Welcome to another episode of Tech Nest. In today's episode, we have a special guest joining us, Bill Martiner, the CTO and Co-founder of Avenue One, a Proptech company that has quietly risen to unicorn status in about three years time. Avenue One recently made headlines by successfully raising an impressive $100 million round of funding. While they may be a quiet company, their impact in the residential real estate space cannot be ignored.

Avenue One's mission is to revolutionize the industry by creating a comprehensive service platform and marketplace catering to institutional owners, buyers, and sellers. During our conversation, we'll delve into the fascinating journey of Avenue One. 

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More about Bill and Avenue One
William Martiner is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Avenue One. As a Senior Technology Executive with over 20 years’ experience in driving growth and innovation for the Financial Service Industry, William has focused on applying technology to empower and transform business processes.

Avenue One is a property technology service platform and marketplace for institutional owners, buyers and sellers of residential homes. 

Avenue One makes investing in the residential rental market more transparent and efficient for institutions, while also supporting local businesses. The company does this through a service platform that combines proprietary data and a network of local partners to identify, acquire, renovate, lease and manage residential investment properties. This ecosystem of independent businesses - including brokers, contractors, title professionals, and property managers - provide local expertise to create and maintain portfolios of quality rental properties across the country. 

Avenue One’s technology is hyper-scalable and nimble, enabling its rapid growth. Avenue One also offers a marketplace of services to buyers, owners, and sellers of residential real estate.  By offering a robust marketplace and not buying for its own balance sheet, Avenue One has been able to quickly attract a wide variety of market participants.