PRESS KIT ABOUT CENTRIQ The Company Centriq was founded in January 2015 by James Sheppard and Shubber Ali. The impetus was the simple idea that your home, the single most expensive and complicated purchase that most of us will ever make, ought to come with a user manual. Centriq currently has a core team of 20 that is geographically disbursed, with a strong advisory board that includes executives from Home Depot, Salesforce, Microsoft, Dropbox and Accenture. To date, Centriq has received over $1.5 million in seed funding, and will be closing Series A funding in early 2017. The App Centriq is the new app that consolidates all of the information that homeowners need to get the most out of their homes and the things in them. Personalized to each home, this intelligent user manual is the one place homeowners can turn to for everything they need to know about anything in their home that will ever need to be fixed, maintained or simply used better. The Centriq App is available for free on ios now and an Android version is coming in early 2017. The Centriq User Simply put, Centriq users are homeowners and the people that occupy and use that home. The homeowner may use Centriq to troubleshoot and keep the heater running. A spouse may use it to record expert advice from a service technician on how to use the irrigation system. A guest may use it to make sense of all those remote controls so they can watch television. A babysitter may use it to find out how to shut off the main gas line in an emergency. But perhaps those who need Centriq most are new homeowners; leaving behind the home they know well and starting again at square one. They finally have a way to get access to the years of know-how from the previous owner who learned all the ins and outs of the home. In effect, there is a knowledge transfer from seller to buyer. In the year ending April 30, 2016, there were more than 5.2 million total home sales, of which 4.7 million were existing home sales, and 519,000 were new home sales. With Centriq, these homebuyers can move into their new homes with confidence. Home-ownership can be daunting, especially for first-time homebuyers. Centriq helps make home ownership easier by collecting everything homeowners need to know about their homes in one place.
Video tours from the builder or seller, how-to videos from the equipment and appliance manufacturers, user manuals, parts & accessories, maintenance schedules and access to the service providers who already know the home. Leadership Shubber Ali, Co-CEO / Founder Shubber brings years of business innovation to Centriq. Before Centriq, Shubber was a Vice President of Strategic Innovation at Salesforce.com, where he worked with clients to help them strategically transform their businesses by focusing on how to rethink and radically simplify business processes and models. Prior to that, he led Innovation in Silicon Valley for Accenture. He currently serves as a board member for Mindshare, a mentorship program for D.C.-area CEOs, and as a member of the Dean's advisory committee for the Georgetown University Graduate School of Business. James Sheppard, Co-CEO/Founder James is a two-time entrepreneur who has brought ideas to life in both the analog and digital world. Before Centriq, James was a VP of Enterprise Strategy and Innovation at Salesforce, where he led a team that helped the C-suite of some of the best known brands design their customer engagement strategy. Prior to that, James built Vetrazzo, the original maker of recycled glass surface material. He currently serves as an advisor to numerous startups and, when not thinking about business, he can likely be found doing a puppet show with his toddler daughter. Contact Information For more information, please feel free to contact us at: Scott Barrett (888) 567-8118 media@centriqhome.com ABOUT THE CENTRIQ APP Centriq helps homeowners manage their homes and everything in them from their smartphone. From mechanical systems in the basement, electronics in the living room or fruit trees in the yard, anytime a homeowner needs help, it's easy to find. It also gives a voice to your home: alerting you when specific maintenance is required, showing you how to do it and telling you exactly what parts or supplies you need to get it done. How it works With Centriq, users can add their home assets in seconds by simply snapping a picture of what the industry calls nameplates that little label with the technical data where you normally find the make, model and serial # for the item. Centriq s patent-pending technology does the rest: recognizing the item and retrieving user manuals, parts, maintenance schedules and more. Centriq can be used with nearly everything with an on switch. If it s got a nameplate, Centriq will find it. And users can
organize all of the information into rooms or spaces that are customizable to each individual home. For example, information on a refrigerator could be included in a group called kitchen within Centriq. In addition, users can easily add anything else they need to keep track of from fruit trees to paint colors by clicking the plus sign prominent on every screen. For example, some homeowners want to build insurance inventories (a highly recommended practice) and, therefore, add things like jewelry, bikes and furniture. And if users don t have the time or inclination to add assets themselves, Centriq can refer homeowners to professionals in their area that can perform the digitization for them. Busy realtors digitizing a new listing often take advantage of this service. Features How to videos The most helpful video resources specific to the homeowner s particular product model are curated to help homeowners use them better. Not just videos from the manufacturer, but from other power users as well. Most maintenance alerts come with the video of how to perform the task, so users can do more themselves. User manuals Homeowners can say goodbye to the drawer stuffed with manuals they never look at. Centriq finds the manufacturer s product manual for most everything with an on-switch, so homeowners have detailed product information at their fingertips. Users can zoom in to read specific content, and soon will be able to search, highlight, and bookmark the answer as well. Parts & materials When it s time to take care of the home, be it changing a furnace or water filter or fertilizing the fruit trees, Centriq will present precisely the information needed, including model or size of specific parts. All parts and materials listed are based on the manufacturer s recommendations so homeowners can be sure they ll work. Customized emergency plans Whether at risk of earthquake, flood, or hurricane, a family s safety depends on a clear plan that every family member can follow. The problem with most emergency resources is that they re generic. Centriq enables an easy way for homeowners to capture and share the critical things (like utility shutoffs) that works offline so it s there when needed. Receipt management Centriq users will never misplace an important receipt again. Homeowners can take a photo of the receipt and store it with the other information about the item in Centriq. Homeowners using Centriq will always be prepared for a return, warranty or insurance claim, not to mention the IRS.
