// startup autopsy

ProptechPR

Puerto Rico proptech competing against Zillow for the Act 20/22 mainland US buyer market

competitionSlow Death

Years-long decline before final shutdown · Fatal mistake: Puerto Rico property market dominated by US mainland platforms: Zillow, Realtor.com, and Trulia served the large Act 20/22 US tax incentive real estate market. Local real estate agents (80%) used C21 Puerto Rico and Coldwell Banker franchises with US parent MLS systems. Independent proptech had no listing data differentiation

Founded	2019
Closed	2022
Country	Puerto Rico
Sector	Proptech

// the model, blind

Evaluating only ProptechPR’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Competition as the #1 likely cause. That’s exactly how it died.

Key Events Timeline

2019

FOUNDING

2021

CRISIS

2022

SHUTDOWN

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Documented cause

ProptechPR built property tech for Puerto Rico. Mainland buyers used Zillow. Local buyers used Clasificados Online (est. 2000). Agents used US parent MLS. No data differentiation.

Lesson

“Puerto Rico proptech must specialize in the post-disaster reconstruction insurance claims market (30,000+ Maria-damaged properties still in litigation) — this is a data-intensive legal process without any existing proptech solution.”

Failure anatomy

Collapse type

Slow Death

🐌 LOW

Hype cycle

None

Moat type

Technology

Fatal mistake

Puerto Rico property market dominated by US mainland platforms: Zillow, Realtor.com, and Trulia served the large Act 20/22 US tax incentive real estate market. Local real estate agents (80%) used C21 Puerto Rico and Coldwell Banker franchises with US parent MLS systems. Independent proptech had no listing data differentiation