RET Ventures

Real Estate Technology Ventures (RET Ventures) is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and based in Park City, Utah. It is the first early-stage venture fund backed by the real estate industry, focusing on developing innovative technology companies within the multifamily and single-family rental sectors. RET Ventures connects high-quality entrepreneurs with its extensive network of strategic limited partners, who collectively manage nearly one million rental units across North America. This collaboration allows for the rapid scaling of businesses while providing property owners with early access to effective technology solutions. The firm also emphasizes investments in housing and technologies that promote environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles, focusing on reducing energy consumption, carbon emissions, and waste management to address climate change.

Jaymie Fung Bingham

Associate

John Helm

Founder and Partner

Monte Jones

Platform Partner

Julia Lambert

Associate

James Pearson

Analyst

Aaron Ru

Principal

Fred Tuomi

Venture Partner

Christopher Yip

Partner and Managing Director

Past deals in Real Estate

Engrain

Series A in 2023
Engrain is a real estate technology company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, established in 2010. It specializes in developing software solutions that enhance the sales and leasing processes for property management. Engrain's product offerings include touch screen kiosks, interactive mapping, and data visualization tools that allow clients to engage with prospects and residents effectively. Its software is designed to optimize operational performance and improve efficiency, ultimately helping clients increase net operating income (NOI). Notable products include TouchTour, TouchTour iPad, SightMap, SightMap Asset Intelligence, Unit Map, and Vertigo Maps. By providing these interactive experiences, Engrain empowers on-site teams to streamline leasing activities and enhance customer engagement.

Fyxt

Series A in 2022
Developer of property management platform intended to connect tenants, vendors, and managers. The company's cloud-based platform allows managers to streamline operations and documentation to reduce expenses, increase productivity, track spending, and provide a superior experience to tenants and owners to gain transparency, and data, ultimately reducing their OPEX and increasing their NOI across their portfolios, enabling tenants to find homes and workspaces and managers to stay on track of requests, approvals, scheduling, and invoicing in industrial real estate.

Picket Homes

Series A in 2022
Picket Homes is a technology-focused real estate platform established in 2019, aimed at transforming the residential real estate market. It specializes in acquisitions and property management, offering professional investors tools to efficiently identify, underwrite, acquire, and manage residential properties across various markets. The platform provides comprehensive services, including data analysis, return modeling for both active and off-market single-family listings, transaction support, renovations, leasing management, and property maintenance. By streamlining these processes, Picket Homes enhances the quality of the renting experience for both investors and renters.

Markerr

Series A in 2021
Developer of a data analytics platform designed to provide insights about people, jobs, spending, and economic trends tied to any location to real estate companies. The company's platform provides real-time insights by providing deep insight into the supply and demand dynamics around real estate for more accurate valuations and strong return on investment, enabling commercial real estate investors to identify submarkets with growth potential and forecast rental rates.

Engrain

Seed Round in 2020
Engrain is a real estate technology company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, established in 2010. It specializes in developing software solutions that enhance the sales and leasing processes for property management. Engrain's product offerings include touch screen kiosks, interactive mapping, and data visualization tools that allow clients to engage with prospects and residents effectively. Its software is designed to optimize operational performance and improve efficiency, ultimately helping clients increase net operating income (NOI). Notable products include TouchTour, TouchTour iPad, SightMap, SightMap Asset Intelligence, Unit Map, and Vertigo Maps. By providing these interactive experiences, Engrain empowers on-site teams to streamline leasing activities and enhance customer engagement.

Amenify

Seed Round in 2019
Amenify is a venture-backed platform transforming real estate buildings with a marketplace for goods and services onsite. Our beach-head is the $180B market for in-home services within multifamily communities. We (1) consolidate a fragmented multifamily market with our plug-in software (2) onboard service provider companies at scale, to (3) unlock the value of consumer spending within the home. There is a generational opportunity to unlock value for real estate assets. We believe in combining this opportunity with our network effects to create win-wins for all stakeholders: residents, multifamily operators, and third-party partners. Amenify's expansion has been fueled by strategic investors controlling 1.1+ million apartment homes in North America.

Amenify

Seed Round in 2018
Amenify is a venture-backed platform transforming real estate buildings with a marketplace for goods and services onsite. Our beach-head is the $180B market for in-home services within multifamily communities. We (1) consolidate a fragmented multifamily market with our plug-in software (2) onboard service provider companies at scale, to (3) unlock the value of consumer spending within the home. There is a generational opportunity to unlock value for real estate assets. We believe in combining this opportunity with our network effects to create win-wins for all stakeholders: residents, multifamily operators, and third-party partners. Amenify's expansion has been fueled by strategic investors controlling 1.1+ million apartment homes in North America.
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