FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a U.S.-based investment firm established in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm operates with a stage-agnostic approach, primarily targeting marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. FJ Labs focuses its investments on seed and Series A rounds, with a financial commitment ranging from $50,000 to $5,000,000. The firm has invested in a variety of notable companies, including Alibaba Group, beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, and ADORE ME.

Matias Barbero

Investor

Zineb Belghiti

Associate

Camila Bustamante

Analyst

Andres Santos Cantu

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Agapitos Diakogiannis

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Nancy Dong

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Vivian Graves

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Fabrice Grinda

Founding Partner

William Guillouard

Venture Partner

Arne Halleraker

Partner

Mark Lurie

Venture Partner

Jose Marin

Founding Partner

Martin Pustilnick

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Guimar Vaca Sittic

Venture Partner

Luke Skertich

Investor

Kelly Tully

Head of Platform / Investor

Jeff Weinstein

Partner

Andrea Xu

Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Investor

Past deals in Real Estate

Evernest

Convertible Note in 2023
Evernest offers a data-driven service platform and gives its customers a transparent, and personal purchase and sales experience. It offers its buyers and sellers a customer experience that reflects the emotional and financial importance of their own home.

Properly

Series B in 2022
Properly Inc. is a residential real estate company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company offers a streamlined solution for homeowners looking to sell their properties, utilizing technology and local market expertise to simplify the process. Properly provides fair-market offers and allows sellers to close on their own timeline, alleviating common stressors associated with home sales, such as extended showings, repairs, and the risk of buyers backing out. Through its online platform, Properly facilitates the buying and selling of residential properties, aiming to create a more efficient and user-friendly experience for families navigating the real estate market.

Parcl

Venture Round in 2022
Parcl is a digital real estate protocol built on the blockchain. The company's headquarters are in New York City.

VIVLA

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Vivla offers second homeownership by helping people buy, own, and sell the fractions of the second home that fits their life.

Parcl

Seed Round in 2021
Parcl is a digital real estate protocol built on the blockchain. The company's headquarters are in New York City.

Casafari

Series A in 2021
Casafari is a real estate metasearch company based in Lisbon that focuses on enhancing transparency in property markets. It operates a platform that collects, cleans, and deduplicates property data, creating one of the most comprehensive real estate databases globally. This technology enables real estate professionals and institutional investors in countries such as Germany, Spain, and Portugal to track market trends and identify investment opportunities in real time. The platform offers features such as predictive analytics, new listing alerts, price change notifications, and status tracking, allowing users to stay informed about various property listings both online and offline. By aggregating data from multiple sources and collaborating with real estate agencies, Casafari provides valuable market intelligence through a Software-as-a-Service model.

Evernest

Venture Round in 2021
Evernest offers a data-driven service platform and gives its customers a transparent, and personal purchase and sales experience. It offers its buyers and sellers a customer experience that reflects the emotional and financial importance of their own home.

EasyKnock

Series B in 2020
EasyKnock, Inc. is a real estate technology company founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company specializes in sale-leaseback programs, allowing homeowners in the United States to access their home equity without needing to move. Its primary offerings include the Sell and Stay program, which enables homeowners to receive cash for the value of their home while retaining the option to buy it back or move at their convenience, and MoveAbility, designed for those planning a near-term relocation. Through these programs, EasyKnock aims to provide homeowners with financial flexibility and support in managing their housing needs.

TrueHome

Series A in 2020
TrueHome is a Mexican real estate company that aims to improve the real estate services in the country by providing the best selling experience for homeowners and taking care of the process from end to end. They offer their clients transparent processes about procedures and details that can be confusing, boring, and long. Their legal advisors ensure that the process is in order from documents and paperwork, to the contract and the credit process. TrueHome was founded in 2017 by Raúl Villarreal and is headquartered in Mexico City.

Habi

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Habi operates a proprietary pricing algorithm and platform to simplify the homeownership lifecycle throughout Latin America. The company provides middle-class customers buy and sell their homes more quickly and efficiently, without the uncertainty of traditional real estate transactions. Habi was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia.

Properly

Series A in 2019
Properly Inc. is a residential real estate company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company offers a streamlined solution for homeowners looking to sell their properties, utilizing technology and local market expertise to simplify the process. Properly provides fair-market offers and allows sellers to close on their own timeline, alleviating common stressors associated with home sales, such as extended showings, repairs, and the risk of buyers backing out. Through its online platform, Properly facilitates the buying and selling of residential properties, aiming to create a more efficient and user-friendly experience for families navigating the real estate market.

