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January 06, 2017

Portland startup Cozy hires new vice president from Medium, Twitter

January 05, 2017

Attracting growth stage talent: Cozy hires Twitter and Medium alum as VP of Product

Cozy hires Twitter and Medium alum, Brian Ellin, as VP of Product.

August 30, 2016

Cozy raises $8.5M Series B to simplify life for property managers and renters

Cozy, a platform to streamline interactions between property managers and renters, closed an $8.5 million Series B today led by American Family Ventures, with participation from Social Capital, General Catalyst and all other investors that participated in the company’s $1.5 million seed round in 2012.

August 30, 2016

Cozy, Portland tech company for landlords and renters, raises additional $8.5 million

Cozy, a small Portland tech company that helps manage rental properties, has added $8.45 million in new investment and says it’s passed an “inflection point” toward profitability.

August 30, 2016

Portland is getting even more Cozy

August 30, 2016

Cozy Raises $8.45M in Series B Funding Round

Cozy, the company that makes renting easy for everyone, announced the completion of an $8.45M financing round led by American Family Ventures.

August 30, 2016

Cozy Positioned to Expand After Successful Capital Campaign

Cozy successfully completed an $8.45M financing round aimed at strategically growing existing teams and funding product innovations.

August 30, 2016

With $8.5M fundraise, Cozy looks to hire, bolster its software

Rental management software maker Cozy has secured an $8.5 million Series B round.

December 17, 2015

Move, Inc. and Cozy Align to Make Rental Process Easier for Renters and Property Managers

Agreement adds more rentals listings to Doorsteps.com and realtor.com®, introduces secure background and credit checks for a more streamlined process.

November 06, 2015

Small Business Awards: Company of the Year (11-50 employees) — Cozy

Cozy is feathering its nest in its adopted hometown of Portland. Cozy was the recipient of this year’s Small Business and Innovation Award, hosted by the Portland Business Journal.

September 08, 2015

Twitter alum moves north to join Portland startup

Portland’s latest import from California is a former Twitter manager named Omid Ashtari, now an executive at Portland startup Cozy.

August 31, 2015

Cozy raises $3.4M from Slack co-founder, others for property rental management platform

Cozy has raised another $3.4 million from existing investors like Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield, angel investor Jason Calacanis, and General Catalyst Partners.

July 15, 2015

Cozy now offers free credit and background screening to independent landlords

Platform offers full-service solution from start of a lease life. Cozy, an application and payment solution for small landlords and property managers, is now offering background checks and credit reports that are free for landlords. Each screening offering is paid by the applicant for a flat rate of $19.95 for each or bundled for $34.95.

July 15, 2015

Saving Landlords Up to $10,000, Cozy Launches Easy Online Tenant Background Checks

With no on-site visits required, and no need for landlords to collect applicants’ Social Security numbers, Cozy’s new background checks make it easy for landlords to find reliable tenants and protect their investment.

July 14, 2015

Growing Portland property management tech specialist expands its scope

Cozy Co., a Portland company that makes property management software, is adding to its product line with a new background check service.

March 20, 2015

Cozy Named an RETech Innovative 20 Real Estate Tech Company

October 10, 2014

Three Startup Founders Reveal Why They Left San Francisco For Portland

Cozy CEO and co-founder Gino Zahnd discusses why he, along with other startup founders, decided to relocate the company from San Francisco to Portland, OR. The benefits are many: a lower cost of living, easier recruitment, and more.

September 16, 2014

Cozy Free is a Better System For Landlords and Renters

With powerful tools for both renters and landlords, Cozy Free is definitely on the right track. They’re addressing an issue many of us have dealt with, or are currently dealing with, and know exactly where to alleviate the traditional headaches associated with property rental.

September 16, 2014

Cozy Makes Its Rental Management Service Free

Cozy, a service that makes the rental process easier for landlords and tenants, has made its current feature set available to all clients for free.

September 12, 2014

Community Investor - The Hard Job of Being a Landlord Has Gotten a Little Easier

On this episode of Community Investor with host Larry Muck, discover how being a landlord can be tough for small operators with guest Gino Zahnd, co-founder and president of Cozy.co, which brings business process and technology to landlords across the country.

February 13, 2014

Cozy Launches Cozy Credit Reports and Experian Collaboration

Cozy, the company that makes renting easy for everyone, announced Cozy Credit Reports as a result of its collaboration with Experian, the leading global information services company.

