Virtual Staging AI
Acquisition in 2024
Virtual Staging AI is a technology company that specializes in enhancing real estate marketing. It offers a user-friendly platform enabling real estate professionals to instantly furnish images of vacant rooms with a single click. The company's proprietary AI analyzes the room's three-dimensional structure and selects suitable furniture based on user preferences, providing an efficient alternative to traditional digital staging services.
Follow Up Boss
Acquisition in 2023
Follow Up Boss is a developer of a real estate platform designed to enhance lead conversion and sales follow-up for real estate professionals. The company's software streamlines lead management and response processes, enabling agents and teams to optimize their sales activities. By facilitating the appointment-setting and deal-closing processes, Follow Up Boss equips its clients with tools to effectively manage their leads and past clients, ultimately allowing them to increase sales while maintaining an organized and efficient business operation.
Spruce Holdings
Acquisition in 2023
Spruce Holdings Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in providing title insurance, coordination, escrow, and recording services for real estate companies and mortgage lenders through its innovative software solutions. Founded in 2016, Spruce Holdings operates as a third party, facilitating transactions between homeowners and their lenders or real estate institutions. The company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of title insurance assessment and issuance, aiming to reduce the time required to close real estate deals. By lowering costs and improving customer experiences, Spruce Holdings empowers homeowners while streamlining processes for mortgage and real estate professionals. In addition to its headquarters in New York, the company has hub locations in Plano, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Santa Barbara, California.
PermitFlow
Seed Round in 2023
PermitFlow is a technology company that specializes in streamlining the construction permitting process in the United States. Their platform is designed to simplify and expedite the application and management of construction permits for builders, contractors, architects, developers, and owners. PermitFlow's software handles various aspects of permit acquisition, including research, preparation, submission, and monitoring. The company aims to reduce the time required to obtain permits while standardizing municipalities' building permit submittal processes through a single platform. With nationwide coverage and local municipal expertise, PermitFlow supports permitting across multiple states, making it easier for builders to navigate complex regulatory environments.
VRX Media
Acquisition in 2022
VRX Media specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of visual marketing services tailored for the real estate industry. The company offers professional photography, 3D tours, and aerial video production, aimed at enhancing the marketing efforts of real estate agents and property owners. Additionally, VRX Media creates property landing pages and virtual staging solutions, facilitating the online presentation of residential and commercial properties. By leveraging advanced technology, including virtual reality, the company aims to help real estate developers and agents sell or rent properties more efficiently. Through its diverse offerings, VRX Media enhances the visibility and appeal of real estate listings, catering to a dynamic market.
ShowingTime
Acquisition in 2021
ShowingTime Inc. is a software provider specializing in showing management and market statistics for the residential real estate industry. Founded in 1999 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a range of tools that streamline the showing process for multiple listing services (MLSs), real estate offices, and agents. Its products automate scheduling, enable lead generation, and facilitate communication between real estate professionals and potential buyers. The ShowingTime Showing Index is one of its notable offerings, tracking the average number of buyer showings on active residential properties across the nation and regionally on a monthly basis. With its services utilized by over 500,000 agents in more than 200 MLSs, ShowingTime manages over 2.5 million showings each month, making it a significant player in the real estate technology sector.
MarketerHire
Seed Round in 2020
MarketerHire LLC operates an online platform designed to connect businesses with freelance marketing professionals. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a streamlined process for businesses to hire pre-vetted marketers, providing access to a global talent pool within 48 hours. The platform caters to a diverse clientele, including early-stage startups, billion-dollar unicorns, and Fortune 100 companies, allowing them to meet their marketing needs through flexible engagement options such as part-time, full-time, or hourly arrangements. MarketerHire's mission is to democratize access to expert marketing talent, enabling companies to focus on product development while offering marketers the opportunity to earn additional income alongside their full-time roles. The platform supports remote work, allowing talent to operate from anywhere in the world.
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
Acquisition in 2018
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.
