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AvenueHQ

AvenueHQ runs the marketing for residential real estate agents — building and maintaining their websites, capturing leads, and handling their social advertising and newsletters. Rebecca and Chris Troelstra founded it in Vancouver in 2013 as Realty Butler and rebranded in 2018; it raised $4.5 million in 2019 to expand into the United States.

PropTechVancouverFounded 2013avenuehq.com
$4.5Mraised in 2019 to expand the realtor marketing platform across the USBetaKit
12 to 40employees during 2017, the year described on the TechVancouver stageTechVancouver stage 2017-12-28

The people

Rebecca TroelstraCo-founder & COO · 1 TechTO talk
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Chris TroelstraCo-founder & CEOprofile coming

What they build

AvenueWebsites, lead capture, social advertising and newsletter marketing for residential real estate agents.Product page ↗

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On the TechVancouver stage

Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about AvenueHQ

About

The founders' observation was a knowledge gap: residential realtors were being sold technology they had neither the time nor the inclination to run. AvenueHQ's answer pairs simple online tools with live human support, so an agent's website, lead capture, advertising and newsletters are handled rather than merely provided. The company grew from 12 to 40 staff during 2017 alone — the period Rebecca Troelstra described on the TechVancouver stage, when they adopted quarterly OKRs published at company, department and individual level to keep a fast-growing team pointed the same way. It raised $4.5 million in 2019 for US expansion. Chris Troelstra is CEO; Rebecca Troelstra is COO.

Backers

Raised $4.5M in 2019; the full investor list is not published by the company.

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What does AvenueHQ do?

It handles marketing for residential real estate agents: website build and maintenance, lead capture, social media advertising and newsletter marketing, backed by a live support team.

Why the two names?

It launched in 2013 as Realty Butler and rebranded to AvenueHQ in 2018. The TechVancouver talk on this page predates the rebrand.

Who founded it?

Rebecca Troelstra, who is COO, and Chris Troelstra, who is CEO.

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