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ProptechUSAClosed 2024
Total Raised
$455M
Peak Valuation
Undisclosed
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2024
Business model
Sale-leaseback agreements letting homeowners access equity while renting back their home.
In brief
Offered sale-leaseback agreements letting homeowners sell their homes for cash while remaining as tenants. Multiple state attorneys general opened investigations and customers filed suits alleging the terms were deceptive, and the mounting legal exposure proved unsustainable.
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2016
- Closed
- 2024
- Headquarters
- New York, USA
- Industry
- Proptech
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Jarred Kessler
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