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DIAKRIT Management team buy majority shares from News Corp Australia

DIAKRIT Management team buy majority shares from News Corp Australia

July 25, 2018

DIAKRIT today announced an agreement to buy its majority shareholding from News Corp Australia.

DIAKRIT will now be owned by its three original founders Fredrik Bergman (CEO), Dick Karlsson (Managing Director, Residential) and Martin Fritze (CTO), as well as Pontus Lindholm (Director, Sales Nordic), who will all continue to run the company together backed by a new smaller group of international investors, all of whom have vast experience and specialised skills in technology, international expansion and business development.

One of the new investors, Rickard Gardell, who is originally from Sweden but has a long history in the Australian finance sector and is the founder of the largest venture capital firm in Australia (Pacific Equity Partners) has expressed his excitement to be a part of DIAKRIT’s next chapter saying “I obviously wanted to take part in the opportunity to join the journey of a dominant Swedish company taking their business global. It’s been very exciting to follow DIAKRIT, especially in Australia where the demand for their products has been very high, and where they’ve succeeded in positioning themselves as a leading player in only two years time.”

Under the new ownership, DIAKRIT are looking forward to applying even greater learnings coupled with the latest technology from overseas to the international real estate market to create better buying and selling experiences.

“We see Sweden as the benchmark for real estate across the world with their streamlined working processes and advanced technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and other leading software. We know other markets will greatly benefit from this and are ready for what the next level of home buying and selling looks like.” says Dick.

Established in 2001, DIAKRIT offers a full suite of high-end digital visualization solutions including photography, interactive furnishing and decorating solutions, 360° VR tours, HD video and drone technology that shortens sales time, provides more relevant information to buyers and enhances the experience of buying, selling and renting real estate.

DIAKRIT will look to utilise the strategic support and business development knowledge of the new Investors and Directors who have vast experience in globalisation across the tech, real estate and finance industries to continue to meet the needs of the ever-changing and growing real estate industry.

Dick said “Having worked with over 2,000 agent-driven businesses around the world in under 17 years, we understand the pressures and challenges that agents face being expected to perform everything from prospecting, appraisals and selling, while still maintaining a high level of customer service. We see the potential to add great value to our partnerships by providing a central customer support centre that can handle everything from lead generating, nurturing, general customer care and administrative tasks.”

The business offering, which has already been servicing Sweden’s largest real estate group for the last 6 years, is set to be introduced in Australia later this year.

For more information regarding the announcement please contact dick.karlsson@diakrit.com.

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    DIAKRIT has always been driven by the desire to revolutionize the way people buy and sell real estate – to make the online search easier, more secure and more engaging. As the leader in global real estate marketing, we help people see the potential in their future living environment with digital marketing solutions that enable them to plan, furnish and decorate the home of their dreams.

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