Zillow Group

Zillow Group is a prominent online real estate marketplace that facilitates the buying, selling, renting, and financing of homes while providing essential information about real estate and mortgages. Established in 2005 by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, Zillow operates various platforms, including Zillow.com, Trulia, StreetEasy, and Zillow Rentals, among others. The company aims to empower homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, and real estate professionals with the tools and resources necessary to make informed decisions. Zillow offers extensive data on approximately 110 million homes in the U.S., enabling users to search listings, explore remodeling ideas, and analyze local real estate trends. Alongside its comprehensive marketplace, Zillow generates revenue primarily through targeted advertising to real estate professionals and by connecting home and mortgage shoppers with relevant service providers.

Jeremy Hofmann

CFO

Christy Kaufman

Vice President, Risk Management and Insurance Services

17 past transactions

MarketerHire

Seed Round in 2020
MarketerHire LLC operates an online platform that connects businesses with freelance marketers. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, the company specializes in providing pre-vetted marketing professionals who can be hired on various engagement terms, including part-time, full-time, or hourly. Through its digital platform, MarketerHire streamlines the hiring process, allowing businesses to find suitable marketers within 48 hours. The service emphasizes hand-matching capabilities to ensure that clients receive expert talent tailored to their specific marketing needs, facilitating a quicker and more efficient hiring experience.

Mindle.ai

Grant in 2019
Mindle provides AI-enabled capital market signals for hedge funds. Hedge funds license Mindle capital market signals to improve performance by reducing return volatility, drawdown, and correlation with common factor return streams.
Mortgage Lenders of America is a financial services company that provides online mortgage lending services, headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. With in-house underwriting and funding, the MLOA team is able to provide superior and faster service to our borrowers, resulting in customer satisfaction ratings consistently over 96%. Since its inception in September of 2000, Mortgage Lenders of America has funded over 30,000 loans in the United States. The company trains its loan professionals to deliver straightforward solutions and help buyers make informed, confident decisions about their mortgage selection – whether it’s a first time home purchase, refinance or veteran product. With the ability to handle all aspects of the loan in-house, borrowers can expect a quicker, more efficient path to closing.

Hutch Interiors

Series A in 2017
Hutch Interiors is a mobile app that transforms spaces from before to after, faster than ever. Hutch gives you the opportunity to try something new without the heavy lifting, expensive designer budgets, and the hit and miss of furniture shopping. Dress up your home in a variety of different styles- anything from boho to urban industrial- before buying or rearranging any furniture. Shop with confidence and vision. Get the right pieces, delivered to your door.

Naked Apartments

Acquisition in 2016
Naked Apartments, Inc. operates a search portal focused on the New York City rental market, providing a streamlined platform for renters, brokers, and landlords. Founded in 2008 and based in New York, the service enables users to search specifically for no-fee apartments and view nearby transportation options. It allows renters to contact apartment representatives anonymously and receive email alerts for new listings. Additionally, Naked Apartments features reviews of brokers from other renters, enhancing transparency in the rental process. As of February 2016, it functions as a subsidiary of Zillow Group, Inc., further expanding its reach in the real estate sector.

Dotloop

Acquisition in 2015
Dotloop, Inc. operates an online collaboration platform designed specifically for the real estate industry. Founded in 2008 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dotloop enables real estate professionals, including agents and brokers, to manage transactions from start to finish through an integrated workspace known as a "loop." This platform facilitates the sharing, editing, signing, and storage of documents, streamlining the transaction process and enhancing communication among all parties involved. With over 900,000 users, Dotloop enhances business operations for brokers by improving visibility, retaining talent, and reducing costs. It ultimately aims to provide agents with better tools to serve their clients and successfully close deals. As of 2015, Dotloop functions as a subsidiary of Zillow Group, Inc.

Chairish

Series A in 2014
Chairish is an online marketplace that specializes in high-end home furniture, art, and decor. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the platform features a curated selection of vintage, antique, and contemporary items sourced from designers, dealers, galleries, and artisans. Each piece is pre-screened by Chairish's team of curators to ensure it meets the company's high style standards. The marketplace aims to provide a unique shopping experience by offering exclusive inventory and expert curation, while also promoting sustainability through the buying and reselling of vintage and antique items. This approach supports a circular economy and helps consumers find stylish furniture without the environmental impact associated with new production.

Trulia

Acquisition in 2014
Trulia is an online platform dedicated to assisting buyers and renters in finding homes and neighborhoods across the United States. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Trulia provides users with valuable resources such as local insights, recommendations, and detailed map overlays that highlight key information, including commute times, crime rates, school quality, and nearby businesses. The platform offers various products and services aimed at both consumers and real estate professionals. Notable features include Trulia Neighborhoods, which provides original photography and local reviews, and What Locals Say, allowing users to access resident opinions through polls and reviews. Additionally, Trulia offers information on local nondiscrimination laws through its Local Legal Protections service, enhancing the home-search experience for users. Trulia is owned by Zillow Group and continues to play a significant role in the online real estate market.

Retsly

Acquisition in 2014
Retsly is a backend as a service for the real estate industry that normalizes data from MLS providers and implements a cohesive and consistent real time API for integrating MLS data into real estate software while addressing industry compliance concerns.

