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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

Groundbreaker provides an easy to navigate web portal for my investors. Investors actually send me messages praising the technology. With the portal, I can securely deliver K-1s and other messages to investors. Internally, we love the easy distribution process. 4 clicks and done! No more check mailing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

I wish the platform had a way to calculate carried interest waterfalls, but the team at Groundbreaker tells me this is coming soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Groundbreaker:

When I was choosing an investor management platform, I considered a few others. I found most of them to be complicated and expensive. Groundbreaker was easy to use and did most of what I thought I wanted. After receiving the pricing, the choice became clear and I haven't looked back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our fundraising process is faster and easier. No more chasing investors for signed documents. After the deal is done, investors can answer questions for themselves by going on to the portal. Total contributions. Dates and amounts of various distributions. Also, we use Groundbreaker to send customized emails in bulk to investors. We used to send distributions by paper check. Now we send distributions electronically from within the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Groundbreaker Overview

What is Groundbreaker?

Groundbreaker is an all-in-one suite of tools for small to medium sized commercial real estate investment firms that raise outside capital. Our tools help teams increase productivity and investor satisfaction by automating fundraising, reporting and investor relations workflows. The application covers six primary functions in streamlining back-office operations of real estate investment firms. These six functions are fundamentally integrated, lending to an all-in-one investment platform that provides value across much of an investment organization. Here are some of the functionality and impacts of each. 1- Investor Reporting Gives your accounting team a system of record of commitments and distributions that is helpful when creating K-1s and answering one-off investor requests immediately. Provides your investors with periodic or ad-hoc reports. Gives back-office team tools to distribute K-1s privately, securely, and in bulk. Our automation of these time-intensive, non-revenue producing tasks, and aggregation of investor data will save many hours of manual work and allow your team to focus on high impact activities and manage more investors. 2- Fundraising Automation Our fundraising tools accelerate the subscription process by automating publishing and marketing of offerings, electronic signing and even receiving funding from your investors via an integrated ACH transfer tool. Gain a better understanding of prospect intent and progress, allowing you or your investor relations team to focus on the investors, rather than the busy-work, to close deals faster. 3- Investor Portal Give your firm the investment experience your stakeholders are coming to expect and reflect the level of professionalism you bring to the table. Outdo the internally built portals offered by the biggest firms and elevate your firm's brand in the short amount of time it takes to deploy a Groundbreaker powered solution. Investors bank and manage their stock market holdings online and are coming to expect more transparency and accessibility via their devices. CRE sponsors need to keep up with the times to effectively recruit and retain investors and earn more of their allocations to real estate. Firms that delight their investors will have a competitive advantage over firms that do not upgrade their systems. Our investor portal lets you recruit and retain investors, and earn more of their real estate allocations in a manner that is scalable to your internal budget and operations. 4- Investment Management Give your team an investment management funnel built specifically for real estate investment firms that raise outside capital. From inviting investors into a deal room, to receiving or adjusting offers, to receiving funds and every step in between. Expedite the processes of supporting an investor through the investment onboarding process while boosting internal transparency by keeping all activity and data in one system of record that syncs everyone from the investor relations to investment accounting teams. 5- CRM A CRM developed specifically for real estate investment firms. Help accounting, investor relations, and third parties like fund administrators and legal by bringing all of the firm's investments, activity and files under one roof, therefore eliminating the need to sync up manually or switch between software applications and file folders of excel and other files. Disconnected data silos and fragmented teams take longer to respond to investor requests and lose an edge to firms with the bandwidth to fulfill investors expectations. 6- Security Stop sending tax documents to notoriously unsecure email inboxes. With Groundbreaker, documents are stored on your investor portal and you maintain control over removing or adding these documents as needed. You can find more details on our data security process on our website’s security page. In summary, we deploy a layered “Defense in Depth” approach. Data is hosted in SOC I, II, III compliant data centers and encrypted at rest and in transit. These are the same standards used by the world’s largest banks.

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Groundbreaker is an all-in-one investment management software for small to medium commercial real estate investment firms that raise outside capital. Our tools help teams increase productivity and investor satisfaction by automating fundraising, reporting and investor relations workflows.


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2014
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Recent Groundbreaker Reviews

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Anamika R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"BEst Software to Grow"
Groundbreaker has made it easy to stay prepared when working on a deal with a lot of investors. I really like that the Groundbreaker team always ta...
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Muhammad U.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Increased productivity among our workers"
Groundbreaker has been useful to our small real estate investment company. Many of our traditional fundraising, reporting, and investor relations ...
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"Fundraising Automation and Real Estate made easy"
The tool focuses on streamlining back-office operations for real estate investment firms.
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Fundraising no longer needs to feel like herding cats. Our fundraising automation tools streamline every part of the subscription process, from publishing offerings to calling on capital.
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A CRM built for real estate syndicators and their investor relations teams. Sync valuable company data and unlock productivity across your entire team.
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Provide your investors an organized document management system and everything they need for due diligence all under one roof.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

