2023 Fire Awards: Relentless focus and customer-facing viewpoint propels Leasecake

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Leasecake's team in its kitchen

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Leasecake CEO Taj Adhav

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By Sarah Kinbar - Staff writer

June 15, 2023, 09:19am EDT

Leasecake, in business since 2017, is an Orlando Inno 2023 Fire Awards, one of four in the On the Come Up category, which recognizes businesses that established five to six years ago.

Leasecake provides lease and location management for multi-unit tenant restaurants, service-based retail, franchise or corporate, driving revenue and unit growth through flexible, easy-to-use applications.

Introducing the 2023 Fire Awards winners

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Here are this year's 16 honorees, listed in alphabetical order.

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2023 Fire Awards Capacitech Energy slide

Capacitech Energy is an energy storage component company that makes cable-based energy storage products, like the supercapacitor.

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Care.ai developed artificial intelligence-powered sensors and a monitoring platform that enable smart, real-time patient monitoring in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted-living communities. The startup’s technology is in use in 1,500 U.S. facilities.

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DeepWork Capital is an early-stage investment firm that provides hands-on, active engagement to support entrepreneurs before, during and after every investment.

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Hoverfly makes tethered drones for the U.S. military, as well as security and public safety companies and agencies.

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Kalogon manufactures the high-tech Kalogon Orbiter Smart Cushion, which uses machine learning and patent-pending air cell technology to sense pressure points and redistribute weight to increase blood flow and improve comfort for wheelchair users.

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Kismet Technologies is the creator of NanoRad, a fast-acting, residual antimicrobial that provides long-lasting virus and bacteria surface protection.

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Leasecake is the developer of software that allows tenants, brokers and landlords manage leases, insurance, inspections and more.

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Mosyle makes mobile device management software that lets businesses and schools control issued mobile devices and protect them from cyber attacks.

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Though not a tech firm or startup, Osceola County government put in a lot of work to lead a coalition that won millions of dollars from the federal government to benefit the NeoCity tech hub’s semiconductor lab.

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RedTeam developed a construction management software that allows digital collaboration on construction plans, document management, billing and more.

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SightPlan is a developer of multifamily software that makes it easier to track work requests, collect rent, communicate with residents, etc.

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Simetri is a simulation/training company that makes moulage, prosthetics that fit onto manikins to simulate various injuries for military and medical training.

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Stax is a fintech (financial technology) company that specializes in credit card payment processing for businesses.

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Tomahawk Robotics is a maker of an artificial intelligence-enabled, universal robot control system.

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Vaya Space developed the Star 3-D rocket engine, a hybrid engine that uses liquid and solid propellant, and the Dauntless rocket, to launch payloads into space for the growing small satellite sector.

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VerdeGo Aero created hardware that enables hybrid-electric aircraft by using both electric motors and sustainable liquid fuels — sometimes considered competing methods — to make aircraft more sustainable.

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Here’s more from CEO Taj Adhav:

What led to Leasecake’s rapid growth?

We invented a market that no one knew existed, providing solutions for owner-operator businesses that are not real estate experts to more efficiently stay ahead of every time-sensitive, business-critical event. It typically starts with a lease and goes much further into tracking every date, dollar and document to successfully run a location and grow revenue. The time had arrived where tenants needed their own app to manage their real estate locations and we met the problem head on.

How did you accomplish it?

We grew despite the global pandemic by creating award-winning, consumer-centric software that is affordably priced and infinitely shareable to save headcount by helping customers efficiently focus on what matters most.

What’s one big challenge Leasecake’s rapid growth has created, and how do you plan to overcome it?

Maintaining and strengthening Leasecake’s organizational health is a focus as we continue to scale. We’re meeting the challenge through purposeful collaboration across all levels and continued empowerment of our rising leaders with company and team-based objective and key results.

What is a little-known fact about Leasecake?

I thought it was a bad idea until I pitched it and we won a global tech competition across 200 cities and 58 countries. I decided to buy the domain, leasecake.com, for $11.99.

What’s your top company goal for 2023?

Doubling our customer base while maintaining a high employee net promoter score

How does Leasecake stay on the cutting edge?

We have a relentless focus on solving the needs of our customers. Almost everyone in the company has a customer-facing viewpoint, and it’s an essential part of who we are.