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NYC residential sale-leaseback fintech permanently closed December 2024; $127M raised ($28M Northwestern Mutual Series D Feb 2024) before state AG enforcement actions in Michigan/Massachusetts and consumer lawsuits across 5 states led to closure.
EasyKnock was a New York City-based residential sale-leaseback fintech company — having raised $127 million in total venture funding over 9 rounds including a $28 million Series D led by Northwestern Mutual in February 2024 — that permanently closed in December 2024 following regulatory enforcement actions and consumer litigation. Founded in 2016 by CEO Jarred Kessler and Ben Black, EasyKnock pioneered the residential sale-leaseback model in the United States, allowing homeowners to sell their property to EasyKnock for immediate liquidity while remaining as tenants in their home — targeting homeowners seeking to access equity without moving, those facing potential foreclosure, or property owners seeking capital for investments.
Richmond VA tobacco and nicotine (NYSE: MO) ~$9.7B net revenue FY2024; Marlboro 40%+ US cigarette share, on! oral pouch competing with Zyn, 50%+ operating margins, ABI stake, competing with Reynolds/BAT.
Altria Group, Inc. is a Richmond, Virginia-based tobacco and nicotine company — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MO) as an S&P 500 Consumer Staples component — manufacturing and selling cigarettes (Marlboro — the best-selling cigarette brand in the United States), smokeless tobacco (Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, Husky chewing tobacco/moist snuff brands), oral nicotine pouches (on! brand), and maintaining a 10.7% ownership stake in Anheuser-Busch InBev (SABMiller acquisition consideration shares) and a 35% stake in JUUL Labs (vaping — original $12.8B investment written down to minimal value following JUUL's regulatory and litigation difficulties) through approximately 5,500 employees. In fiscal year 2024, Altria reported revenues of approximately $20.6 billion (net revenues after excise taxes approximately $9.7 billion), with the cigarette segment (Marlboro generating 40%+ US cigarette market share) contributing the majority of operating income at 50%+ adjusted operating margins — the highest margins in the consumer staples sector reflecting cigarettes' inelastic demand and regulated market structure. CEO Billy Gifford has pivoted Altria's strategy from cigarettes toward smoke-free nicotine products: the on! oral nicotine pouch (acquired full ownership of Helix Innovations in 2023, rebranding as on! to compete with Swedish Match Zyn, the dominant US oral nicotine pouch brand) represents Altria's primary nicotine product diversification vehicle as cigarette volume declines 7-8% annually through consumer quit rates and secular health awareness trends.
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