Moderne Companies Providing Essential Services

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Crazy times demand crazy solutions: many of Moderne's portfolio companies are modifying, extending and adding to their services to provide necessary relief to real estate, finance, insurance, home services and even hospitality industries. Read on to see if they may be of value to you or your business.

​New Services Addressing Key Challenges:

  • Hello Alfred introduces 'Alfred Delivers' to deliver key essentials like RX, groceries, baby supplies and cleaning services (all while wearing gloves, booties and protective gear of course!) even in areas with Shelter in Place. They are offering daily package runs to residents' doorways, sourcing out of stock supplies and replacing on-site concierges. Residents can sign up with this referral link and buildings can join FREE OF CHARGE for 90 days by contacting Hello Alfred.

  • EasyKnock is buying houses and letting the sellers stay in their homes! EasyKnock provides immediate liquidity to homeowners and allows them to retain upside in their homes. During a lull in the buying and selling, Easyknock is also providing commissions to real estate agents for their referrals.

  • LeaseLock is working with top 10 NMHC clients across the country to provide updates and notifications for tackling rent loss and understanding the changing eviction laws, resident unemployment, lost rent, payment plans, etc.

  • hOM which provides community pop-up events for multi-family housing like fitness classes and wine tastings is moving all its events and fitness classes online: distant socializing!

Throughout the last few weeks, we've seen the world work together from all walks of life. Business, governments and cultures are moving and innovating together to improve the current situation of a worldwide pandemic. We hope you and your organizations continue spreading positive momentum, the only infectious diagnosis we want spread right now​!!

We will continue providing updates when we believe our companies can be providing valuable services to our industry partners’ needs. 

 

Stay Safe and Be Well!

The Moderne Team​​​

Helping our residents manage their lives with Anticipatory Service provider Hello Alfred

“At Greystar, we are now seeing anticipatory and trusted services built directly into the home as our 'new normal’. Together with Hello Alfred, we are innovating, moving the market, and continuing to set the highest standard of living in rental housing. The Hello Alfred Platform, an app-based personal assistant service, sets a new industry standard for building anticipatory and trusted service into the home. Through this relationship, residents at select Greystar communities throughout the United States can leverage Hello Alfred’s human-centered technology and hands-on hospitality services to take care of daily chores, including home cleaning, laundry, pet care, high-touch move-in, travel planning and beyond.

Hello Alfred’s combination of professionally trained, dedicated home managers and proprietary technology work together to anticipate residents’ to-do lists and then execute those tasks, freeing up our resident’s time and mental energy. For us, partnering with Hello Alfred provides our team members with the tools and information needed to enhance resident satisfaction, improve retention, and attract new residents to Greystar communities.

We recognize now more than ever, the need for greater convenience and optionality are at the forefront of delivering resident-focused technology, innovation, and services to create better living experiences. With the Pew Research Center declaring that more American households are renting now than at any point during the past 50 years, it has never been more important to meet our residents’ evolving needs and expectations. And what better way to do it than to provide a zero-click experience that anticipates people’s needs. Greystar is committed to innovating and partnering with resident-focused service providers that will better enable our residents to live a stress-free, productive, and sustainable lifestyle powered by Greystar.”

Authored by Bob Faith, Founder, Chairman and CEO at Greystar

To learn more about Greystar and Hello Alfred, please visit: https://www.greystar.com/about-greystar/newsroom/greystar-and-hello-alfred-elevate-the-standard-of-rental-living

Bend Provides Next-Generation Health Savings Accounts to Real Estate Companies, Operators and Contractors

Moderne Ventures Selects Bend to Provide Next-Generation Health Savings Accounts to Real Estate Companies, Operators and Contractors

BOSTON, Feb. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bend Financial (Bend), provider of a platform that helps improve individual financial wellness and corporate benefit offerings, today announced its acceptance into Moderne Ventures' 2020 Passport Program. Under the new partnership, Bend will expand its ability to provide accessible and personalized employee benefit offerings to owners, operators, contract and gig economy workers within the real estate industry.

Healthcare expenses are rising rapidly, and consumers are already spending $980 billion on healthcare each year. Real estate brokers, agents and gig economy workers are disproportionately affected by these costs, as the majority do not receive healthcare coverage through an employer plan and most are responsible for their entire premium. Bend is helping to close this seismic gap in coverage by providing next-generation health savings account offerings to real estate owners, operators and contractors. 

"Our Passport Program is designed to grow the companies that we believe are advancing 100+ year old industries," said Constance Freedman of Moderne Ventures. "We selected Bend because of its undeniable value to the real estate industry and the millions of contractors that have historically lacked employee benefit offerings like health savings accounts."

Bend's unique platform demystifies the complexity of health savings accounts with personalized guidance, making it easy for anyone to plan, track and pay for healthcare expenses. Real estate firms that offer Bend through their brokerages to their agents gain a competitive edge and are enabled to better attract and retain top talent. Further, 1099 workers that enroll with Bend are able to easily manage healthcare expenses while improving their overall financial wellness.

"Our next-generation platform is uniquely positioned to reinvent the way the real estate industry and its professionals receive employee benefits and pay for healthcare," said Tom Torre, CEO of Bend Financial. "It's an honor to be selected by Moderne and we look forward to solving healthcare coverage challenges within the real estate industry together."

To learn more or request a demo of the solution, visit http://www.bendhsa.com.

About Moderne Ventures Moderne Ventures invests in technology companies in and around real estate, finance, insurance, hospitality and home services. Moderne operates both a Venture Fund and the Moderne Passport, an Industry Immersion Program designed to foster innovation, partnership and growth between industry partners and new emerging technology companies. Moderne works with over 700 executives and corporations within its core industries and evaluates over 4,500 emerging tech companies each year. Its principals have invested in over 90 companies including DocuSign, August, Better, Hello Alfred, Easyknock, Homesnap and ICON.

About Bend Financial Bend Financial helps to improve individuals' financial wellness, while enabling employers, brokers and financial institutions to offer a differentiated benefit offering. The company's platform simplifies saving for healthcare, offering personalized guidance that makes it easy for anyone to plan, track, and pay for their expenses. For more information, please visit www.bendhsa.com, read our blog and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Contact: Emily Townsend
fama PR for Bend
(617) 986-5048
bend@famapr.com