eGuarantee awarded 2026 PropTech Breakthrough Award

• Awarded Alternative Financing Solution of the Year in 6th annual PropTech Breakthrough Awards
• Amongst other winners were Procore – Overall Construction Tech winner,  MRI Real Estate Software – Affordable Housing winner, and Atlus Group – CRE analytics winner and much more
• eGuarantee provides a new solution for lease security that has released over $140m back to businesses so far

SYDNEY, Australia — eGuarantee, Australia’s market leader and pioneer of digital Lease Bond guarantees for commercial leases, today announced it has been selected as winner of the “Alternative Financing Solution of the Year” award in the 6th annual PropTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by PropTech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and recognizes the world’s most innovative real estate technology companies and solutions.

Commercial lease security has long been dominated by traditional bank guarantees, an outdated process requiring tenants to lock away cash for the term of a lease. In Australia, more than $10 billion is tied up in bank guarantees, restricting capital that could fund growth and job creation.

eGuarantee was created to change that with the first and only Lease Bond solution in Australia and New Zealand: an alternative digital financial guarantee backed by the insurance market. Each Lease Bond is underwritten by HDI Global Specialty SE, an S&P AA- rated global insurer on par with Australia’s big four banks, delivering landlords unconditional financial security with no cash collateral required from tenants. The solution is accepted by leading landlords including the likes of Dexus, Vicinity Centres and Brookfield, and has released more than $140 million back into businesses; the average customer frees up $375,000.

eGuarantee’s proprietary, cloud-based platform is encrypted and accessible 24/7, protecting landlords from fraud and lost records and automating claims, notifications and purpose-built customisations for fit-outs, incentives and make-good periods. In the past year, the company has added generative AI, launching its Bank Guarantee Digitiser and Lease Reader to convert non-standard documents into digital records and extract critical data.

“Businesses have told us the same thing for years: the cash behind their bank guarantees is the cheapest growth capital they will ever find, and they cannot touch it,” said Cedric Fuchs, Co-founder eGuarantee. “We built the Lease Bond so that capital goes back to work in staff, fit-outs and new sites, while the landlord’s security is never diluted. This award belongs to our team and to the landlords and tenants willing to change how lease security is done.”

The PropTech sector is rapidly redefining how people buy, sell, manage and experience real estate, transforming one of the world’s largest asset classes. From AI-driven property insights and digital transaction platforms to smart building technologies and sustainability solutions, PropTech is delivering greater efficiency, transparency and sustainability.

The mission of the annual PropTech Breakthrough Awards program is to recognize the innovators transforming the global real estate landscape through technology. The program conducts a comprehensive analysis of the companies, technologies and solutions redefining how properties are bought, sold, managed and developed. From property management platforms and smart building solutions to AI-driven analytics, blockchain-based transactions and digital twin technology, these breakthrough innovations are enabling real estate companies to operate more efficiently, enhance user experiences and shape the future of how people interact with property.

“The strongest alternative financing entries are the ones that give one side flexibility without asking the other side to give up protection,” said Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director of PropTech Breakthrough Awards. “eGuarantee did exactly that: it did not simply digitise an old instrument, it shifted lease security from the banking market to the insurance market while preserving bank-level protection for landlords. Congratulations to eGuarantee on being named our 2026 Alternative Financing Solution of the Year.”

eGuarantee is continuing to invest in its platform, its AI-powered document tools, and its landlord and partner network.

eGuarantee is Australia’s market leader in digital Lease Bond guarantees for commercial leases. Led by Co‑founder Shaun Sergay (former PWC), Executive Chairman Stephen Ellis (former CEO of CBRE and Knight Frank), and co-founder and Director Cedric Fuchs  co‑founder of Charter Hall), eGuarantee’s platform enables businesses to secure lease obligations without tying up cash in traditional bank guarantees. With acceptance from over 170 leading landlords, eGuarantee is unlocking working capital and modernising commercial leasing across Australia.

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