Category Visionaries Matt Giffune, Co-Founder at Occupier: $16 Million Raised to Build the Future of Tenant Lease Management
In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Matt Giffune, Co-Founder at Occupier, a lease management platform that's raised $16 Million in funding, about why businesses need help to handle this major area of expense, and how Occupier’s integrated real estate workflow tool for provides everything their client’s need. Guiding people through the entire life cycle of a lease, from transaction management to lease administration and keeping in line with pertinent regulations, Occupier finds itself functioning as the backbone of many companies’ real estate operations.
We also speak about the origin story of Occupier in Matt’s years as a real estate broker, why he was less than impressed with the state of technology in the industry, the current state of the commercial real estate space, and why people might be surprised to learn that Occupier’s ideal product-market fit came long after they actually launched.
Topics Discussed:
- Matt’s career trajectory in the real estate space, from broker to joining a startup and eventually founding his own
- Why Matt was less than impressed with the technology being deployed in the commercial real estate market
- How this high value and highly significant sector of the contemporary economy found itself relying on PDFs, spreadsheets and outdated software
- The life cycle of a real estate lease and how Occupier supports their clients through every stage of the process
- Why Occupier’s product-market fit came only after they started receiving feedback from their clients
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