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RentBerry, Inc., is an international long-term rental marketplace company based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded in 2015 by Oleksiy Lubinsky, Denis Golubovskiy, and Alex Kotovskov. In 2018, Rentberry signed its first international partnership with OnTheMarket and started listing UK listings on the platform, following the international expansion plan. Rentberry is the first platform that offers a fully digital rental experience.

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Rentberry is the first platform that offers a fully digital rental experience. It automates all the standard rental tasks from submission of personal information, credit reports and custom offers to scheduling tours, eSigning rental agreements and sending maintenance requests.|alt=]]

History
Rentberry was founded as a San Francisco PropTech startup by Oleksiy Lubinsky, Denis Golubovskiy and Alex Kotovskov in 2015. They came up with an idea to automate all rental tasks in one place and offer online rental terms negotiation technology to oppose under-the-table bidding wars. The feature had to benefit both parties: tenants could see the real demand for each rental and analyze the applications of other prospects; landlords can analyze applications on the spot and could choose the best tenant among the prospects considering the offered rent, security deposit, and tenant screening results.

Press gave positive reviews and called Rentberry an ‘eBay for renting’ and claimed that this platform is a good thing for the rental market. Moreover, since the proprietary technology for rental price negotiations become a hot topic, the Company was featured on TV prime time news numerous times. Since the initial launch, the company’s rent negotiation tool has been discussed in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Inman, and other media outlets. Also, numerous publications named Rent berry as one of the top startups in real estate space: Forbes, Inman, Patch, and Entrepreneur.

In 2017, the company launched nationwide in the United States and partnered with Realtor.com and Walk Score to syndicate rental listings.

Funding
Overall, Rentberry raised more than $12M from angel investors and VC funds represented by ten countries: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Germany, UK, Switzerland, France, and Poland. In 2015, Rentberry product prototype raised $845,000 during the seed funding.

The Company got also backed by high profile angel investors, such as Former CEO/Chairman of CBRE, CEO of Invesque, CEO of Swiss Life, CEO of Hopewell Development, CEO of Intensity, President of 92 Ventures, Co-Chair of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels, Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company, former President of Nokia Technologies, and many others.

In 2017, Rentberry raised $2.5 mln in a venture funding round. VC funds that joined the round include Zing Capital, 808 Ventures, Beechwood Ventures, and Jade Value.

In June 2020, the Company conducted one of the best performing campaigns on WeFunder. Rentberry raised more than $1.7M from more than 1,500 investors in less than three weeks after launched a public campaign on WeFunder.

International Expansion
In 2018, Rentberry entered the UK rental market and announced its international expansion. As of June 2019, the platform is available in 50+ countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc.

Headquarters
Rentberry HQ is located in San Francisco, CA. Overall the Company has 30 team members (as of 2019).

All-In-One Rental Solution
Rentberry became the first company that offers the ability to conduct all rental tasks in one place.

Custom Offers
Tenants can submit a custom offer while applying for the rental listing on Rentberry. Landlords can instantly accept or decline the offers and specify the exact reason.

Tenant screening
Landlords are able to screen all the applicants and conduct background checks/criminal checks and receive their credit reports.

Open House Scheduling
Rentberry offers the ability to schedule via platform open house visits. This can be done without making phone calls or sending emails to the landlords.

Rent payments
Users can send and receive rental payments online within the Rentberry platform in the corresponding profile sections. Initially, Rentberry used Dwolla to conduct rental payments. In 2020, Rentberry is migrating to Braintree Payments.

== eSigning == Rentberry partnered with HelloSign to offer tenants and landlords the ability to legally sign binding documents on the platforms.

Data Storage
All documents and maintenance requests are stored on the platform. This information can be accessed at any time in case of any disputes.

=== Neighborhoods data ===

Rentberry is using the DataUSA.io API and provides tenants with the data on local neighborhoods, including population, median age, poverty rate, median income, median property value, etc.

=== Rent price trends data === The company analyzes platform listings and provides the rent price trends for cities the platform covers. This information is extremely valuable to landlords and tenants who plan to move into the neighborhood.

Reviews and Ratings
In 2020, Rentberry is planning to integrate the ability for landlords and tenants to rate/review each other after the expiration of the rental lease. Parties will have 14 days to submit their feedback after the expiration of the rental agreement.

Virtual Reality
Rentberry voiced the plan to integrate virtual reality/360 tours on the platform. Once integrated the properties could be rented without visiting open houses.

Mobile Applications
On September 10, 2018, Rentberry launched mobile application for tenants and landlords on both iOS (Rentberry Apartment Rentals) and Android (Rentberry: Apartment Rentals Worldwide).

Blockchain
In 2017, Rentberry announced the desire to integrate blockchain technology on the platform in order to offer millennials a way to save on rental deposits. Rentberry launched the public token sale and introduced a utility token —  BERRY. Rentberry implemented an extensive KYC procedure with ID checks and did not allow people from the United States, China, and South Korea to participate in the token sale.

On 28 February 2018, their token sale ended. Rentberry became one of several PropTech companies that conducted the successful token sale, raising $6M via a token sale.

Rentberry stores user data within the blockchain network and accepts payments in the company’s utility token equivalent — BERRY.

Floorly
At the end of 2018, Rentberry got approached by Emmar Properties (owner of one of the largest shopping mall – The Dubai Mall and the tallest building in the world – Burj Khalifa).

Emaar proposed to partner with Rentberry and utilizing Rentberry's proprietary technology to build a platform for commercial real estate – specifically shopping malls.

On January 30, 2019, Rentberry signed a partnership with Emaar. At the end of 2019, Rentberry finalized the development of the commercial real estate platform – Floorly.

COVID-19
Rentberry experienced a surge in monthly active users (MAU) during the COVID-19. Pandemic attributed to the desire of tenants and landlords to perform contactless way conducts rental tasks without passing paper applications, mailing paper checks and going to the banks to cash them, etc. Rentberry is best for the position because it is the only platform that is currently automated all rental tasks and offering them in one place.

As of May 2020, Rentberry had 300k monthly active users (MAU).

Patent
In 2019, the Company filed the patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The Company patented its technology related to block chain and automation/auctioning technology during the application process.

Awards
On November 12, 2016, Rentberry won the Design of the Day by CSS REEL.

On December 15, 2016, Rentberry was also nominated by Awwwards for one of the most user-friendly designs in the rental industry.

The Company for its practical, light and intuitive design also received recognition by CSSDesignAwards.

In 2017, the Company received the “Blockchain Best Industry Application Award”. Website Funding Alex Lubinsky, CEO of Rentberry Interview Help Suport Mobile Application