HERITAGE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES
Venture Capital. Real Estate Expertise.
Representative Portfolio Companies
CrowdStreet
CrowdStreet is a leading online commercial real estate investing platform. To date, CrowdStreet has launched more than 470 real estate investment opportunities, including both individual assets and funds. Some of the world’s largest sponsors, such as Greystar and Harbor Group International, use CrowdStreet to raise capital. Since 2014, CrowdStreet's investor community has funded more than $1.65 billion in investments and received nearly $200 million in distributions. Learn more at www.crowdstreet.com .
FUNDRISE
Fundrise is an investment service with over $1 Billion in assets under management and which grants users access to the market of private real estate assets through their platform. Substituting traditional public stocks and bonds with private real estate investments, Fundrise members save 20-40 percent on brokers, management fees, and administrative costs, resulting in up to 33 percent higher annual returns than a traditional private equity real estate fund provides.
Patch of Land
Patch of Land is a Peer-to-Real-Estate (“P2RE”) lending marketplace that matches accredited and institutional investors seeking high-yield, short-term, asset-collateralized investments to borrowers seeking more timely and consistent sources of funding for rehabilitating properties across America.
Payforward
PayForward enables prepaid debit card users to receive up to 15 percent cash back on purchases with major retailers and restaurants. PayForward subscribers may add their rebates to savings, share a percentage of the rebates with family members, or contribute to charities of their choosing. Payforward means cash back with the power of choice.
RealtyMogul
RealtyMogul.com is an online commercial real estate marketplace, offering qualified real estate investors 24/7 access to debt and equity investment opportunities, along with analytics and management tools to invest in cash-flowing commercial real estate assets.
TV4
TV4 Entertainment is a content provider and distributor executing on the 4th generation of television -- streaming video. Through its 50+ content partners and 30 networks, including Motorsports and All Warrior Network, TV4 creates and distributes genre-specific entertainment content in categories that inspire passionate audiences.
WikiRealty
WikiRealty provides real estate agents with an app based search and content algorithm to optimize agent recognition in local markets. Using custom content featuring boutique and substantive insights about food, wine, entertainment, neighborhoods, schools, restaurants, and properties, Wikirealty's app enables agents to optimize their presence online and be recognized as an informed resource in their local market.
Leadership
Heritage CRETech Ventures
Venture Capital. Real Estate Expertise.®
Lewis G. Feldman
Founder/Chief Executive Officer
J.D., Executive Editor Law Review,
University of California, Davis, 1982
B.A. with Highest Honors,
University of California, Santa Cruz 1978
After a storied 35-year career in Big Law as one of America's prominent capital markets lawyers, Lew Feldman founded Heritage Capital Ventures LLC in 2015 to invest in technologies that result in greater investment returns and broader capital access with lower costs and greater efficiencies. Lew specifically targeted real estate technology companies and established Heritage CRETech Ventures in 2020 to raise and deploy capital specifically for property technologies. Lew has raised more than $100 billion in debt and equity in the real estate and financial technology arenas. He serves as Chairman of the Board of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate at the John Anderson Graduate School of Management. Along with hundreds of real estate industry speaking engagements, Lew has numerous media appearances to his credit on ABC, CNBC, CBS, Bloomberg Television, Fox, Sirius, and various industry podcasts. Lew's ideas and opinions have been featured in national, regional and trade publications, including Barron's, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Forbes.
Our Education Partners
We actively participate in thought leadership with America's leading universities and organizations
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate
The UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate seeks to advance thought leadership in the field of real estate by generating influential research, educating the next generation of business leaders and social entrepreneurs, and providing meaningful forums for industry professionals and policymakers.
The Wharton School
Wharton is the world’s premier business school, giving students knowledge and experience to become a leader in business and make a positive impact on the world. The first collegiate business school, Wharton combines business and liberal arts studies on an Ivy League campus in historic Philadelphia.
USC Lusk Center for Real Estate
The USC Lusk Center for Real Estate seeks to advance real estate knowledge, inform business practice, and address timely issues that affect the real estate industry, the urban economy, and public policy.
Milken Institute
The Milken Institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan think tank determined to increase global prosperity by advancing collaborative solutions that widen access to capital, create jobs and improve health.
Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.
