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About
Matt Barba is the co-founder and CEO of Placester, a real estate marketing platform he established with CTO Frederick Townes in January 2011; the company has raised over $100M in funding from investors including NEA, Romulus Capital, and Techstars. He began his career as a real estate agent in 2008, later working at Modern Real Estate in Allston, MA, and authored Builder, a real estate plugin for WordPress. Barba earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Boston University in 2009 and was named to the Swanepoel POWER 200 list in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Founder at Placester
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Matt Barba?
- Matt Barba is the co-founder and CEO of Placester, a real estate marketing platform he established with CTO Frederick Townes in January 2011; the company has raised over $100M in funding from investors including NEA, Romulus Capital, and Techstars. He began his career as a real estate agent in 2008, later working at Modern Real Estate in Allston, MA, and authored Builder, a real estate plugin for WordPress. Barba earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Boston University in 2009 and was named to the Swanepoel POWER 200 list in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
- Where does Matt Barba work?
- Matt Barba is Founder of Placester.
- What companies did Matt Barba found?
- Matt Barba founded Placester.
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