New Home Feed
Acquisition in 2017
New Home Feed is a listing management platform designed specifically for home builders to effectively market and distribute their property listings online. The platform enables builders to input, manage, and syndicate their listings across various websites, enhancing visibility and accessibility for potential buyers. In addition to listing homes for sale, New Home Feed offers valuable tips and advice on effective house listings, assisting builders in optimizing their marketing strategies. By streamlining the process of online listing management, New Home Feed supports builders in reaching a broader audience and improving their sales outcomes.
Hutch Interiors
Series A in 2017
Hutch Interiors offers a mobile app that revolutionizes interior design by allowing users to visualize and transform their spaces effortlessly. With Hutch, customers can experiment with various styles and furniture arrangements before making any commitments, eliminating the need for costly designers and avoiding the uncertainty of traditional furniture shopping. From boho to urban industrial, users can confidently shop for the perfect pieces and have them conveniently delivered to their doorstep, making the process of decorating a home both simple and enjoyable.
Bridge Interactive Group
Acquisition in 2016
Bridge Interactive develops software that empowers MLSs and brokers to directly control and manage their data and vendor relationships so they can minimize risk and maximize opportunity. Some of the largest MLSs and brokerages in the country use Bridge software to keep control of their data at home. Data is central to every MLS and real estate brokerage business. It is currency. In the last 20 years, those who own the data - MLSs and brokers - have been distanced from controlling, managing and monetizing it. They struggle with too many systems, too many third parties and too many inaccuracies. We’re fixing this. We develop software that empowers MLSs and brokers to directly control and manage access to their data so they can minimize risk and maximize opportunity. Our products enable single point of entry for listings data, 100% control over who can access it, and place brokers and MLSs in the driver’s seat of distribution. For MLSs, we’ve also built the vendor management and payment system you wish you had years ago. Our bullet-proof RETS server makes it all possible. We also give you full customer support because we know how urgent data issues are to your business. People like to complain that technology in the real estate industry is so far behind. We’re a team of developers who are doing something about it.
Naked Apartments
Acquisition in 2016
Naked Apartments is a real estate technology company based in New York that simplifies the rental process for renters, brokers, and landlords. Founded in 2008, it operates a search portal that lists apartments for sale, with features such as filtering results to show only no-fee apartments, displaying nearby transportation options, allowing anonymous contact with apartment representatives, sending email alerts for new rentals, and providing broker reviews from other renters. The company aims to streamline the rental process by making it easier for landlords and brokers to fill available apartments while also simplifying the search for renters.
Dotloop
Acquisition in 2015
Dotloop, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, operates as a subsidiary of Zillow Group since 2015. It provides a collaboration platform for real estate professionals, enabling agents to share and manage up-to-date documents with clients and other stakeholders throughout the transaction process. The platform, called 'loops,' brings people, documents, and tasks together in one online workspace, facilitating seamless communication and streamlining transactions from start to close. With over 900,000 professionals using its network, dotloop helps brokers increase visibility, retain talent, and reduce operating costs while enabling agents to provide better client experiences and close more deals.
Chairish is an online marketplace specializing in home furniture, art, and decor, offering a curated selection of vintage, antique, and contemporary items from a variety of sources, including designer brands, dealers, galleries, and artisans. The company emphasizes quality by pre-screening all listed items to ensure they meet high style standards. Chairish aims to provide a refreshing shopping experience for designers and tastemakers through its monthly expert curation of exclusive inventory. Additionally, it supports sustainability in the home industry by promoting the buying and reselling of vintage and antique pieces, allowing consumers to find unique and stylish furniture while minimizing the environmental impact associated with new production.
Trulia
Acquisition in 2014
Trulia is a real estate search platform that assists buyers and renters in locating homes and neighborhoods across the United States. Established in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Trulia provides users with a range of tools and resources, including detailed property listings, local insights, and interactive map overlays that highlight factors such as commute times, crime rates, school quality, and nearby businesses. The platform features innovative services like Trulia Neighborhoods, which offers original photography, drone footage, and resident reviews to give users a comprehensive view of specific areas. Another notable feature, What Locals Say, gathers opinions from local residents through polls and reviews, enhancing the user experience. Additionally, Trulia provides information on local nondiscrimination laws through its Local Legal Protections service, further supporting prospective residents in their housing decisions. As a subsidiary of Zillow Group, Trulia focuses on delivering a user-friendly experience that helps individuals understand what living in a particular neighborhood entails.
