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Bricks and Agent

Can maintenance workflow become the system of record that pulls invoice, accounting, and payment rails together for property managers?

Founded2016
HQMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
FoundersRafael Niesten, Jon Stul
Latest roundBuyout/LBO (Acquired by Proptech Labs)
IndustryVertical SaaS / Real Estate
The story

Bricks + Agent was founded in 2016 in Melbourne as a marketplace matching property vendors, buyers, and renters, then quickly pivoted into a property maintenance platform connecting property managers, tenants, owners, and trades. The company expanded from a single maintenance product into a suite (Inspection Manager, Invoice Automate, Key Automate, reHeroes AI chatbot) that now sits under a parent brand, Proptech Labs. The core commercial wedge is workflow integration into trust accounting systems (Property Tree, PropertyMe, Console Cloud, Xero, MYOB) — embedded finance is limited to invoice payment routing via Stripe rather than direct issuance of financial products.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2016
Bricks + Agent founded by Rafael Niesten and Jon Stul in Melbourne to match vendors and buyers/renters of property.· pivot
2017
MVP of the property maintenance platform launched; named as one of five startups to watch by Finfeed.· banking
2017
Joined Pledge 1%.· pivot
2023
Expanded suite with Inspection Manager, Invoice Automate, Key Automate, and reHeroes (AI chatbot Alex).· pivot
2025
Operates as subsidiary of Proptech Labs (parent brand); managing 1.6M properties, 5.1M owners/tenants, 110K trades.· acquisition
The stack
2 layers disclosed in Bricks and Agent’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe
Accounting
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Accounting gap: none
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