DivcoWest

Founded in 1993, DivcoWest is a vertically integrated, real estate investment firm headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Boston, Washington DC and New York City. Known for long-standing relationships and experience across the risk-spectrum in markets where innovation thrives, DivcoWest combines entrepreneurial spirit with an institutional approach to deliver real estate solutions and opportunities to the world’s most forward-thinking companies and investors. DivcoWest aims to create environments that inspire ingenuity, promote growth, and enhance health and well-being. Since inception, DivcoWest and its predecessor have acquired approximately 48 million square feet of commercial space - primarily throughout the United States - and have invested in leading venture-backed Proptech companies, seeking to unlock value for both DivcoWest portfolio companies and its properties. DivcoWest’s real estate portfolio currently includes existing and development properties in the office, R&D, lab, industrial, retail and multifamily spaces.

Breton Birkhofer

Director

21 past transactions

Agorus

Seed Round in 2022
We’re developing the software and automation required to streamline and optimize residential construction. By eliminating many of the risks and inefficiencies associated with traditional homebuilding, we are improving how the world builds homes. We believe homes should be built as efficiently as cars while still providing the customization for your dream home.

Cottage

Series A in 2022
Cottage is tackling housing affordability via a managed marketplace for building Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).

Nabr

Seed Round in 2021
Nabr assists its clients by allowing them to pick an apartment based on their preferred design and location. Nabr provides digital designs for their clients homes, this includes the layout and the interior design through their digital studio. Nabr was established in 2021 by Roni Bahar in Brooklyn, New York.

VergeSense

Series C in 2021
VergeSense is the leading workplace analytics platform trusted by enterprises across the globe. Businesses use VergeSense to transform their static office into a dynamic workplace that matches today's employee needs and expectations. Its AI-driven platform includes intelligent sensors that measure how space is used in real-time. That data is analyzed in a workplace analytics dashboard and integrated into essential hybrid work software applications, like room and desk booking, room availability, employee mobile apps, IWMS and BMS tools and more. Companies use VergeSense to reduce or reinvest real estate, improve building operations, and create spaces where employees can thrive. The impact is reduced costs, higher productivity, improved culture and employee retention, and better sustainability.

Jones

Series A in 2021
Jones is a software company that helps real estate and construction companies to remove insurance risk across every property, project, and application. We believe that real estate and construction managers in the built world can make smarter, faster decisions about risk transfer. To realize this vision, we provide our clients with software, data, and insights to unlock the intelligence for better decision making. We call it “Risk Intelligence”.

EliseAI

Series B in 2021
EliseAI is an AI company developing a conversational platform for business automation. The platform tracks and instantly responds to new inquiries, schedules viewings, and consistently follows up with each and every prospect to make sure no lead is lost. Its virtual leasing assistant for rental housing helps real estate management companies of all sizes provide exceptional customer service, maximize revenue, and enable apartment managers to reduce property management costs.

Mynd

Venture Round in 2021
Raymond Management is a full service property management company focused on helping investment property owners maximize the return on, and value of their real estate assets.

Metropolis

Series A in 2021
Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Mynd

Series C in 2020
Raymond Management is a full service property management company focused on helping investment property owners maximize the return on, and value of their real estate assets.

HqO

Series B in 2019
At HqO, we transform how people connect with each other and the places they work by bringing together a full suite of tools that combines digital, physical, and personal amenities and services — all in one app. The HqO Workplace Experience Platform lets companies and commercial property teams create high-end and personally curated environments that foster safety, sustainability, creativity, and collaboration. We are backed by some of the world’s most prominent venture capitalists and real estate companies across the globe. Driven by our company Let’s Go values — Learning, Excellence, Truth, Speed, Goodness, Ownership — we strive to do our best work every single day. If you want to join a stable, fast-growing, highly collaborative, and supportive team that is at the forefront of workplace transformation, we’re the company for you. Check out our open positions at https://www.hqo.com/careers/.

Kitchen United

Series B in 2019
Kitchen United offers a turnkey solution that eliminates barriers to growth and enables restaurant brands to profitably expand. It is introducing a new commercial kitchen for rent opportunity for food service providers to realize their fullest business potential. For restaurants, this means providing a top-tier food production facility combined with insights and ideas on how to profitably expand into the food delivery business. Entrepreneurial caterers, pop-ups, mobile food vendors, and start-ups provide shared commercial kitchen space, business intelligence, and resources to succeed with minimal risk and capital outlay.

