Disintermediation
The passage of the JOBS Act of 2012 and substantive advances in financial technology are revitalizing the classic concept of syndication, enabling investors to minimize the financial friction of intermediaries, access deal flow, and invest directly -- entirely online.
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data are providing unparalleled insights into human behavior, personal preferences, and management of our physical environment.
Social Capital
Social networks and the power of connectivity are revolutionizing real estate usage, investment, lending, management, and purchasing in a post-Pandemic world.
Distribution
Platform technologies are reshaping traditional distribution channels. E-commerce and industrial fulfillment centers are the new malls. Streaming video is the new television. Every screen is an access point for content and commerce.
"We advise and invest in companies with
technology solutions for real estate
led by serial achievers who execute on sound ideas,
creating mutual benefit and contributing to the greater good."
Lewis G. Feldman, Founder
Representative Portfolio Companies
CrowdStreet
CrowdStreet provides a cloud-based commercial real estate investment marketplace connecting accredited investors and individual investors with institutional-quality real estate investments. CrowdStreet offers real estate operators, funds and private equity companies an online vehicle to raise capital and manage distributions, waterfalls, and reporting more efficiently and cost effectively. To date, CrowdStreet serves over 100,000 investors, and has facilitated over $1 Billion in new investments through 400+ offerings, with a total market capitalization exceeding $10 billion.
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.
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.
2019 Real Estate Technology
Venture Investment Report
Sources: NREI, CBInsights
$3 Billion
in Commercial Real Estate Technology Investment
in 2019
Investment themes focused on data transparency, portfolio optimization, investment platforms, and digitization of real estate
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.
Video Resources
Panels and Presentations
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate: COVID-19 and Its Global Impact on Real Estate, the Economy & Investment Markets
With Guggenheim's Scott Minerd
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate - April 8, 2020 Spring Broadcast Webinar, "COVID-19 and Its Global Impact on Real Estate, the Economy & Investment Markets", featuring Guggenheim Investments' Chairman, Scott Minerd, who provides invaluable proprietary research and insights into the domestic and global impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic with Stuart Gabriel, UCLA Richard C. Ziman Center for Real Estate Director and Professor of Finance at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, and Ziman Center Chairman, Lew Feldman of Heritage CRETech Ventures.
Where in the World Are the Real Estate Opportunities?
With Sam Zell of Equity Investments
Heritage CEO, Lew Feldman, moderated a panel discussion with Bill McMorrow of Kennedy Wilson and Sam Zell of Equity Investments on where the best real estate opportunities are to be found around the Globe.
What Online Lending Means for Banks, Businesses, and Borrowers.
With the leadership of Lending Club, OnDeck, and Funding Circle
Heritage CEO, Lew Feldman, joined the 2015 Milken Institute Global Conference for a discussion covering online lending with the leaders of Lending Club, OnDeck, Funding Circle, and Prosper.
Content for Context: 2012 California Real Estate: On the Cusp or Precipice?
With Jon Jaffe of Lennar and Leslie Appleton Young of California Realtors Association
Lew Feldman, joined the 2012 Milken Institute Global Conference for a discussion covering the upward inflection point in the residential real estate recovery with Leslie Appleton-Young, Senior Economist, California Realtors Association, Art Coppola, Chairman & CEO, Macerich, and Jonathan Jaffe, Chairman & CEO, Lennar Home Corporation.
Podcasts, Articles and Insights
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.
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