Google for Entrepreneurs Selects 1871
Member Company inRentive to Pitch at 2015 Demo Day
1871 member company inRentive will
compete in the second annual Demo Day for the Google for Entrepreneurs North
American Tech Hub Network
CHICAGO (February 17, 2015) — Google for
Entrepreneurs announced
today that inRentive, an 1871 member company that helps leasing agents more
effectively list rental properties, will compete in the 2015 Google for
Entrepreneurs North American Tech Hub Network Demo Day. inRentive and other companies
selected from across the network will travel to Google Headquarters in April to
pitch their businesses to top investors.
"1871 is constantly working to curate resources and
create opportunities that help our member companies succeed,” said 1871 CEO
Howard A. Tullman. “I first spent time with the inRentive team in London during
Tech Week in Shoreditch, where we visited Google’s new London co-working space.
Google for Entrepreneurs has been an incredible partner, and their North
American Tech Hub Network continues to provide unique opportunities to 1871’s
member companies. We wish inRentive the best of luck as they make their pitch
at this year’s Demo Day, and we will be there to cheer them on.”
Google for Entrepreneurs selected technology startups from
across North America to compete in their second annual Demo Day. These startups
will travel to California from March 31 through April 2, where they will pitch
their businesses to venture capitalists and other leaders in the technology
industry. Each of the competing startups is required to be headquartered in the
United States and actively raising a Series A between one million and four
million dollars. Last year, 1871 member companies MarkITx and WeDeliver each
won $100,000 investments from Steve Case for their pitches.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to pitch our
business at this year’s Google for Entrepreneurs Demo Day,” said Melissa
Moline, co-founder and CEO of inRentive. “inRentive’s property management
system provides an important new tool for the real estate industry, and we look
forward to highlighting 1871 and Chicago’s innovative startup ecosystem as we showcase
our platform.”
inRentive is a marketing content management platform that
allows managers of rental properties to effectively list information about their
properties. inRentive integrates with existing property management software and
imports pricing and availability information. The platform then gives managers
tools to easily and quickly build up information on their properties, including
floor plan-specific photo capture, powerful editing tools, and SEO-friendly
photo tagging. After the property information is collected, inRentive provides powerful
self-publishing tools to control the flow of information to rental websites and
listing services. inRentive also facilitates publishing to channels like
Facebook and Craigslist, creating a central place for property managers to
control their marketing information. inRentive joined 1871 via Techstars, one
of 1871’s top accelerator partners.
In September 2013, Google for Entrepreneurs launched a
network of partnerships with eight coworking and accelerator spaces around
North America. In addition to 1871 in Chicago, the network now includes
incubators in Austin, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville,
Raleigh-Durham and Waterloo. Created to help local startup communities thrive,
the Google for Entrepreneurs network assists tech hubs by providing them with
technical content, business tools, and infrastructure upgrades so that they can
support increasing demand from developers and startups.
About 1871
1871 is the home of more than 325 early-stage, high-growth
digital startups. Located in The Merchandise Mart, this 75,000 square foot
facility is also the headquarters of nationally recognized accelerators,
Techstars Chicago and Impact Engine; half a dozen industry-specific incubators
in key areas such as real estate, education technology, food and financial
technology; several emerging tech talent schools (The Starter League and the
Startup Institute), and the state's leading technology advocate, the Illinois
Science and Technology Coalition. It is the second home to Chicago-based VCs,
Pritzker Group, MATH Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, OCA Ventures, OurCrowd and
Chicago Ventures, as well as satellite offices for Northwestern University,
University of Illinois, University of Chicago, Loyola University, Illinois
Institute of Technology, and DeVry. 1871 has fast become recognized as the hub
for the city’s entrepreneurial/technology ecosystem and has been featured in
TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Crain’s
Chicago Business among other top media. 1871 is the flagship project of the
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center.