February 13, 2014

Rental site Cozy partners with Experian to launch credit report service

Rental site Cozy has teamed up with credit info firm Experian to give prospective renters using its platform the ability to request and control access to their credit report when searching for a new rental.

February 12, 2014

Cozy launches Cozy Credit Reports

Cozy Credit Reports marks a true advancement in the the security and privacy of credit reports, as well as how credit data is purchased, controlled and used in the residential rental process by leveraging the Experian ConnectSM platform.

February 12, 2014

Cozy Launches New Feature To Give Tenants More Control Over Their Credit Reporting

Cozy is tackling another part of the rental process today with the launch of a new feature for credit checks.

February 12, 2014

A more secure credit report? A Portland real estate startup, Experian have an option

Rental real estate startup Cozy is taking aim at yet another element of the rental application process: the credit report.

January 29, 2014

Building Your A-Team

It’s one of the most important lessons that new property investors learn: a big part of your success in real estate depends on the people around you.

January 08, 2014

Real estate software firm gets Cozy in Portland with Landlordology acquisition

Barely two weeks into the new year and real estate management software company Cozy is already indicating 2014 will be a big year for the growing startup.

January 08, 2014

Rental marketplace Cozy acquires educational website Landlordology

Rental marketplace Cozy has acquired the landlord-focused education website Landlordology as part of the San Francisco-based startup’s 2014 expansion plans.

January 08, 2014

Portland startup Cozy buys Landlordology, which offers advice to landlords

Cozy, a Portland startup that provides Internet rental applications and tenant screenings, added to its services today with the purchase of a Washington, D.C., company that offers online guides to landlords.

January 08, 2014

Aiming To Grow Its Content Efforts, Rent Management Startup Cozy Acquires Landlordology

Cozy, a startup aiming to make the rental process easier for landlords and tenants, is announcing that it has made its first acquisition — landlord advice site Landlordology.

January 08, 2014

Cozy Acquires Landlord Education Company Landlordology

Cozy, the company that makes renting easy for everyone, announced today that it has acquired Landlordology, LLC., a company in the Washington, D.C. area.

November 21, 2013

Apps Aim to Take Sting Out of Rental Process

At last, our long national rental nightmare is over—the small apartment market is finally making strides towards the 21st Century.

October 29, 2013

Rental management is ripe for disruption, and Cozy has $5 million more in funding to make it happen

A Q&A with Cozy co-founder and CEO Gino Zahnd. The San Francisco- and Portland, Oregon-based startup, which is a platform for landlords and renters

October 16, 2013

Cozy raises $5M Series A funding to build out its team

Looking for an apartment can be hell. I was very lucky when I moved to the Bay Area last year: the first place I looked at was perfect, and I got it right away. But I remember going from apartment to apartment to apartment with my sister when I lived in New York. It was so stressful…

October 16, 2013

Cozy gets $5M to make it easier to pay rent online

A startup that makes it easier to pay rent online just secured $5 million in first round funding. Over 6,000 landlords and renters in over 500 cities across the U.S. use the Cozy website. Landlords pay to use the service and have the option for a 60-day free trial. It’s free for renters.

October 16, 2013

Cozy lands $5 million venture round, moves exec team from San Francisco to Portland

Cozy, an online rent-collection startup, says this morning that it has closed a $5 million investment round and moved its executive team to Portland.

Founded in San Francisco last year, the company opened a Portland office…

October 16, 2013

Cozy, rental management site for citizen landlords, raises $5M

Cozy, a property management platform for those who happen to be landlords in addition to having other careers, has raised $5 million in a Series A investment round.

The San Francisco-based startup launched in June…

October 16, 2013

Getting even cozier with Portland: San Francisco based startup Cozy lands $5 million and doubles down (triples, actually) on PDX office

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Portland is the de facto hub of regional offices. Not necessarily in quantity, but definitely in quality. Intel, Jive, Mozilla, New Relic, ebay, Salesforce…

July 26, 2013

Cozy officially launches to transform the renter market

Anyone who’s rented property knows the process of dealing with renters is typically this: Get their paper application, run credit reports, check references and social profiles. It’s not hugely broken, and it works.

