Articles from RET Ventures

RET Ventures, a venture capital firm shaping the future of the real estate industry through close partnership with entrepreneurs and leading real estate operators, today announced the launch of its inaugural ‘RET Ventures AI Accelerator Program.’ The new initiative supports early-stage startups building AI-enabled technologies, with an initial cohort focused on leasing and apartment marketing solutions. The program will advance technologies that help multifamily owners improve visibility, discovery and lead generation as renters increasingly rely on generative AI tools and large language model (LLM)-driven platforms to find apartments and rental homes.

RET Ventures (‘RET’), a venture capital firm focused on technologies for the multifamily, single family rental and broader real estate asset classes, today announced that it has appointed multifamily technology industry veteran Monte Jones as Platform Partner. Concurrently, RET announced that it has added three members to its investment team, Melissa Fagan, Jaymie Fung Bingham and Julia Lambert.

Plugzio, the premier end-to-end technology for scaling electric vehicle (EV) charging at multifamily properties, announced the close of its seed round led by RET Ventures (‘RET’) — a leading, industry-backed venture fund focused on single family rental and multifamily real estate technologies.

RET Ventures (‘RET’), a venture capital firm focused on technologies for the multifamily, single-family rental (SFR) and broader real estate asset classes, today announced that it has appointed former UDR President Jerry Davis as a senior advisor. Concurrently, RET announced that it has promoted three members of its existing investment team and brought on venture capital finance veteran Jacob Zornes as CFO.

Industry-leading multifamily REITs Essex Property Trust (“Essex”) and UDR, Inc. (“UDR”) today announced the first closing of a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) focused investment fund, RET Ventures ESG Fund, L.P. (“the Housing Impact Fund”) to be managed by RET Ventures (“RET”), a venture capital firm focused on technologies for the multifamily, single-family and broader real estate asset classes. The investment vehicle, which will target $80 million of investor capital commitments, will seek to support the growth and successful implementation of ESG solutions for the housing industry, including technologies that improve both the environmental and social outcomes of new developments and existing properties.

RET Ventures, an industry-backed venture capital firm focused on technologies for the multifamily, single-family rental (SFR), homebuilding and broader real estate asset classes, today announced the final close of its second fund. The oversubscribed $165 million fund will complement RET’s $109 million initial fund raised in November 2018.