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Newmark
Newmark does not need to own the skyline to make money from it. The 97-year-old firm has built a modern commercial real estate machine around the decisions that happen before, during and long after a building changes hands.
Briggs Elwell
Briggs Elwell is the co-founder and CEO of RLTYco, a New York-based specialty finance and services firm built for independent (1099) real estate agents. After more than 15 years in real estate - from sales and asset management at The Related Companies to building the Northeast business for OPTIMAR International - he co-founded RLTYco in 2021 with attorney Daniel Kennedy. The company started by advancing agents their commissions within 24 hours and has grown into a one-stop platform spanning commission funding, tax and financial tools, legal formation, healthcare, and rewards. In January 2025 RLTYco raised a $20 million Series A led by Altriarch and acquired the rewards technology of Zurp.
Lev
Lev is a New York-based software company building an AI-native platform for commercial real estate (CRE). Founded in 2019 by Yaakov Zar, it started as a tech-enabled financing marketplace connecting property sponsors and brokers with thousands of lenders, then evolved into a purpose-built system of apps, AI agents, and data that helps CRE professionals manage relationships, deals, documents, and lender outreach. Lev combines one of the industry's largest sources of real-time lender and market data with agentic automation that ingests calls, emails, and unstructured files to move deals forward faster.
RLTYco
RLTYco is a New York-based financial services and benefits platform built for the roughly 1099 real estate agent economy. Founded in 2021 by industry veterans Briggs Elwell and Daniel Kennedy, it packages together commission advances, tax help, legal formation, healthcare plans, and a member perks program - services traditionally reserved for salaried W-2 employees. Its flagship product, RLTY Capital, buys a portion of an agent's pending commission and funds approved deals in as little as 24 hours, without credit checks or brokerage approval. After a $20 million Series A in January 2025, the company expanded nationwide and, in July 2026, acquired Atlanta-based commission-advance firm RealCommissions.