July 26, 2013

Cozy, A Communication, Screening, and Payment Service For Landlords and Tenants

Cozy is a service that allows renters and landlords to easily communicate and pay rent online.

June 13, 2013

How Cozy CEO Gino Zahnd Landed A-List Investors Like Kevin Rose, Gary Vaynerchuk -- and Me (!)

The last thing Gino Zahnd and his co-founder John Bragg wanted to do was take investor money for Cozy, a startup that makes it easy for landlords to collect rent and screen applicants.

June 11, 2013

Aiming to Simplify the Landlord-Tenant Relationship

A new Web service called Cozy aims to simplify the relationship between those who own apartments and homes for rent, and those who pay rent to live in them.

June 11, 2013

Rentals are hot, and so are tools to manage them

As those 27-year-olds start rolling out of bed in mom’s basement and begin setting out on their own, the rental market is where they’re heading first, and tech companies (and agents) are beginning to cater to them.

June 09, 2013

Cozy Wants To Make Apartment/Home Rental Process Suck Less

At some point or another, you have rented or will rent an apartment. You’ll go through the dance of finding a place, filling out an application — which is often, inexplicably, still paper-based…

June 07, 2013

Dear Landlord: Cozy Helps You Pay Rent And Apply For Your Next Place

Cozy, a new rental payment service for renters and landlords, launched Thursday on the promise to obliterate those draining interactions.

June 07, 2013

Been to Apartment Hell and Back? A New Start-Up, Cozy, Wants to Simplify Renting.

If you’ve ever rented an apartment in certain metro areas, like New York and San Francisco, you’ve probably had a less-than-enjoyable experience.

June 07, 2013

Cozy could make renting much more comfortable for both landlords and tenants

Renting is a pain. Sure, it saves you from financial doom when the housing market collapses, and it certainly is a lot more affordable when you’re feeling a bit resource-constrained, but it can cause some massive headaches.

June 07, 2013

Cozy opens to the public in the US to create a smoother relationship between landlords and tenants

“Cozy is similar to what Airbnb does with hosts and guests, but with renters and landlords on a much longer timeframe. Zahnd says he likes the comparison and says that he hopes Cozy will disrupt the rental management service industry.”

June 07, 2013

Cozy unveils its platform to fix broken process of renting real estate

“The currently broken process of renting property affects nearly everyone at some point in their life. This process has never been designed and the way things work today, the relationship is doomed from the get go.”

June 07, 2013

Google Ventures-backed Cozy helps renters, small landlords

“We’re processing a few million dollars a year in rent payments at this point and our payment volume since January has grown 700 percent,” he said.
Now he is ready to market Cozy’s tools.

June 07, 2013

Get ready to get Cozy

While seeing new companies start and grow in Portland is amazing, having awesome companies decide to open up offices here is pretty darn cool, too. So when Cozy said they were opening a Portland office, I was pretty excited. Now, I’m even more excited because Cozy is live.

June 07, 2013

The Four Hour Work Week

The Random Show, Episode 21: Smart Drugs, Bitcoin, Apps, Fish Taint, and More.

February 16, 2013

Portland's tech renaissance is great for software developers, not so for those looking to hire

There’s been a lot of interest in Cozy since we announced our Portland studio. Gino spoke with Mike Rogoway of the Oregonian about Cozy’s entry into the Rose City and the factors that led to us hiring great people outside Silicon Valley.

February 07, 2013

Cozying up: Matt King joins Cozy as they open a Portland office

Portland’s leading startup blog sheds a little light on our new office and new hires in PDX.

October 06, 2012

An OKCupid for Apartment Renting

Enter Cozy, a web app that handles landlord-and-renter interactions like applications and payments, which began welcoming invite-requests from the public today after an initial test-phase with friends.

October 05, 2012

Cozy launches in private beta with $1.5M to change the way landlords and renters work together

Targeting an industry that has quite a bit of pain points, Cozy believes its service is the simplest way for landlords and renters to manage their rentals online.

October 05, 2012

Rent Management Startup Cozy Raises $1.5M From The Social + Capital Partnership, Google Ventures, Others

Cozy, a startup trying to take a lot of the headache out of the landlord-tenant relationship, has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

October 05, 2012

Cozy raises $1.5 million to make the landlord life a little easier

Cozy, the San Francisco-based startup for landlords, could bring a lot of ease to both landlords and tenants.