HERITAGE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES
Venture Capital. Real Estate Expertise. TM
Representative Portfolio Companies
CrowdStreet
CrowdStreet is a leading online commercial real estate investing platform that has matched investors with more than 500 real estate investment opportunities, including individual assets and funds. Some of the largest and most respected deal sponsors, like Greystar, Walker & Dunlop, and Harbor Group International, use CrowdStreet to raise equity capital and reach accredited investors. Since 2014, CrowdStreet's investor community has funded more than $2 billion in investments and received over $200 million in distributions.
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 gives consumers the power of enchanced choice in how to use rebates for personal needs and the greater good. PayForward enables prepaid debit card users to instantly receive enhanced rebates of up to 15 percent cash back on purchases with major retailers, lenders, healthcare insurance providers, 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.
RealtyMogul
RealtyMogul.com is a leading online commercial real estate marketplace, offering accredited real estate investors 24/7 access to vetted debt and equity investment opportunities, along with analytics and management tools to invest in cash-flowing commercial real estate assets.
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 higher efficiencies. Heritage CRETech Ventures was founded in 2020 to raise and deploy capital specifically for real estate applicable technologies. With the help of a ton of talented people, Lew has raised more than $100 billion in debt and equity for real estate and financial technology companies. Lew serves as Chairman of the Board of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate at the John Anderson Graduate School of Management. Lew has appeared on media channels including ABC, CNBC, CBS, Bloomberg Television, Fox, Sirius, YouTube, and various industry podcasts. Lew's ideas and opinions have been covered in national, regional, and trade publications, including Barron's, The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Business Journal, 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 Center for Real Estate
The UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate advances real estate thought leadership by generating research, educating the next generation of business leaders and social entrepreneurs, and providing meaningful forums for industry professionals and policymakers.
The Wharton School
One of the world’s premier business schools, Wharton offers students knowledge and experience to become business leaders in real estate and beyond and positively impact the world.
USC 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.
