Khosla Ventures, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is a venture capital firm that provides strategic advice, capital, and support to bold entrepreneurs across various sectors. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in areas such as artificial intelligence, climate technology, sustainability, enterprise solutions, consumer products, fintech, digital health, medical technology, and therapeutics. Khosla Ventures is particularly interested in innovative solutions that address significant socio-economic challenges and enhance productivity, especially for low-income populations and small businesses in emerging markets. The firm embraces experimentation and is open to investing in unconventional and high-risk ventures, often acting as the sole investor in groundbreaking projects. With a commitment to fostering impactful entrepreneurship, Khosla Ventures seeks to create value through technological advancements and creative business models, with a special emphasis on markets in South Asia.
Azibo is a financial services platform for rental properties that provides solutions for rent collection, banking, lending, and insurance. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
Up&Up
Series B in 2021
Up&Up is a New York-based platform that facilitates fractional homeownership, providing a unique approach to renting and owning a home. Founded in 2017, the company allows renters to invest in their rental properties, enabling them to benefit from home price appreciation and accumulate ownership stakes through their rent payments. This model aims to make homeownership more accessible and flexible, allowing residents to build equity while maintaining the convenience of renting. By offering a rewarding alternative to traditional rental agreements, Up&Up helps individuals work towards their homeownership goals while also minimizing maintenance and property management costs.
Bungalow
Series C in 2021
Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that facilitates flexible and communal living arrangements for renters, particularly targeting early career professionals. Founded in 2016 by Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Bungalow signs long-term leases with homeowners to offer multi-bedroom homes in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. Each property features private bedrooms with handpicked housemates, and comes fully furnished with essential amenities such as Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping. Additionally, Bungalow organizes monthly community events to foster social interaction among residents. By addressing the needs of modern renters, Bungalow provides a convenient solution for those seeking quality living environments while cultivating a sense of community.
Darwin Homes
Series A in 2021
Darwin Homes, Inc. is a property management company based in Austin, Texas, that offers a comprehensive suite of services for both property owners and residents. Established in 2018, the company focuses on optimizing the rental management process by providing services such as repairs and maintenance, leasing, resident screening, rent collection, inspections, and eviction assistance. Darwin Homes leverages technology to conduct thorough background checks on potential residents and to streamline maintenance and marketing efforts. By prioritizing transparency and integrity, Darwin Homes aims to enhance the rental experience, making it more efficient and hassle-free for all parties involved.
Zibo
Seed Round in 2020
Zibo Inc. is a financial services provider that focuses on the needs of independent landlords. The company offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates the management of banking, rent payments, and financial tasks associated with rental properties. Key features include automated rent collection, tax preparation, and various payment services, including bank transfers and credit card processing. Additionally, Zibo provides insurance services tailored for residential rental properties. By offering a suite of tools for financial management, tenant screening, and accounting, Zibo aims to enhance cash flow and support landlords in growing their rental portfolios. Founded in 2018 and based in Redwood City, California, Zibo was previously known as Project Pegasus Inc. before rebranding in April 2019.
Fernish
Series A in 2020
Fernish is a furniture rental startup company that offers provides furniture as a subscription model to consumers living a mobile lifestyle. The company seeks to redefine the way the market sees furniture rental by positioning itself as a lifestyle brand. It offers a rent to own program that allows subscribers to apply their previous payments towards the cost of the piece or pieces they want to buy at the end of their subscription. Users are allowed to subscribe to an entire room or specific pieces and can even swap out things they don’t like or simply want to change up at any point. Founders Michael Barlow and Lucas Dickey launched the company in Los Angeles, California in 2017.
Bungalow
Series B in 2019
Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that facilitates flexible and communal living arrangements for renters, particularly targeting early career professionals. Founded in 2016 by Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Bungalow signs long-term leases with homeowners to offer multi-bedroom homes in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. Each property features private bedrooms with handpicked housemates, and comes fully furnished with essential amenities such as Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping. Additionally, Bungalow organizes monthly community events to foster social interaction among residents. By addressing the needs of modern renters, Bungalow provides a convenient solution for those seeking quality living environments while cultivating a sense of community.
WanderJaunt
Series B in 2019
WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled property management solutions for travelers, homeowners, and accommodations from around the world.
Darwin Homes
Seed Round in 2019
Darwin Homes, Inc. is a property management company based in Austin, Texas, that offers a comprehensive suite of services for both property owners and residents. Established in 2018, the company focuses on optimizing the rental management process by providing services such as repairs and maintenance, leasing, resident screening, rent collection, inspections, and eviction assistance. Darwin Homes leverages technology to conduct thorough background checks on potential residents and to streamline maintenance and marketing efforts. By prioritizing transparency and integrity, Darwin Homes aims to enhance the rental experience, making it more efficient and hassle-free for all parties involved.
Bungalow
Series A in 2018
Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that facilitates flexible and communal living arrangements for renters, particularly targeting early career professionals. Founded in 2016 by Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Bungalow signs long-term leases with homeowners to offer multi-bedroom homes in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. Each property features private bedrooms with handpicked housemates, and comes fully furnished with essential amenities such as Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping. Additionally, Bungalow organizes monthly community events to foster social interaction among residents. By addressing the needs of modern renters, Bungalow provides a convenient solution for those seeking quality living environments while cultivating a sense of community.
Up&Up
Seed Round in 2018
Up&Up is a New York-based platform that facilitates fractional homeownership, providing a unique approach to renting and owning a home. Founded in 2017, the company allows renters to invest in their rental properties, enabling them to benefit from home price appreciation and accumulate ownership stakes through their rent payments. This model aims to make homeownership more accessible and flexible, allowing residents to build equity while maintaining the convenience of renting. By offering a rewarding alternative to traditional rental agreements, Up&Up helps individuals work towards their homeownership goals while also minimizing maintenance and property management costs.
WanderJaunt
Series A in 2018
WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled property management solutions for travelers, homeowners, and accommodations from around the world.
WanderJaunt
Seed Round in 2017
WanderJaunt offers technology-enabled property management solutions for travelers, homeowners, and accommodations from around the world.
Castle
Seed Round in 2016
Castle manages rental homes for landlords using automation and on-demand labor. It finds tenants, collect rent, and coordinate maintenance, allowing owners to kick back, relax, and never worry about their rental properties again. Owners either have to deal with this whole mess themselves, or spend 10% of their rental income on a traditional property management company that requires constant supervision and is often incentivized to act against the owner’s best interest. There are 43 million rental units in the United States, and most of them are currently managed with some combination of faxes, mail, and unreturned voicemails on the landlord’s personal phone. Castle moves all of property management into a seamless online experience, providing owners with transparency, speed, and incredible customer service—plus huge cost savings over traditional management. Renters get great service and instant updates about important issues.
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