Chicago to Host NAR’s iOi Summit Pitch Battle Featuring 12 Innovative Companies
CHICAGO (July 18, 2024) – The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) has unveiled the 12 companies set to compete in the Innovation, Opportunity & Investment (iOi) Summit’s Pitch Battle, taking place from August 28–29 in Chicago.
Presented by NAR’s venture capital division, Second Century Ventures, the live event will see each contestant present a four-minute pitch on their product or service, followed by a four-minute Q&A session with a panel of judges. Competitors must effectively showcase their technological innovations or services and explain how these will benefit the real estate industry.
“The Pitch Battle underscores innovation and effective solutions to some of real estate’s most pressing challenges,” stated Dan Weisman, NAR’s director of innovation strategy. “The iOi Summit provides startups and investors a unique platform to establish game-changing connections and preview emerging technologies that promise to revolutionize our industry.”
The Pitch Battle contestants include:
- Azure: Utilizes 3D printing technology to construct sustainable and affordable housing.
- Faura: Offers loss control solutions for insurance companies and homeowners with high-risk properties.
- Home Lending Pal: Uses AI-powered insights to create equitable solutions for home buying.
- Kukun: Provides a data, analytics, and applications platform for homeowners and related industries.
- LeanCon: Delivers data-driven insights to automate project planning and management for developers and construction companies.
- Maverick Systems: Helps brokers identify top talent, foster agent loyalty, and optimize performance through data.
- PremiseHQ: Develops advanced digital employees to streamline property management tasks.
- PropTexx: Offers generative AI, data analytics, and real-time business intelligence for the real estate sector.
- Scout: Uses AI-driven automated email outreach to help agents find and engage homeowners.
- Tether RE: Enhances agent safety from initial client contact to closing.
- Tuesday: A social MLS app exclusively for agents.
- Unlock: Allows consumers to access home equity without interest charges or monthly payments.
The winner will receive $15,000, a booth at NAR’s annual conference in November (NAR NXT), a meeting with the SCV executive team, and a feature in an upcoming edition of REALTOR® Magazine.
For more information, read the original press release from: https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/nar-announces-12-tech-startups-for-ioi-summits-2024-pitch-battle