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Brigade REAP, the first accelerator in Asia with focus on Real Estate, has now successfully on-boarded Cohort Four. With over 80 start-ups having applied to the program, 11 Start-ups were shortlisted out of which 5 were inducted into the program after a rigorous selection process.

The Start-ups inducted into the program, will under-go thorough mentorship and training for a period of 4~5 months after which they will be handed over to the industry for consumption of their products or services.

Speaking on this occasion, Nirupa Shankar, Director, Brigade REAP, said

We are excited with the innovation and technology that emerging startups are bringing to the table. At REAP, we focus on mentoring these start-ups to make them industry ready so that it is easy for the industry to adopt their technology, be it a product or service. Our goal is to improve the efficiency of the real estate industry through technology.

The startups inducted into the Program are:

  1. Aerologiks – An automated, intelligent & stable drone services and data solutions company, operating to provide valuable insights about ongoing construction projects. For more information, please visit Aerologiks
  2. Clairco – A B2B SaaS company that does air quality monitoring and management for indoor spaces on a real-time basis. For more information, please visit Clairco
  3. R2 Promise – A technology company working towards changing the waste disposal process from Waste Management to Resource management. For more information, please visit R2 Promise.
  4. Renewate – A tech tool which is first of its kind in India that focuses on renovations, refurbishment and remodeling of all residential renovation needs. For more information, please visit Renewate.
  5. Smarter Dharma – A company that focuses on sustainable building design that provides holistic and technical solutions to help builders adopt holistic sustainability. For more information, please visit Smarter Dharma

About Brigade REAP

Brigade REAP is focused on technology startups whose end product/service is applicable to Real Estate be it Residential Commercial or Hospitality projects. The sectors range from IoT, Nano Technology, Cleantech and Renewable energy, Logistics and Visual Computing. The program is mentored by John Kuruvilla, Chief Mentor for the program and Apul Nahata, Mentor-in-Residence and has a stellar line up of mentors and advisors.

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Brigade REAP, an accelerator program with its key focus on the Real Estate sector, had its Handover Day of the second cohort at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Bengaluru. Launched in October 2016 with an intention to leverage technology which can help in delivering greater efficiencies to the Real Estate sector, 340 plus start-ups were evaluated for Cohort 2 and after two rounds of intense jury selection, 8 start-ups were inducted into the program.

These start-ups went through a rigorous four month mentorship and training program before being handed over to the real estate Industry for consumption of their products and services.

At the Handover Day of the 2nd cohort, these 8 start-ups presented their business to the audience which included eminent developers from the Real Estate Industry, Investors, HNI’s, other start-up founders and top management of global corporates. The representatives of the real estate industry participating in the program also spoke about technologies impacting real estate which indicated the improving intervention of technology into the Real Estate sector.

Speaking on this occasion, Ms. Nirupa Shankar, Director, Brigade REAP said

The first cohort of REAP saw success, with 3 of the 4 graduating start ups getting funded. The 4th start up  is currently in the process of closing their funding as well. Brigade  invested in QwikSpec as a lead investor along with other prominent investors. Snaptrude, which is also part of  Cohort 2, is another company Brigade will be investing in, alongside other developers. We feel the Real Estate industry is opening up to Tech adoption as potential for tech to improve operational efficiency is undeniable. Our role at REAP is to ensure that the start ups  curated during the program  are ready to tackle pressing issues of the industry.

The 8 start-ups that presented at the Handover Day are:

Aap Ka Painter – A house painting Solutions Company that delivers a hassle free experience by simplifying the path from inspiration to transformation of a dream home by leveraging art, science and technology. More information here

CRE Matrix – A data analytics platform that provides  information on accurate and trusted Lease & Sale transactions, Rental & Absorption projections, Asset level reports, micro-market analysis and Asset Valuation for commercial real estate. More information here

DesignSense – A Cloud based collaboration platform that helps Real Estate companies get RERA ready by connecting Project Management, Location and Engineering data with various stake holders and customers, enabling seamless flow of information between them. More information here

Natura – An Urban Plantscaping company that helps create easy to maintain green spaces resulting in breathing environments with reduced energy & Construction costs. More information here

Props {AMC} – A Real Estate Insights & Asset Monitoring Platform with a single, integrated, tech platform backed by robust data & information enables, seamless, transparent and complied transactions to monitor both Real Estate properties and securities. More information here

Snaptrude – An intelligence enabled 3D Rapid Modelling for Real Estate that solves the design problem by automating digital designing that transforms a hand drawn sketch to a 3D BIM model. More information here

Soukwagon.com – A one stop B2B procurement marketplace for food & beverage businesses that helps HORECA (Hotel, Restaurant, Catering) industry in sourcing & procurement by listing products with negotiated B2B prices on their platform. More information here

ZeeSense – A Unified, Safety and Security Solution for gated community that solves the problem with an approach to Connect, Automate and Analyze. More information here

The REAP accelerator is now accepting applications for the third cohort and has received an overwhelming response so far. For more information, please visit Brigade REAP

About Brigade REAP

Brigade REAP is an accelerator program focused on technology start-ups whose end product/ service is applicable to Real Estate. Be it Residential, Commercial or Hospitality they have their hands on all the streams.The program is headed by John Kuruvilla, Chief Mentor for the program and Apul Nahata, Mentor-in-Residence. REAP has partnered with CISCO, Intel and Microsoft Accelerator as technology partners to make technology intervention better and also partnered with JLL, a professional investment management firm.