return on my investment. Really need some wins!!!!!!

Keith Gordon

Oleksiy Lyubynskyy

CEO

UC Berkeley grad & former investment banker, who co-founded CityHour in 2012. Won "Innovation Award" at the MacWorld 2014 conference. Sold the technology in 2015. Previously at Deloitte and Cisco.

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What does your company do?

Rentberry is the first rental platform that allows for all the rental tasks to be done in one place. It offer patented transparent rental application and price negotiation technology. Rentberry automates all the standard rental tasks from submitting personal information, custom offers and attending virtual tours to eSigning rental agreements and sending maintenance requests. All data is stored in the cloud and can be accessed at anytime.

Where will your company be in 5 years?

In five years our goal (which we cannot guarantee) is to have sales in excess of $500M and have 40%+ market share in the US.

Why did you choose this idea?

Long-term home rental space is the only industry that still operates in the stone-age fashion. Our ultimate goal, which is supported by our diverse group of high-profile investors, is to offer a complete rental experience on the global scale - we are on the right trajectory to do so!

Why is this a good idea, right now? What changed in the world? Why wasn't this done a few years ago?

Renting has become an economic and lifestyle choice for 46% of those under the age of 45. Millennials prefer renting instead of buying and 6 million families will become new renting households in the US alone over the next 10 years. However, there is a challenge in the long-term rental market. Tenants want transparency and automation to save valuable time. On the other hand, homeowners want to lease to quality tenants at the true market price. The problem is that current platforms lack a solution and the technology for this. In 2019, two companies already voiced interest in potentially acquiring Rentberry. Even though we are not for sale now, we do envision a sale of the company or IPO in the future.

How far along are you? What's your biggest obstacle?

We have established a dedicated team of 30 people, comprising of senior engineers and marketing experts. We had successfully developed web platform (rentberry.com) and mobile apps. Since the launch, we have processed 6M+ properties and as of today operate in more than 40+ countries. In May 2020, we are on track to have 300K monthly active users; with the goal to have 500k by end of the year. We had established more than 30 partnerships and raised more than $10M from high-profile investors. Our biggest obstacle is that we have too many partnership requests, some of which we had to reject.

Who competes with you? What do you understand that they don't?

Rentberry is THE only company that offers fully automated rental experience. All other rental platforms are "classified" websites. They are: Apartment List, Zillow, Zumper, Craigslist, LiveLovely, Trulia. They offer only discovery component and then landlords and tenants perform all rental tasks "OFF" the platform. The problems with our competition: - Painful experience with brokers and high agent fees - Time-consuming platforms - Absence of transparent application process - Incomplete business models - Inability to save on move-in costs - Outdated design and features We know all the pain points that landlords and tenants experience. Moreover, as we offer complete rental solution, our users stay "ON" the platform.

How will you make money?

Our revenue model is flexible and at the same time very expansive. It includes tenants, landlords, agents and enterprise clients. a) Tenants: rental application ($9.99) and co-signer fee ($19.99). b) Landlords: property promotion ($49.99) and data storage ($19.99). c) Agents: monthly agent membership fee ($24.99). d) Enterprise (500+ properties): monthly fee per property ($1.00). e) Additional services: we also plan to sell add-on services on the platform, such as tenant rental insurance and offering refinancing deals to landlords. f) Data: we can sell leads to moving companies and information on new tenants to local businesses. Our TAM is $7B in the US alone.

What are the biggest risks? If you fail, what would be the reason? What has to go right for you to succeed?

We are having an astonishing growth. The biggest risk is too fast of the growth, where we wont be able to dedicate time to partnerships, hiring, new features, new market niches, etc. We already partnered with more than 30 companies and we are trying to do our best to accommodate all of the requests.

Does a bad economy affect the company?

Even during downtimes and recessions, Rentberry flourishes as everyone rents. People stop buying properties and resort to renting. In downtimes, our company and industry as a whole are essentially “protected.” Moreover, during the COVID-19 times, Rentberry experienced the dramatic boost in users as people are looking for a way to rent properties without tossing paper, attending open houses and making direct contacts. Rentberry is the only platform that provides just that and more!

When do you plan to raise next round?

Next year, we will be raising Series A round, which we expect to be around $12M at $50M pre-money valuation. We already had positive discussion with some of the VC funds that voiced their interest in participating in Series A.

What some of the prominent investors / advisors does Rentberry have?

Please see below some of our high profile investors from the real estate industry: - Ray Wirta: board member and former CEO/Chairman of CBRE ($17 bln market cap company) - Patrick Frost: CEO of SwissLife (largest insurance company and property owner/manager in Europe with $54 bln assets under management) - Michael Koran: Founder/CEO of Primary Residential Mortgage (nationwide residential mortgage banker; funded more than $6.3 bln home loans) - Brian Nelson: Co-Founder/Principal of Nelson Brothers Real Estate (Inc 500 company, manages $750 mln in assets through the acquisition of student housing) - Lee Leslie: EVP of Ten-X (owns auction.com and processes more than 90% of all online commercial real estate sales) - Kevin Pshebniski: CEO of Hopewell Development (one of the largest residential/commercial developers as well as property managers; owned more than 15 mln square feet of retail space) - Scott White: CEO of Invesque (leading healthcare real estate company) - Gregory Lee: CEO of Bowers&Wilkins and former President of Nokia Technologies (Gregory is also previously CEO of Samsung Electronics in North America) - David Zelman: President of Zelman Associates (top housing market research and analytics company) All our investors are also our advisors!

Are you backed by VC funds?

Yes, we have number of prominent VC funds that invested in Rentberry. Some of them are: Zing Capital, Beechwood Ventures, 808 Ventures, AIM and others.

What other areas do you plan to expand in the future?

Our technology is very customizable and applicable in other ares of real estate - such as, properties for sale and senior homes.

How do you protect your intellectual property?

We successfully filed the patent and secured 46 trademarks.

What platform do you recommend visiting to learn more about Rentberry?

https://rentberry.com/investors https://vimeo.com/420343617

How much revenue was generated in your 2018 public token sale?

The public token sale generated $6,016,320 of revenue, allocated between fiscal years 2019 and 2018 of which $890,280 is part of accounts receivable. Rentberry’s total revenues for 2018 and 2019, including the public token sale, were $6,178,690

1	RAISE IS OVER! THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 💜
2	6M+ properties in 40+ countries.
3	$10M+ already raised total.
4	Investors: Zing Capital, 808 Ventures, Beechwood Ventures, and angels from Google, McKinsey and CBRE
5	900K users in 2019. 292K monthly active users. 213% transaction growth in 2019 alone.
6	$7 billion market opportunity.
7	Featured on Forbes, WSJ, Inc, Fox, ABC, and more.
8	More than 30 leading industry partnerships.

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