And coming soon Product safety recall By taking a photo of the asset nameplate for a powered product such as an appliance, heater, air conditioner, or audio/video equipment, Centriq will identify the item and process against the Consumer Product Safety Commission s authoritative database of all product recalls. If there s a problem, Centriq will tell you, along with how to remedy it. (Note that this feature requires that the photo clearly show the item s manufacturer, model number and serial number.) Maintenance alerts Centriq will proactively alert users about any maintenance requirements for the items they ve added, according to the manufacturer s recommended schedule. Always customized to the home and, therefore, always relevant. Homeowners can stop worrying about staying on top of everything. Centriq will ping them when needed. MEDIA-READY DESCRIPTIONS Short Long The Centriq app is a revolutionary user manual for the home. It s the one place to turn for anything at home that needs to be fixed, maintained or simply used better. Centriq keeps everything homeowners need to know about their homes in one place, from how to maintain and repair furnaces and refrigerators, to what to do with countertops and fruit trees. At the time of a real estate transaction, Centriq enables the transfer of knowledge from those that have it (the sellers) to those that need it (the buyers). It makes taking on a new home much less intimidating. With Centriq, homeowners know exactly what they need to do to keep things running at home. Centriq will tell them what parts they need and show them how, with video instructions from experts. With Centriq, homeowners have their home in their hands. Model and serial numbers, user manuals, floor plans, warranties, receipts. Everything they need to run their home, saving time, money and countless trips to the hardware store. Centriq is a new app that revolutionizes how homeowners keep things running and get things done at home. Think of it as a user manual for the home. Users simply snap a photo of the nameplate on appliances, equipment and anything with an on switch. Centriq does the rest; identifying the item and presenting user manuals, parts and supplies, and how to videos from experts. And Centriq has more great features that make it easy for homeowners to add their other stuff themselves and collect any other information they need in one place: they can store photos
of new artwork or jewelry to create or add to insurance inventories, create video notes of advice from service professionals, create photo notes for visual records of useful information like types of lightbulbs in every fixture, upload important receipts so they never have trouble finding them, and even upload their floor plans so they always have accurate measurements of walls, doors, and windows at their fingertips. Centriq remembers it all, so homeowners don t have to. For homeowners, Centriq puts their home in their hands, so they can take back their weekends. MEDIA ASSETS Centriq logos (higher resolution versions, and /or a white version also available) Full color: Single Color: App logos (higher resolution versions, and /or a white version also available):
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS Interested in talking to a Centriq user for your story? We can put you in contact with real Centriq families who d be happy to talk to you about their experience using our app. Contact media@centriq.com for details. Recently, my dryer caught on fire. Turns out, every two years I was supposed to clean out the inside. Who knew? Now, with Centriq, I know all of those important details. Melanie in Salt Lake City This is a great app! Recently, I had to order a new rack for my dishwasher. With Centriq, I knew exactly what part I needed, without wasting time trying to find my user manual or looking it up on the internet. Liz in California Today, a light bulb in our chandelier went out. Before, we had to get out the ladder to take out the old bulb so we could bring it with us to the hardware store. With Centriq, my husband knew exactly what bulb we needed, so we avoided a second trip to the hardware store. Rebecca in Novato, CA CENTRIQ IN THE PRESS Centriq aims to turn every house into a database of maintenance information September 9, 2015 Centriq aims to turn every house into a database of maintenance information. Agents may have trouble determining which deal side gets credit, but app's purpose is worth the debate. Read more Centriq app upgrades build impressive home data libraries November 11, 2016 First reviewed last year, Centriq has drastically improved its home information capture features and partnerships Read more