A new company based in New York, ShelterZoom, is looking to disrupt the property-buying market with a transaction platform that is built on blockchain technology. The company, which has raised $32 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, will use its technology to help buyers and sellers of homes find each other more easily. The service can be seen in action on 27 November, when Cyrus Charter Property and Land Co., a business owned by Amir Allen Alishahi, who is also a co-founder and director of ShelterZoom, adds the ShelterZoom widget to Land Co.'s site.
A new company based in New York, ShelterZoom, is looking to disrupt the property-buying market with a transaction platform that is built on blockchain technology. ShelterZoom uses the Ethereum blockchain to create secure property agreements, and the service can be accessed from any website via a widget function that is placed on estate agents' sites. The service can be seen in action on 27 November, when Cyrus Charter Property and Land Co., a business owned by Amir Allen Alishahi, who is also a co-founder and director of ShelterZoom, adds the ShelterZoom widget to Land Co.'s site.