Why we're watching

No. 1

Founded by Elias Kassell, Ismail Jeilani, and Gregory Janik to solve the universal pain of property management. Landlords and estate agents rely on constant emails, calls, and contractor coordination; Brickwise (YC F25) replaces all that with an AI manager that handles maintenance requests end-to-end, 24/7.

No. 2

Kassell previously joined the Google Cloud team via its Dataform acquihire, where he led GKE deployments and data governance at scale. An Imperial MBA and gaming enthusiast, he blends systems thinking with strategy.

No. 3

Jeilani, serial founder behind edtechs Scoodle and LiveLink (backed by Google for Startups), once pitched his own board game to Hasbro as a teen. Initially thrust into entrepreneurship to pay off his student loans, he’s creative, mission-driven, and familiar with marketplaces.

No. 4

Janik, who led eng @ XAnge-backed Knowunity and Speedinvest-backed Vitt, has scaled consumer and fintech systems across Europe. A sharp critic of bureaucracy, the mainstream, and white Adidas, he’s driven to help the team solve a trillion-dollar global inefficiency - and actually get the mold out of your bathroom by EOD.

Founding team

Elias Kassell
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Co-founder @ Busby Ventures
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Imperial College Business School
Elias Kassell
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Co-founder @ LiveLink AI
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King's College London
Elias Kassell
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Director of Engineering @ Knowunity
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