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Petra Group

Factory 2, 28-30 Little Boundary Road, Laverton North, Victoria, 3026, Australia

Overview

Petra is a new kind of property management software. An experienced, virtual property management expert in the cloud. Petra keeps a watchful eye on your property portfolio and lets you know whenever something needs attention. She also learns about your business as you work and can suggest ideas for improvement and help you set, track and achieve growth targets. The product aims to apply powerful new cloud computing technologies like machine learning, real time event processing and natural language interaction to help solve the hard problems of property management. But these complex ideas are wrapped up in a friendly, approachable virtual personality.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
2

Sector focus

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Information Technology
  • Property Management
  • Real Estate
  • Residential
  • Smart Building
  • Software
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Investment portfolio

  • CreatorPlus

    Led · Equity · Apr 2021

    Creator+ finances, produces, and distributes feature-length films made by established and emerging creators. It is building its own streaming platform where movies will be available for individual purchase with no subscriptions and no ads, allowing the company to control costs and distribution. The company offers creators a 50-50 revenue split, shares audience data, and provides ownership of intellectual property. Creator+ plans to make films with budgets in the low seven figures and aims to put between five and ten films into production this year, with first titles due in 2022. Co-founder and CEO Jonathan Shambroom and co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Benjamin Grubbs lead the company; Shambroom previously served as general manager at Crackle and Grubbs led creator partnerships at YouTube. The company has hired a head of diversity and impact, has global ambitions, and has raised $12 million in funding led by Petra Group and Freestyle Capital.

Team

  • Adrian Edwards

    Co-Founder / Tech Lead

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  • Jim Ensor

    Co-Founder / Director