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Company: Brander Group Inc
Company Description: Brander Group, founded by Jake Brander in 2017 in Las Vegas, provides valuable consulting and brokerage services of technology products to leading global internet service providers and leading publicly traded companies in 50+ countries around the world. Brander Group was named #6 on INC 5000s fastest growing companies in 2020 with a growth of 27,096%
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Company of the Year - Telecommunications - Medium
 Nomination Title: Brander Group Inc
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At the age of 31, Jake Brander founded Brander Group Inc., an IT & Network Infrastructure consulting and brokerage firm that has grown to $100 million* since its 2017 incorporation. Using his 14 years of industry-based knowledge, Jake has built an integrated IT service firm that is leading the market while garnering global leading brands, publicly traded and fortune 500 companies as clients. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Jake and his team have worked tirelessly on partnering with over 60 educational institutions across the U.S. to generate tens of millions of dollars to re-invest back in student scholarships, programs, and infrastructure. Brander Group completed 283 IPv4 transfers globally in 2019, 474 IPv4 transfers globally in 2020, and 639 IPv4 transfers globally in 2021. Brander Group successfully grew IPv4 transfers by 226% from 2019 to 2021, becoming the leading IPv4 facilitator globally (https://brandergroup.net/2022/01/ipv4-sales-market-summary-q4-2021/) Brander Group has worked with over 100 regional ISPs, electric Coops and municipalities that were provided government funding to build infrastructure into underserved and rural communities across the US. They have provided them with the necessary technology, expertise and IPv4 required to deliver high speed internet services where otherwise they did not exist. (*includes 2021 revenue)
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominated organization: its history and past performance (up to 200 words):
Total 200 words used.
At the age of 31, Jake Brander founded Brander Group Inc., an IT & Network Infrastructure consulting and brokerage firm that has grown to $100 million* since its 2017 incorporation. Using his 14 years of industry-based knowledge, Jake has built an integrated IT service firm that is leading the market while garnering global leading brands, publicly traded and fortune 500 companies as clients.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Jake and his team have worked tirelessly on partnering with over 60 educational institutions across the U.S. to generate tens of millions of dollars to re-invest back in student scholarships, programs, and infrastructure.
Brander Group completed 283 IPv4 transfers globally in 2019, 474 IPv4 transfers globally in 2020, and 639 IPv4 transfers globally in 2021. Brander Group successfully grew IPv4 transfers by 226% from 2019 to 2021, becoming the leading IPv4 facilitator globally (https://brandergroup.net/2022/01/ipv4-sales-market-summary-q4-2021/)
Brander Group has worked with over 100 regional ISPs, electric Coops and municipalities that were provided government funding to build infrastructure into underserved and rural communities across the US. They have provided them with the necessary technology, expertise and IPv4 required to deliver high speed internet services where otherwise they did not exist. (*includes 2021 revenue)
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the organization's achievements since the beginning of 2020 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
Total 249 words used.
Brander Group was named #6 on INC 5000s fastest growing companies for 2020 with a growth of 27,096%. In March of 2020, Brander Group expanded its offices from 2 (Vegas and Los Angeles), to a third location in Scottsdale, Arizona. This move allowed for Brander Group to increase employee count by 333%. Brander Group completed 283 IPv4 transfers globally in 2019, 474 IPv4 transfers globally in 2020, and 639 IPv4 transfers globally in 2021. Brander Group successfully grew IPv4 transfers by 226% from 2019 to 2021, becoming the leading IPv4 facilitator globally. https://brandergroup.net/2022/01/ipv4-sales-market-summary-q4-2021/) Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Jake and his team have worked tirelessly on partnering with over 60 educational institutions across the U.S. to generate tens of millions of dollars to re-invest back in student scholarships, programs, and infrastructure. In 2020 and 2021, Brander Group became the preferred IPv4 broker for the Hess Consortium and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. In late 2020, Brander Group introduced a Solutions option for customers, adding options for internet connectivity, cloud deployment, data center, colocation, network security, and voice and mobility.
They have worked with over 100 regional ISPs, electric Coops and municipalities that were provided government funding to build infrastructure into underserved and rural communities across the US. They have provided them with the necessary technology, expertise and IPv4 required to deliver high speed internet services where otherwise they did not exist (nearly 50% of rural America is without internet, so these services are imperative.)
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the organization's past performance (up to 250 words):
Total 129 words used.
To compare growth achievements to Brander Group’s main competitor (Hilco):
2019
Hilco - 345 transfers globally
Brander Group – 283 transfers globally
2020
Hilco - 416 transfers globally
Brander Group – 474 transfers globally
2021
Hilco - 524 transfers globally
Brander Group – 639 transfers globally
Brander Group secured the sale of 4 million IP addresses at the end of Q4 2021 (which is double the amount of 2021 transfers complete), setting themselves up for a massive 2022, beating their competitor out of the bid (https://brandergroup.net/2022/01/ipv4-sales-market-summary-q4-2021/).
These numbers show the significance of Brander Group’s growth and why they were chosen at INC 5000’s #6 fastest growing companies in the world, in conjunction with an article being written about their President and Founder, Jake Brander (https://brandergroup.net/2021/08/brander-group-ranked-6-on-inc-5000-in-2021/).
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
Total 31 words used.
References for IPv4 sales:
https://brandergroup.net/2022/01/ipv4-sales-market-summary-q4-2021/
https://auctions.ipv4.global/prior-sales
https://www.inc.com/amrita-khalid/brander-group-jake-brander-inc5000-2021.html
https://www.inc.com/inc5000/2021
INC 5000 requested P&L documentation for proof of sales and growth.
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