INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The founders of Seattle-based Modus cold-emailed Pete Flint, the founder of Trulia and a current managing partner at the venture capital
firm NFX, for months, to no avail
In a last-ditch effort, Alex Day, Jai Sim and Abbas Guvenilir sent one more message to the investor whose real estate listings tool sold to
Zillow in 2014 for $3.5 billion
They were at a coffee shop below his San Francisco office, was he interested in meeting?Fortunately for them, he was.Modus co-founders
Abbas Guvenilir (left), Jai Sim, Alex Day (right)Modus, a real estate startup focused on title and escrow services, is today announcing a
Liquid 2 Ventures and existing backers, including Mucker Capital, Hustle Fund, 500 Startups, Rambleside and Cascadia Ventures, also
The startup, led by former employees of a nearly defunct lunch delivery company, Peach, has developed software to help both agents and home
buyers navigate the home closing process, which, unlike many other real estate experiences, has yet to receive a boost of innovation from
startups building in the sector
Their goal now is to provide their software to home buyers in 15 to 20 states over the next two years
To support expansion efforts, Modus plans to raise a Series B in the second or third quarter of next year.Modus previously raised $1.8
