FinovateFall 2023 / HappyNest
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: HappyNest’s mission is to make real estate investing accessible, engaging and rewarding for everyone. The company offers a unique combination of investment opportunities and gamified experiences within commercial real estate through a mobile app, while simultaneously providing valuable data on spending behaviours and brand affinity to management.
How they describe their product/innovation: The product being demoed is called HappyNest, a revolutionary commercial real estate investing and savings mobile app that grants access to quality real estate projects to all Americans with a minimum investment of $10. Looking ahead, there will be updates to the app, including a brand-new user interface, that we’ll include in our demo.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Consumer (B2C)
Contacts:
Bus. Dev.: Jesse Prince (Founder & CEO), jesse@myhappynest.com
Press: david.asatryan@cognitomedia.com
Website: myhappynest.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/happynestapp
Twitter: @HappyNestInvest
HQ: Charlotte, NC, USA
Founded: February 2017
Product Demoed: HappyNest
Metrics: The company has seen rapid user growth with an impressive 350% year-on-year expansion and 60,000 investment accounts created resulting in over 95,000 individual investments. Financially, we’re a lean operation with approximately $200,000 in annual revenue. Despite our compact team size of about 5 members, we have managed to execute our operations efficiently while maintaining a high rate of user satisfaction
Raising Funding: Seed
Presenter: Jesse Prince, Co-Founder & CEO
- Key Executives
Jesse Prince (Founder & CEO), Leonardo Sessa (President), Jennifer Lansden (CTO)
Key Stats
- Key Board Members
Thomas K. Engberg (Chairman & Investment Expert), Lindsay Ornstein (Director & Investment Expert), Christopher Caltabiano (Director & Investment Expert), Ryan Severino (Director & Economics Expert), Justin Algor (Director & Finance Expert), Allan Grafman (Director & Finance Expert)
- Key Advisory Board Members
Gabriel DeWitt (Digital Marketing), Cezar Arvelo (Creative Director), Doug Joseph (Brand Story & Production)