Nexme Profile

“Nexme is an on-demand real estate marketplace that connects homebuyers with instant access to homes and agents, at the click of a button. We eliminate the downtime of searching and waiting around for an agent and scheduling to see homes. Think of it like Uber for real estate.”

“We give everyone instant access to their forever home.”

“$500,000 angel round.”

“Arian Abdulkader — CEO, mortgages industry, real estate expertise; Vanessa Alvarez — COO technologist, Amazon, Microsoft.”

“I was looking to buy a home when I moved to Seattle, where I didn't know anyone. The more I went through the process, the more I realized how broken the process was. I met Arian as my loan originator and asked him, ‘why is this process so broken?’ He said, ‘That's how it's always been.’ Those are fighting words for any technologist. We went through iterations before we pinpointed the exact problem we wanted to solve: getting in to tour homes right away.”

“‘Nexme’ comes from looking at the next generation who is consumed by ME, it's all about me, access to anything at my fingertips, on my time, on my terms.”

“Yes, I worked at a few startups in Silicon Valley and got the bug to start something. I was in B2B tech for a long time, so most people thought I would start something in B2B tech, but I wanted to go into a new space with a fresh pair of eyes and reimagine the experience. The real estate industry sparked that fire in me and Arian.”

“Yes, money is always a factor. We're first-time founders, so getting someone to believe in your idea is hard — even harder as a Latina and as underrepresented founders. We also got a lot of backlash from real estate agents until they actually listened and realized this was a win-win for everyone.”

“Forward-thinking buyers; first-time homebuyers, millennials, Gen Z.”

“Organic, word of mouth. we're raising our next round for customer acquisition.”

“Word of mouth and organic social media outreach.”

“DAUs; number of instant tour requests.”

“‘Zero to One’ by Peter Thiel.”

“Jennifer Lopez.”

“Slack.”

“How fulfilling it is, you don't realize how much you're willing to work for something you've created and makes people's lives easier.”

“When you do what you love, there is no line between work and life. Your startup is your life. It just is.”

“I'm a morning person, so getting up at 4 a.m. to get some deep work time is important.”

“Yes, maintaining a schedule to do even the smallest things and sticking to it.”

“I was an interpreter (Spanish), and it taught me about people and how money made a difference in the quality of service you received. I want everyone to have the same access to great service regardless of how much they're paying (and that's what we're doing at Nexme).”

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