Groundbreaker has been useful to our small real estate investment company. Many of our traditional fundraising, reporting, and investor relations functions have been moved to automation to save our internal team time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

Current reports and presentations might also lack the flexibility in the overview and the branding. The current options look somewhat standard and do not capture the essence of our firm to the extent that is possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Groundbreaker solves the mundane tasks that consume much of the organizational and management resources in small investment firms. It automates the fundraising, reporting and investor relations hence freeing up time for our team to carry out key functions such as deal sourcing and investor analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anamika R.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

Groundbreaker has made it easy to stay prepared when working on a deal with a lot of investors. I really like that the Groundbreaker team always talks to me and asks what they can do to get better. It was great to know that Groundbreaker will help me work and grow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

Till now, I did not find anything to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Save lots of time and Manage All Data at one place Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kavya R.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

The tool focuses on streamlining back-office operations for real estate investment firms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

Integration is quite hard and the scale is quite limited for now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Automating the real estate funding and consultation made easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Connor S.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

Groundbreaker has made it possible to remain organized with ease when dealing with many investors on a single deal. You're able to have everything consolidated to a single platform when working these real estate deals. Our investors love the ability to check on the deal in real time, and they've continually complimented how easy to UI is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

I believe with any newer company there's going to be growing pains. Groundbreaker had a couple glitches when they were first on boarding us as an early user. The good side of this, is that their response time and ability to resolve the issue was impeccable. Instantly we were able to set up a call where a representative would be able to hear about our issue and begin working to fix it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

The side of our business that has been most positively impacted by the integration of groundbreaker is our organization and productivity. Before, not having a single platform to manage all the responsibilities of a real estate syndicator, made it difficult to juggle all of the moving parts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

I'm not sure if I'm able to pick between two: Allowing my LPs to subscribe and ACH fund my deals all from the investor portal, or the ability to send distributions electronically in minutes. Overall, the ease of use is very key, it allows my investors and my team to intuitively work with the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

There's nothing specific worth mentioning. It's important to understand that it's not perfect but the team releases upgrades monthly and does a good job at communicating those upgrades with me and my team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was looking for two things primarily. First and foremost, I wanted to give my LPs the best experience I could in investing with TTI Capital. My second goal was to get more done faster through automation of activities, like sending distributions and getting new deals to my investors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christopher H.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

I've used several very expensive syndication software in the past, none of which I feel give me and my LP investors the user experience I desired, nor the personal business relationship I'd been looking for. I love that the Groundbreaker team is consistently in communication with me and asking what they can do to improve. It was so helpful to know that I can work & grow with Groundbreaker.

One refreshing experience has been their commitment to being a people-oriented company. That shows through in how they carry themselves. Some examples; You can just watch refreshingly transparent video demos their website on-demand without having to book a demo or be put through "qualification" calls. They actually ask you if you even want them to follow up or not when you access the demo. They make their product accessible from a cost perspective for new syndicators to larger and experienced firms. In summary, these guys and girls are pretty cool to deal with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

One of the areas that was difficult for me was the signing process. They hadn't quite integrated with Hello sign to allow for custom, templated fields. However, this is something we've been communicating with and is in the works. I would expect this to be online even while most people are reading this review! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Groundbreaker:

Do it. I met their entire team in Colorado in a very non-business setting before getting to know Groundbreaker. They are good, honest, hard-working people and are a great bet. When I invest in projects & companies, I invest in people. When I use software, I use it because of the people behind it far more than it's capabilities. Luckily, Groundbreaker has both. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Groundbreaker has been a wonderful tool for us to keep all of our legally required documents in one organized place, distribute to our investors, track projects & fundraising, prospective investors, and if the SEC ever came knocking, I would know that our ducks are in a row. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike T.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

The responsiveness of the team when something happens and the ability to listen to customer feedback and implement it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

There was some intuitiveness that we had with the software but have figured it out and the Groundbreaker team has created a lot of educational content to help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

A tremendous value and clean way to present our deals and help our limited partners invest in our deals Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Myers R.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

Whenever a question was raised it was answered in a timely manner. The interface is simple to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

Some features on the managers side need to be expanded on. The Groundbreaker team explained that much of our interface needs will be resolved in the next 3-6 months. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

Simplicity. Having one area for GPs and LPs to communicate important information is key. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heath J.
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What do you like best about Groundbreaker?

The Groundbreaker platform is extremely user-friendly and the customer service is hands down, bar none. One thing that was immediately clear with the team at Groundbreaker is that they are there to help you grow your real estate business and they will be with you every step of the way. I would highly recommend their platform and services (and have been ) to all syndication operators who are looking for an investor-management solution. You should definitely give them a try, you will not be disappointed!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Groundbreaker?

So far, so good. No dislikes, and to be honest... I truly believe if we had any issues that the Groundbreaker team would be more than happy to help us resolve the issue. This is evident in their quest to find out exactly what we are needing and then working to see if they can get it implemented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Groundbreaker solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are solving our need to interface with our investors and Groundbreaker is solving this problem nicely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.