EasyKnock

Series A in 2019
EasyKnock, Inc. is a real estate technology company founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company specializes in sale-leaseback programs, allowing homeowners in the United States to access their home equity without needing to move. Its primary offerings include the Sell and Stay program, which enables homeowners to receive cash for the value of their home while retaining the option to buy it back or move at their convenience, and MoveAbility, designed for those planning a near-term relocation. Through these programs, EasyKnock aims to provide homeowners with financial flexibility and support in managing their housing needs.

Dot Residential

Seed Round in 2018
• Dot is a curated marketplace of design-led properties. We source undervalued properties in fast-growing cities & transform them into high-yielding passive investments. • Delivering every element of the property lifecycle condensing a typical 6-month buying process into an elegant e-commerce experience • Enabling global investors to buy, add value, rent and refinance properties seamlessly online - like Amazon one-click for real estate.

EasyKnock

Seed Round in 2018
EasyKnock, Inc. is a real estate technology company founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company specializes in sale-leaseback programs, allowing homeowners in the United States to access their home equity without needing to move. Its primary offerings include the Sell and Stay program, which enables homeowners to receive cash for the value of their home while retaining the option to buy it back or move at their convenience, and MoveAbility, designed for those planning a near-term relocation. Through these programs, EasyKnock aims to provide homeowners with financial flexibility and support in managing their housing needs.

CityBldr

Seed Round in 2018
Rebls Inc is a real estate technology holding company

Properly

Seed Round in 2018
Properly Inc. is a residential real estate company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The company offers a streamlined solution for homeowners looking to sell their properties, utilizing technology and local market expertise to simplify the process. Properly provides fair-market offers and allows sellers to close on their own timeline, alleviating common stressors associated with home sales, such as extended showings, repairs, and the risk of buyers backing out. Through its online platform, Properly facilitates the buying and selling of residential properties, aiming to create a more efficient and user-friendly experience for families navigating the real estate market.

Roofstock

Series C in 2018
Roofstock, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates investment in leased single-family rental homes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company provides investors with access to independently certified properties, complete with research, analytics, and market insights. This platform allows users to evaluate properties based on their investment potential and cash flow without the complexities of managing vacant homes that require repairs and leasing. Roofstock aims to simplify the real estate investment process by enabling clients to treat their property investments similarly to stock portfolios, emphasizing asset allocation. The marketplace also assists sellers in marketing tenant-occupied properties, minimizing income loss and tenant disruption.

Loft

Series A in 2018
Loft Holdings Ltd operates Loft, a digital platform designed to streamline the buying and selling of residential real estate in Brazil. Established in 2018 and headquartered in São Paulo, Loft serves as the country's first transactional marketplace for this sector. It enables users to sell their apartments, receive offers, exchange properties, and purchase from a curated selection of listings. The platform utilizes proprietary transaction data and a comprehensive digital workflow to modernize the homebuying experience, aligning it with contemporary e-commerce practices. Additionally, Loft collaborates with individuals, brokers, and publicly listed real estate investment trusts to facilitate transactions, while also integrating various related services to enhance customer experience.

Roofstock

Series C in 2017
Roofstock, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates investment in leased single-family rental homes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company provides investors with access to independently certified properties, complete with research, analytics, and market insights. This platform allows users to evaluate properties based on their investment potential and cash flow without the complexities of managing vacant homes that require repairs and leasing. Roofstock aims to simplify the real estate investment process by enabling clients to treat their property investments similarly to stock portfolios, emphasizing asset allocation. The marketplace also assists sellers in marketing tenant-occupied properties, minimizing income loss and tenant disruption.

Roofstock

Series B in 2016
Roofstock, Inc. is an online marketplace that facilitates investment in leased single-family rental homes. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company provides investors with access to independently certified properties, complete with research, analytics, and market insights. This platform allows users to evaluate properties based on their investment potential and cash flow without the complexities of managing vacant homes that require repairs and leasing. Roofstock aims to simplify the real estate investment process by enabling clients to treat their property investments similarly to stock portfolios, emphasizing asset allocation. The marketplace also assists sellers in marketing tenant-occupied properties, minimizing income loss and tenant disruption.

Home61

Seed Round in 2016
HOME61 Miami Inc. operates as an online real estate company that helps users to find real estate properties in Miami and other surrounding areas. It enables users to search residential (house, apartment, condos, and penthouse) and other properties for rent and sale. It allows individuals, landlords, management companies, or brokers to list their real estate properties for rent and sale. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Miami, Florida.

VivaReal

Seed Round in 2011
VivaReal is an online real estate marketplace that connects buyers, sellers, and renters with properties in Brazil. It enables its users to sell, buy, rent, or invest in residential and commercial properties, vacation homes, beachfront properties, and investment properties. VivaReal lists approximately 5 million properties on its site and has over 15 million visits every month. The company was launched in 2009 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.