# Sofia Vyshnevska

> Sofia Vyshnevska is the Ukrainian-born, Austin-based co-founder and CEO of Jome, a company that began as a new-construction home marketplace and moved toward AI sales agents for builders. Her route to the role ran through real-estate software, repeated accelerator rejections, Techstars Austin, a pandemic-era launch, wartime disruption, three brand identities, a $9.8 million Series A and a 2026 leadership transition. Across those turns, her consistent argument is that software should handle speed and repetition so people have more time for the consequential, human parts of buying a home.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Jome
- **Organizations:** Jome, NewHomesMate, Propertymate, Brainify, Techstars Austin, SoftServe
- **Nationality:** Ukrainian
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration, Webster Vienna Private University, Master's degree in International Economics, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Bachelor's degree, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
- **Known for:** Co-founded the company now known as Jome and guided it through multiple product and brand changes., Graduated from Techstars Austin's 2019-2020 cohort., Named one of Forbes Ukraine's 25 women in Ukrainian IT in 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2014-2015** — Worked as an HR marketing specialist at SoftServe.
- **2017-2018** — Led customer success at Brainify, the real-estate sales automation company created by future co-founder Dan Hnatkovskyy.
- **2018** — Co-founded the business that evolved through Propertymate and NewHomesMate into Jome.
- **2019-2020** — Entered the Techstars Austin program after six earlier accelerator rejections, including Y Combinator and two attempts at 500 Startups.
- **2020** — Launched the new-construction marketplace in September after the pandemic froze fundraising following demo day.
- **2021** — Named by Forbes Ukraine to its list of 25 women in Ukrainian IT.
- **2022** — Helped keep the company operating while part of the team remained in Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion.
- **2023** — NewHomesMate raised a $5.5 million round to expand its new-construction marketplace.
- **2024** — The company rebranded as Jome and announced a $9.8 million Series A, taking reported total funding to $16.5 million.
- **2025** — Jome tested AI within its own brokerage operation, groundwork for a builder-facing product shift.
- **2026** — Jome pivoted toward AI sales agents for homebuilders; Vyshnevska moved from COO to CEO while Hnatkovskyy became president and chairman.

## Achievements

- Co-founded the company now known as Jome and guided it through multiple product and brand changes.
- Graduated from Techstars Austin's 2019-2020 cohort.
- Named one of Forbes Ukraine's 25 women in Ukrainian IT in 2021.
- Helped build and run a tech-enabled brokerage with more than 100 agents across more than 30 markets.
- Helped Jome raise a $9.8 million Series A in 2024, bringing reported total funding to $16.5 million.
- Became Jome's CEO in 2026 as the company shifted its focus toward builder-facing AI sales agents.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Appeared on the Builder Marketing Podcast to explain Jome's builder-facing AI agents and argue for transparent, human-centered deployment.
- **2026-08** — Became CEO of Jome as co-founder Dan Hnatkovskyy moved to president and chairman.
- **2026-01** — Jome decided to pivot its AI technology toward homebuilders after testing it inside its own operation during 2025.
- **2024-12** — Jome announced a $9.8 million Series A and its rebrand from NewHomesMate.

## Links

- Website: https://jome.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-vyshnevska-a42a10a3
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SofiaVyshnevska
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sofia.vyshnevska

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Last updated: 2026-09-27