HqO

Venture Round in 2019
At HqO, we transform how people connect with each other and the places they work by bringing together a full suite of tools that combines digital, physical, and personal amenities and services — all in one app. The HqO Workplace Experience Platform lets companies and commercial property teams create high-end and personally curated environments that foster safety, sustainability, creativity, and collaboration. We are backed by some of the world’s most prominent venture capitalists and real estate companies across the globe. Driven by our company Let’s Go values — Learning, Excellence, Truth, Speed, Goodness, Ownership — we strive to do our best work every single day. If you want to join a stable, fast-growing, highly collaborative, and supportive team that is at the forefront of workplace transformation, we’re the company for you. Check out our open positions at https://www.hqo.com/careers/.

Managed by Q

Series C in 2019
Managed by Q makes it easy to run an office. Known as the operating system for offices, Q saves businesses and employees valuable time by providing a range of subscription and on-demand services, from cleaning and maintenance to supply replenishment and wellness. Today, the Managed by Q technology platform connects thousands of businesses to the services required to seamlessly run their workspaces. The company is committed to spreading a mission of economic empowerment, by creating good jobs for its Operators and providing opportunities for small business to flourish. With operations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco, Managed by Q is redefining the way the world works.

Measurabl

Series B in 2019
Measurabl develops an ESG data management platform for commercial real estate. It empowers customers to optimize ESG performance, assess exposure to physical climate risk, drive decarbonization, and secure sustainable finance opportunities.

HqO

Seed Round in 2018
At HqO, we transform how people connect with each other and the places they work by bringing together a full suite of tools that combines digital, physical, and personal amenities and services — all in one app. The HqO Workplace Experience Platform lets companies and commercial property teams create high-end and personally curated environments that foster safety, sustainability, creativity, and collaboration. We are backed by some of the world’s most prominent venture capitalists and real estate companies across the globe. Driven by our company Let’s Go values — Learning, Excellence, Truth, Speed, Goodness, Ownership — we strive to do our best work every single day. If you want to join a stable, fast-growing, highly collaborative, and supportive team that is at the forefront of workplace transformation, we’re the company for you. Check out our open positions at https://www.hqo.com/careers/.

Zumper

Series C in 2018
Zumper is the largest privately owned rental platform in North America with more than 125 million site visits a year. Zumper is on a mission to make renting a home as easy as booking a hotel. To date, Zumper has raised over $178 million from Kleiner Perkins, Goodwater Capital, Headline, Dawn Capital, and the Blackstone Group.

Alfred

Series B in 2018
Founded in 2014 by Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck, Alfred is the largest and most advanced residential management platform. Since its inception, Alfred has focused on providing a resident-first experience. With an unparalleled knowledge of what residents want and technology that boosts income and efficiency for owners and operators, Alfred provides a single stop that elevates the rental ecosystem for all involved. Named by Fast Company as one of the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies, Alfred’s AOS technology drives lower operating costs and higher returns for property owners and operators. Through strategic partnerships with international real-estate owners and operators such as Hines, Related, RXR, Greystar, Invesco, Brookfield and J.P. Morgan, With RKW, Alfred’s portfolio now extends to more than 300,000 residents in 44 cities across the U.S. and Canada and has planned expansions in Europe, Israel and Asia.

Measurabl

Series A in 2018
Measurabl develops an ESG data management platform for commercial real estate. It empowers customers to optimize ESG performance, assess exposure to physical climate risk, drive decarbonization, and secure sustainable finance opportunities.

Honest Buildings

Series B in 2018
Honest Buildings is an integrated, data-driven project management and procurement platform purpose-built for commercial real estate owners and managers. Its products are designed to automate new construction and building improvement processes, these companies are unlocking value in data that previously sat unrealized in endless, complicated spreadsheets. Companies like Brookfield, Beacon Capital Partners, Invesco, The JBG Companies, SL Green, Parkway Properties, and Rudin Management use Honest Buildings to streamline project management processes, increase revenue through faster project delivery, reduce project costs and increase efficiencies on projects portfolio-wide.

Katerra

Series D in 2018
Katerra is a technology company optimizing every aspect of building development, design, and construction. The global team includes leaders in design, software and building engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and construction. Katerra has a growing number of domestic and international offices, factories, and building projects.

WeWork

Series C in 2013
WeWork, formerly known as The We Company, is a commercial real estate firm that specializes in providing flexible shared workspaces and office services primarily for entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, the company transforms buildings into dynamic environments that foster creativity, collaboration, and productivity. Its offerings include a range of workplace solutions, such as private offices, shared workspaces, and on-demand access to workstations. Additionally, WeWork connects members with a variety of third-party services and resources to support their business needs. The company emphasizes inclusivity and community, aiming to create a vibrant network of professionals who can collaborate and innovate together. With locations in various global markets, including China, WeWork continues to adapt its services to meet the evolving demands of the modern workforce.
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