Liftopia

Series D in 2013
Liftopia, Inc. operates an online platform, Liftopia.com, which specializes in the retail of ski lift tickets, rentals, and lessons at various alpine resorts across North America. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Liftopia allows customers to purchase date-specific lift tickets and on-mountain activities in advance, offering discounts of up to 85% at approximately 250 resorts. The platform serves as a marketplace for skiers and snowboarders while also providing resorts with software and data analytics through its Cloud Store, a SaaS e-commerce engine. This technology enables resorts to manage inventory, pricing, and online distribution effectively, allowing for more control over advance-purchase pricing similar to practices in the airline and hotel industries. Liftopia’s innovative approach has significantly impacted the ski industry by optimizing pricing strategies during periods of fluctuating demand.

StreetEasy

Acquisition in 2013
StreetEasy is a prominent real estate platform that transforms the process of buying, selling, and renting homes in New York City and New Jersey. Established in 2006 and headquartered in NoMad, Manhattan, it is recognized as the most widely used local real estate resource. The platform offers a comprehensive range of vetted and verified listings, complemented by user-friendly search tools and data-driven guides. StreetEasy aims to empower individuals in their housing decisions, providing them with the necessary information to navigate the competitive real estate market effectively. As a trusted source for local sales and rental listings, StreetEasy continues to be a valuable asset for those looking to find a home in the region.

HotPads

Acquisition in 2012
HotPads is a map-based housing search engine, delivering the most meaningful and interactive housing search experience online. HotPads features rentals, homes for sale, foreclosures, vacation rentals, and hotels. HotPads.com launched in November of 2005 as a map-based rental housing search engine. It quickly grew to over 500,000 active rental listings including both rental houses and apartments. In November of 2007, HotPads launched a For Sale search engine to compliment its growing rental portal. It has grown to nearly 3,500,000 active For Sale listings. In 2009, HotPads launched vacation rentals and hotels, becoming the first truly map-based vacation housing search engine. HotPads is now a Zillow, Inc. business, having been acquired by the company in 2012. HotPads works to deliver as much relevant information to housing shoppers as possible during their search. It features demographic and housing heat maps that allow users to get quick snapshots of cities or neighborhoods. HotPads also maps points of interest like schools attendance zones, public transportation stops, and enables users to mark their own points of interest like "work" and "favorite cafe". Home shoppers also have the ability to hand-draw their own search right on the map with the Lasso tool and visualize area prices with the HotSpots tool. HotPads also features the first Buy vs. Rent search portal. Housing shoppers can browse both homes for sale and for rent at the same time based on the estimated monthly cost. Users can customize the mortgage variables to meet their unique situation. This allows housing shoppers to see exactly what they can afford to buy and what they can afford to rent, allowing them to make more informed housing decisions.

Mortech

Acquisition in 2012
Mortech® supplies thousands of mortgage professionals with a number of services and tools, such as all-in-one pricing, rate notification, prospect management tools, custom rate sheets, loan product eligibility and guideline services. Founded in 1987, Mortech is based in Lincoln, Neb. and is owned and operated by Zillow Group (NASDAQ:ZG). By incorporating Mortech's suite of mortgage software offerings into your lending strategy, you'll be able to automate your day-to-day workflow - giving you more time to focus on the customer and grow your business.

Buyfolio

Acquisition in 2012
Buyfolio is a complete platform for New York City real estate brokers working with buy-side clients. Buyfolio streamlines the homebuying process with a groundbreaking lifestyle listings search that is seamlessly paired with innovative social and client management tools. Buyfolio helps brokers and clients connect, search, organize, and collaborate.

RentJuice

Acquisition in 2012
RentJuice is a platform designed for real estate professionals, enhancing their ability to close rental deals and provide exceptional service to clients. It offers a comprehensive suite of technology and marketing tools that enables agents and brokers to manage their rental inventory, communicate effectively with clients, and streamline paperwork, including tenant screening with free credit reports. The platform was developed based on extensive user research conducted at Harvard Business School, focusing on how real estate professionals engage with technology in the rental market. RentJuice is led by David Vivero, an experienced entrepreneur in rental property management, and Kunal Shah, a former CTO with a background in successful internet ventures. The company is privately held and located in San Francisco, California, with financial backing from prominent angel investors and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.

Diverse Solutions

Acquisition in 2011
Diverse Solutions is a prominent provider of IDX plugins and property-search solutions aimed at assisting real estate professionals in optimizing their online presence. The company offers a range of products, including listings-search platforms, mapping capabilities, and email management software, all designed to enhance website functionality and improve brand visibility. Through lead capturing tools and integrated contact management, Diverse Solutions enables real estate agents to attract more website visitors and generate valuable leads. With partnerships established with over 600 MLS organizations across the United States, the company is well-equipped to deliver tailored technology solutions that help agents effectively manage and quantify their leads in a competitive market.

Postlets

Acquisition in 2011
Postlets is an online service that enables users to create and distribute real estate listings efficiently across various marketplaces. It simplifies the process of posting housing advertisements, allowing individuals and property managers to reach a broader audience with minimal effort. By providing a user-friendly platform, Postlets facilitates the listing of apartments and other properties, streamlining the advertising process in the competitive real estate market.
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