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42Floors Raises $5M, Expands Office Search Site To New York

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Seeing http://42floors.com/showroom was one of the greatest "aha!" moments I've ever had looking at any startup. I'm thrilled to see the company continuing to grow, I think it's a fantastic model.

We're been really focused on the office manager specifically. What things drive that person crazy. Showroom is our first stab at easing that pain of moving. Lots more to come.

It made two things make sense to me 1. Monetization. You can own so many verticals with straightforward business models that will ALSO 2. Ease the pains of your users. I hate furnishing an office, whether a CEO of a startup or an office manager of a large office. It's the worst thing ever.

Slick stuff. They clearly invest a lot of time/energy into each listing. Good photos, good detail on each building.

We want to move to a bigger space in downtown NY but we need to break our five-year lease. So we either moving within the building (no broker) or find a replacement for our space (broker simultaneously places us and fills our space). Hard to imagine 42floors helping us this time 'round.

Most of ours users use 42Floors as well as work with a broker. We can't replace the one-on-one professional consultation of a broker, but we do provide you an easily way to scan 100's of listings.

Either way, congrats on needing more office space! And as Darren mentioned, you can post your sublease for free on 42Floors and we'll help get it leased up.

If you decide to try to sublease, we can help you find a tenant... we list subleases. Send me an email: darren@

The site offers a collection of office furniture, a way to connect with interior designers and wellness programs, kitchen accessories and so on. For now, it’s basically a lead-gen aggregator, sending users to the sites where they can buy those items

-- This is an interesting, logical extension too.

What are the advantages to using 42Floors over LoopNet, other than the UI?

Loopnet's revenue is largely from subscription fees to be able to search listings. 42Floors is entirely free to search.

I've been waiting for them to come to NYC. The real-estate market is fundamentally broken here, with the interests of brokers and searches totally at odds. This is a welcome development!

Awesome. We're excited to set up shop in ny. Please let us know what you think. All suggestions welcomed.

I didn't see the potential of this idea when I first heard of 42Floors.

Then I needed to find office space.

Looking forward to seeing this in Atlanta!

Soon! We've got to get NYC set up correctly. But we're excited to launch in Atlanta next year!

Dear 42Floors. I desperately need you guys to do Los Angeles. Will be moving there on Jan 1st.

Hmmmm...Jan 1st may be hard to meet :)

An idea came up while searching. You know what would be cool? A way to see what type of business is in each office building. I want to find co-working spaces that have a large concentration of the type of business I am in for obvious networking purposes.

:( Oh well, you guys will get my business when I relocate.

Congrats to Jason and team!

Thanks man! Always feels good to ship!

Congrats, Jason!!

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