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Bricks + Agent selected in Microsoft ScaleUp Program

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Property maintenance and services marketplace Bricks + Agent has been selected in the Microsoft ScaleUp program.

The bespoke four-month program aims to support startups with global expansion as well as product development through a curated curriculum.

This includes:

  • senior level (CEO/CTO) coaching;
  • team culture development;
  • recruiting talent;
  • creating distribution channels with global Fortune 500 companies;
  • learning how to work with large organisations;
  • and developing new markets both nationally and on a global scale.

Microsoft’s ScaleUp Program aims to empower entrepreneurs to build better companies by providing the tools, resources, connections, knowledge and expertise to ensure participants are enterprise-ready by scaling every aspect of their business.

Throughout the program, and after graduation, Microsoft will serve as a strategic partner for all ScaleUp alumni, providing unparalleled avenues to market by connecting Bricks + Agent with Microsoft’s global network of customers, partners and venture capitalist firms.

Bricks + Agent is a platform built to simplify and enhance the property maintenance process for property managers, tradespeople, tenants and property owners. 

Editor Note:

Bricks + Agent is an Australian Proptech startup that works closely with businesses and corporations in the Real Estate sector in Australia and internationally. Bricks + Agent set out to make sure all parties to property maintenance and home services could not only be connected to each other through mobility, transparency + visibility, but that they all have the tools and technology that would give them the best results. Founded in December 2016 and based in Melbourne and Sydney Australia, Bricks + Agent is a cloud based solution delivering value to all stakeholders in the property maintenance space.

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Rafael Niesten

Written by Rafael Niesten

In his early 20s, Perth local Rafael Niesten, won a scholarship to study in Canada, with that came the opportunity to volunteer at a local radio station. That spawned his entrepreneurial streak, returning to Perth in 2001 he set up community radio Groove FM. More by luck than design, they became successful, too successful as they took a significant chunk of the Perth Market. This sent up the red flag with his commercial competitors who saw to it that he came before the Australian Broadcasting Authority and on technicalities such as the number of volunteers he was forced to move on. He received the citizen of the year award for Western Australia (youth) and was a finalist in the Australian of the year awards (Youth). Falling on his sword he turned to running small and large scale events, all the while buying, renovating and selling properties. Buying and selling land and renovated houses provided a grounding in the property industry. He founded a cloud based medical grade voice recognition company, followed by co founding the first true cloud application for private practice in the health sector. He successfully exited these ventures at the end of 2016 and began building Bricks+Agent.

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