By bringing together the best minds from the technology and real estate industries, Evernest’s platform is designed to offer agents and their clients a unique solution for transparent, seamless, and personalised customer service.

We’re excited to be sitting down with Co-Founder & CEO, Christian Evers, to shine a spotlight on Evernest’s journey so far and share his advice for aspiring founders and management teams.

Share the story of the Evernest, how did it come into fruition?

My Co-Founder and I had worked together at a large real estate company focused on residential sales.

During our time there we noticed there was significant growth in a market that was still operating the same way it was operating in the 90s — no mobility, no data.

The market was ripe someone to introduce technology. We wanted to be the ones to fix this by creating a platform for real estate agents and their clients.

What has been the hardest lesson learned so far?

There are a lot of hard lessons to be learned. One of which being that things will always take longer than you think.

You need to be careful and realistic with your business plans and your own expectations.

Part of entrepreneurship is also having a million different things coming in your direction, so you need to be ready to jump straight in.

What has been the biggest surprise during your time at Evernest?

We created Evernest just two months before the Covid-19 pandemic, and so in the beginning it took a while for us to build physical teams. Having to build a team from scratch, and not be able to meet people and work together while in lockdown was hard to do. Since then, we’ve faced tough markets with high inflation and steeply increasing interest rates as well.

There’s always a light at the end of a tunnel, but facing historically difficult market conditions immediately after launching a business was a difficult start, and definitely a surprise!

What advice would you offer other growth companies about financing their business?

Plan conservatively. Make sure you have additional headroom for the things you don’t expect or can’t control.

Make sure you really consider your runway, and maintain good cost-control. There will always be unexpected things popping up that will cost you money, and you should be mindful of how you tackle these.

In strong fundraising environments you may have the flexibility to burn an extra million, but especially during weaker times, it’s imperative that you spend conservatively.

What is Evernest’s biggest achievement so far?

We’ve established a great brand — everyone in the industry in Germany knows us and we were able to build this brand during a global crisis. We’ve been called “the sexiest brand in real estate” and there has been a great buzz around what we do.

We’re proud of having built a technology that nobody in the market has built — from scratch. People are amazed that we’ve been able to build an extensive, unique solution, and make it available to our agents via an app on their mobile phones.

Last but not least, we’ve been able to build fantastic teams in Germany and Spain. It’s important to look at things closely and appreciate the smaller achievements made every day. I’ve been able to watch so many people going above and beyond, reaching out of their comfort zones to achieve great things. I see the loyalty, dedication, and work that our team puts in every single day is a huge achievement.

Any further tips for aspiring founders?

Don’t over think things, just get started. We took a long time thinking about getting started with Evernest, and we probably should have got started 12 months earlier. You don’t get the time you spent waiting back, so just do it. Build a strong network and choose your investors wisely.

We have a great cap table full of investors who are there to help not only when we need to raise capital.

Pick investors who believe in you, challenge you, and support you.

Find out more about Evernest here: https://www.evernest.com/de/