Groundfloor, the Raleigh-born startup that’s bringing crowdfunding to real estate, made a pitch for $100,000 from AOL founder Steve Case on Thursday in Atlanta but came up a bit short.
Case took his “Rise of the Rest Road Tour” to Atlanta after stopping in the Triangle on Tuesday.
As in RTP, case heard pitches from eight pre-selected startups for a $100,000 investment. The judges picked PartPic for the financial infusion.
Groundfloor is now based in Atlanta, having moved its headquarters to Georgia where crowdfunding legilsation has been passed by the state. Legislators in North Carolina are still mulling a bill.
PartPic, which was Founded by Jewel Burks and Jason Crain, has developed technology that “facilitates search for replacement parts using a camera enabled mobile device,” according to the Case-backed Revolution organization that is putting on the tour. “Their licensed technology will power both end-user facing mobile applications and enterprise ready software that aids customer service representatives in the sell process.”
Also presenting were:
- Cooleaf – employee engagement software for top workplaces
- LocalRoots – mobile marketplace for local farms to sell direct to consumers
- eCredable – leverages alternative credit to connect “no credit” consumers to creditors
- Zyrobotics – provide personalized technology that makes the world accessible to everyone
- Reveal Estate – Turbo Tax-like platform that empowers home buyers and saves them money
- ·The Village Microfund – helps develop the economic landscape of low-income communities in the US.
