dao

Name

dao

Legal name

Dao

Website

https://daoresidential.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Dao is a Danish courier company that has expanded into consumer postal and letter delivery services via a mobile app, online portal, and planned nationwide service point network, serving Danish consumers and ecommerce merchants following PostNord's exit from letter delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Management Software

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Homeowners Association (HOA) Management (BPAJAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Association Maintenance, Vendor & Capital Project Management (BPAJAHAM)

Keywords

• Residential property management
• Property technology software
• Rental management platform
• Real estate operations
• Tenant management software

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Postal and Delivery Services: Dao provides postal and logistics services to consumers and merchants in Denmark, with infrastructure upgrades reshaping merchant costs and delivery expectations across the industry
2. Letter Delivery Services: Following PostNord's exit from letter delivery by end of 2025, Dao announced new postal services including letter delivery capabilities through its app and online portal

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Core offering

dao is a Berlin-based technology company founded in 2023 that develops modern software solutions to revolutionize residential property management. The company applies contemporary technology to help residential landlords and property managers digitize and streamline property operations, targeting the German residential real estate market with a software-first approach to replacing legacy manual workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Property Management Platform A modern software platform built for residential landlords and property managers in Germany to digitize and streamline property operations, leveraging contemporary technology to manage residential real estate portfolios more efficiently than legacy manual workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Letters sent in Denmark declined 90% since 2000 and 30% between 2023 and 2024, creating market opportunity for agile postal operators

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Emerging players

• Wunderflats: Berlin-based mid-term rental platform also founded by Julian Teicke. Same founder DNA and overlapping landlord/tenant workflows make it a thematic and executional reference point for Dao's roadmap.
• Immomio: German rental application and tenant screening platform for landlords and agencies. Adjacent rather than identical offering, but serves the same residential landlord buyer with overlapping workflows.
• PlanRadar: Vienna-based SaaS for construction and real estate documentation, defect management, and maintenance workflows. Comparable in regional reach (DACH) and in digitizing residential property operations workflows.
• Guesty: Global short-term and vacation rental property management platform. Different vertical but directly comparable as a tech-led property management SaaS targeting non-traditional landlords, illustrating the broader platform play Dao could pursue.
• Allthings: Swiss proptech platform serving residential and mixed-use property managers with tenant apps and operational tools. Similar product architecture and target persona of multi-unit residential operators in a neighboring DACH market.

Direct peers

• Casavi: German property management SaaS platform serving residential landlords and property managers. Closest direct competitor to Dao with overlapping target market, feature set (tenant communication, document management, workflows), and DACH focus.
• Vermietet.de: Germany-focused rental property management software for private landlords and small portfolios. Competes head-to-head with Dao for the same residential landlord persona with similar self-serve onboarding.
• faciliaio: Berlin-based digital Hausverwaltung platform targeting small and mid-sized residential property managers. Same geography, same customer segment, and overlapping value proposition of digitizing traditional property administration.

Broad incumbents

• McMakler: German real estate brokerage and platform serving buyers, sellers, and landlords. While broader than Dao, it has expanded into property management services and competes for landlord mindshare and software budgets.
• Hometrack: UK-based residential property data and analytics platform owned by Zoopla. Broader incumbent serving lenders, valuers, and public sector; comparable as an institutional-grade proptech platform adjacent to the residential rental ecosystem.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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