InvestorKit wins tech award for EDGE property platform
Thu, 7th May 2026 (Today)
InvestorKit has won Technology Platform/Tool of the Year - Property Acquisitions at the inaugural Australian Buyers Agent Awards for its EDGE platform. The award recognises a platform used across the company's property advisory work.
EDGE, short for Evaluation, Data and Growth Engine, combines market research, portfolio strategy, property acquisition tools, and performance tracking in one system. The platform has been used in more than AUD $1.8 billion of property transactions, covering more than 2,700 properties across 65 markets and 2,000 clients, according to InvestorKit.
The award reflects a wider shift in property advisory, with firms building internal systems to manage research, client communication, and transaction workflows in one place. In InvestorKit's case, the platform is designed to support advisers and clients rather than automate the advisory role away.
Staff use the system to assess markets, track client portfolios, and manage the property journey from strategy through to settlement and later performance monitoring, the company said. It also supports InvestorKit's due diligence process through data models built with inputs from PropTrack, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Domain, Cordell, and other providers.
InvestorKit said EDGE has been developed over the past two and a half years as the business expanded from fewer than 20 employees to nearly 100. That growth has come alongside a broader push by property and financial services firms to embed data tools into day-to-day operations.
Arjun Paliwal, Chief Executive Officer and Head of Research at InvestorKit, said the platform was built around client outcomes rather than software design alone.
"EDGE is not about fancy charts or features. It is about outcomes," Paliwal said.
He said the company's research function shaped how the platform was built and how advisers use it.
"Our research is what sets us apart. The question was always: how do we get that research into the hands of our team and our clients in a way that actually changes their decisions? EDGE is the answer to that. It gives our staff the clarity to know what to buy, where to buy, and when to move on behalf of our clients," Paliwal said.
Client metrics
InvestorKit said clients using its approach have generated more than AUD $500 million in combined equity. It also said some clients had built multi-property portfolios within a few years, including one four-property portfolio valued at AUD $3.5 million and another eight-property portfolio valued at more than AUD $9 million.
The company said its clients were achieving returns of up to 3.5 times the national market average, though it did not provide a benchmark period or methodology for that figure. The examples highlight how property advisory groups are increasingly using client case studies and platform data to support their operating model.
Ankit Paliwal, Chief Technology Innovation Officer at InvestorKit, said the original aim was to give staff better tools rather than cut headcount.
"Two and a half years ago, the company was running on spreadsheets with fewer than 20 staff. The brief from Arjun was straightforward: give the team superpowers," Ankit Paliwal said.
He said the company's investment in technology and artificial intelligence was focused on improving employee productivity.
"Our core focus in technology investment and AI has never been to replace people. We have grown from under 20 to nearly 100 employees. The technology exists to make every person in this company better at what they do. When the team is empowered, our client wins," Paliwal said.
He said the platform is used across both internal and client-facing processes.
"EDGE also serves as our key communication hub between staff and clients and handles task management for tracking the entire property journey from strategy through to settlement and beyond. It also supports our team in running our industry-leading proprietary due diligence system, backed by data models built with the help of PropTrack, ABS, Domain, Cordell, and a broad range of data providers. It identifies which markets are about to move and tracks how a client's portfolio is performing years after purchase," Paliwal said.
He added that the real test of the system was whether staff could spend more time on client work.
"The real measure of success is that our team now operates with a level of precision that lets them focus on what actually matters: the client," Paliwal said.
Broader awards
The platform award was part of a wider showing for the firm at the ceremony. InvestorKit said it was nominated in 13 categories, also won Marketing Campaign of the Year, and saw Partner for Commercial Investments Chris Huxter named Buyers Agent of the Year - Commercial.
The latest recognition adds to a growing list of industry awards for the Sydney-based property advisory business, founded in 2018, which focuses on residential and commercial investment advice across Australia.