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Klein Enterprises

1777 Reisterstown Road, Suite 165, Baltimore, MD, 21208, United States

Overview

Klein Enterprises is a full-service real estate firm that specializes in acquiring, developing, leasing, and managing residential and commercial assets. The firm specializes in the development of neighborhood and community shopping centers. It pursues future retail, office, and mixed-use development and acquisition opportunities. Klein Enterprises finds properties and buildings and adds them to their growing profile. It always researches and analyzes different projects for new opportunities in the marketplace. Klein Enterprises is engaged in full-service management of commercial real estate properties, dealing with all aspects of projects managed by the company. Its brokerage capabilities allow for leasing, marketing, and sales of commercial properties owned and managed by property owners outside of the company’s management portfolio. By working in tandem with property owners, Klein Enterprises is able to develop and implement strategic marketing plans for each property. It was launched in Baltimore, Maryland in 1948.

Total investments
2
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
0

Sector focus

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Leasing
  • Property Development
  • Property Management
  • Real Estate
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Investment portfolio

  • HappyCo

    Participated · Equity · Jan 2022

    HappyCo is a real estate software company that develops mobile and cloud solutions to enable real-time operations data for property managers, asset managers, lenders and investors. Its core product is a residential operations platform offering condition assessment and workflow tools with in-unit data on over 3.5 million rental homes. The suite supplies underwriting information to lenders, investors and asset managers and empowers property managers with real-time operational tools and reporting. Current customers include Freddie Mac; lenders such as Walker & Dunlop, Berkadia, and Greystone; investors including CA Ventures and Maxus Properties; and property managers such as Cushman & Wakefield and AMC. The company intends to use the newly raised funds to expand its platform and add new services. Founded in Australia in 2011 and based in San Francisco and Adelaide, HappyCo positions itself as a data provider for rental housing operations. HappyCo builds mobile and cloud solutions to enable real-time property operations, including tools for inspecting, managing and monitoring residential properties and commercial facilities. The platform is used to manage more than 1.2 million units and counts customers such as Airbnb, Softbank/Fortress and Vicinity Centres. Founded in Adelaide in 2011 and based in San Francisco since 2012, the company serves a global customer base with particular activity in the Asia‑Pacific region. HappyCo completed the third and final tranche of its Series A in March 2018 and intends to use the proceeds to expand R&D operations in Australia and the U.S. and to build out its support team to sustain its Asia‑Pacific customer base. The article does not provide additional financial metrics beyond the fundraising and units under management. HappyCo is a San Francisco-based provider of a SaaS mobile inspection platform for real-time operations management of residential properties, commercial facilities and enterprise workforces. Led by CEO Jindou Lee, the company’s flagship product, Happy Inspector, is used by thousands of companies and has facilitated more than 1.3 million inspections and more than 20 million inspection photos. The company completed a $7.5M Series A funding round in May 2016. HappyCo intends to use the funds to expand its engineering and sales teams, continue increasing its customer base, enter new verticals and add to its product suite. The capital is intended to accelerate product development and sales growth across existing and new markets.

  • MarketSpark

    Participated · Series B · Apr 2021

    MarketSpark provides managed wireless POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) replacement through a cloud-enabled platform and managed services. Its offering includes a Cloud PaaS, Hardware-as-a-Service, proactive alerts, remote diagnostics and 4G-optimized/5G-ready routing equipment with UL and FCC approved hardware. The solution simplifies connectivity for large enterprises by consolidating multiple carriers into a single vendor responsible for planning, installation and ongoing operation and maintenance. MarketSpark partners with major carriers and already services 35 Fortune 500 companies as they upgrade telecom equipment. Led by CEO Jeff Gower and CTO/co-founder Jake Jacoby, the company recently completed a $7M Series B. It intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and scale its sales, marketing and platform development efforts.

Team

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