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Keyway
Sale-leaseback service for SMBs
- 21-100 employees
- Property
- B2B
- Renting
- Real Estate
- Financial Services
- Chelsea, New York, NY
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Company mission
Keyway's mission is to level the playing field for small & medium businesses.
11% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Keyway emerged from stealth in 2021 during a fairly volatile period for small/medium businesses (SMBs). It offers something that, for some, may prove a crucial lifeline: a tech-driven sale-leaseback program on commercial property that offers an alternative way of freeing up capital, without taking out loans or trading in equity for investment.
Sale-leaseback is nothing new, but like most of the real estate sector, it has long been due for an overhaul. Keyway’s tech forward approach, in this case, promises to offer full-cash offers within 48 hours, close within one month, with half as many charges, and all backed by data and machine-learning processes.
Keyway targets premises worth less than $10M, larger commercial real estate firms have left these by the wayside, instead pursuing economies of scale won with larger properties. This has left a substantial and underserved market to play for. With many of these SMBs in need of financing following a rocky few years, Keyway is in a good position to see some substantial returns.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company values
- OWNERSHIP: Make it happen, no matter what
- EXCELLENCE: Everything we do is world-class
- COLLABORATION We trust in the power of working together
- WINNING: We’re here to be the best
- FAIRNESS: We get deals done, done right
- FUN: We work hard and we enjoy the ride
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2022
$25m
SERIES A
Nov 2021
$15m
SEED
Total funding: $40m
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Leadership
Matias Recchia
(CEO)Previously held managerial positions at Proctor & Gamble and McKinsey, before co-founding software company IguanaFix. Is currently also an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and Schmidt Futures.
Sebastian Wilner
(COO)Previously worked as a program manager in AI lead generation with Google, moving on to work in corporate development at the D. E. Shaw Group.