Retsly Software
Acquisition in 2014
Retsly Software is a backend service provider tailored for the real estate industry, specializing in the normalization of data from multiple listing services (MLS). The company offers a cohesive and consistent real-time API that facilitates the integration of MLS data into real estate applications, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Retsly also enhances and aggregates MLS data, providing developers with the necessary tools to create data-driven real estate products. Additionally, the company supports an open-source software development kit (SDK) to further assist in the creation of innovative real estate solutions.
Liftopia, Inc. is a technology-driven company that operates Liftopia.com, a leading online and mobile marketplace for the ski and mountain activity industry. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Liftopia specializes in retailing ski lift tickets, rentals, and lessons at approximately 250 alpine resorts across North America, offering discounts of up to 85%. The platform allows skiers and snowboarders to purchase date-specific lift tickets and on-mountain activities in advance, enhancing the customer experience. Additionally, Liftopia provides ski resorts with software and data analytics through its Cloud Store service, an e-commerce engine that enables resorts to manage inventory, pricing, and online distribution through their own branded websites and mobile channels. This technology has modernized pricing strategies within the ski industry, enabling resorts to optimize advance-purchase pricing akin to practices in the airline and hotel sectors.
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 that provides a comprehensive platform for users to explore various housing options, including rentals, homes for sale, foreclosures, vacation rentals, and hotels. Launched in November 2005, it quickly amassed over 500,000 active rental listings and later expanded its offerings to include nearly 3,500,000 active listings for homes for sale by 2007. In 2009, HotPads introduced vacation rentals and hotels, establishing itself as a pioneer in map-based vacation housing searches. The platform enhances the user experience by providing demographic and housing heat maps, facilitating quick evaluations of cities or neighborhoods. Users can also mark personal points of interest and utilize tools like the Lasso tool for custom searches and the HotSpots tool for price visualization. Additionally, HotPads features a unique Buy vs. Rent search portal, allowing users to compare the costs of buying versus renting based on personalized mortgage variables, thereby empowering them to make informed housing decisions. HotPads is a subsidiary of Zillow, Inc., having been acquired in 2012.
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 San Francisco-based company that provides online rental marketing tools specifically designed for real estate professionals, including rental brokerages and independent apartment finders. The company's technology and marketing services streamline the management and marketing of rental inventory, enabling agents, property managers, and brokers to efficiently communicate with clients and handle paperwork online. RentJuice's platform offers features such as free credit reports for tenant screening, organization of rental listings, appointment scheduling, and access to rental classifieds. The company was founded after extensive user research conducted at Harvard Business School, focusing on how rental market professionals utilize technology. It is led by David Vivero, a seasoned entrepreneur in rental property management, and Kunal Shah, a former CTO with a background in successful internet ventures. RentJuice is privately held and backed by prominent angel investors and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley.
Diverse Solutions
Acquisition in 2011
Diverse Solutions is a prominent provider of IDX plugins and property-search solutions tailored for real estate professionals. The company develops easy-to-implement technology that enhances the online presence of real estate agents, enabling them to manage their brands and businesses effectively. Its product suite includes listing search platforms, mapping capabilities, and email management software designed to improve website functionality and user engagement. Diverse Solutions also offers lead capturing tools, integrated contact management, and advanced listing filtration features, all aimed at increasing website traffic and generating leads. With partnerships established with over 600 MLS organizations across the United States, Diverse Solutions is well-positioned to support real estate agents in a competitive market by providing comprehensive technology solutions that facilitate lead generation, tracking, and reporting.
Postlets
Acquisition in 2011
Postlets is a web service that facilitates the creation and distribution of real estate listings, allowing users to post advertisements for rental and sale properties across multiple marketplaces. The platform serves as a comprehensive tool for property owners and real estate professionals, streamlining the process of reaching a wider audience by enabling simultaneous postings on various sites. Through its user-friendly interface, Postlets aims to enhance the visibility of real estate listings and improve the efficiency of property marketing.