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Lofty

Building the NASDAQ for Real Estate.

lofty.ai
HQ: Miami, FL, USA; Remote
1-10
Fintech

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Overview

Lofty is a fractional U.S. real estate investing marketplace that lets users buy shares of rental properties, earn daily rental income, and resell holdings on a marketplace with no lockups. The public record for lofty.ai is somewhat inconsistent on headquarters and team footprint, but the company’s own materials emphasize a consumer/investor marketplace plus AI-assisted property discovery and support.

Primary product

Fractional U.S. real estate investing marketplace with $50 minimum shares, daily rental income, and secondary-market liquidity

Founded

2018

Headquarters

Oakland, California, United States

Team size

1-10 employees

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Real Estate

Sub-industry

fractional real estate investing / proptech

Offices

Oakland, California, United States
Miami, Florida, United States
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States
Remote across the United States

Business model

fractional ownership marketplace
transaction fees on buy and sell orders

Funding

Stage

later stage VC / venture-backed

Total raised

$6M

Latest round

Later Stage VC · Sep 2024

People & investors

Leadership

Jerry Chu

CEO & Co-Founder

Max Ball

Co-Founder

Mark Keane

Co-Founder

Henry Li

CTO

Andrew Wild

Vice President, Enterprise Sales

David Carter

Vice President, Marketing

Investors

AltaIR Capital
Hustle Fund
Jason Calacanis
Mehta Ventures
Orange DAO
Rebel Fund
Rohan Udeshi
TRAC Ventures
VentureSouq
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Public materials suggest a remote-friendly, U.S.-distributed team with an investor/community-oriented product culture and heavy emphasis on AI, automation, and fast iteration.

Work style

Flexible

Benefits

daily rental income
property appreciation exposure
no lockups
instant secondary-market liquidity
$50 minimum entry
direct ownership in property-specific LLCs
investor-elected property managers
tax advantages such as depreciation

Product & market

Pricing

3% marketplace fee on both buy orders and sell orders; no public subscription pricing on the fractional-investing site

Differentiators

  • —$50 minimum investment
  • —daily rental distributions
  • —no lock-up periods
  • —24/7 marketplace liquidity
  • —direct ownership in property-specific LLCs
  • —investor-elected property managers
  • —AI-vetted properties
  • —no AUM fee publicly stated

Technology

Stripe
AWS
Algorand
Google Analytics
Google Ads
Meta Pixel
X/Twitter Pixel
Google Tag Manager
Intercom
Canva
GitHub Actions
Serverless Framework
GeoJSON/TopoJSON

Customers

retail real estate investors
real estate investors
property owners seeking to sell fractional equity

Competitors

Arrived
Ark7
Cadre
Concreit
Doorvest
Roofstock
RealT
Fundrise

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

~$1M-$2M estimated ARR (GetLatka estimated revenue around $1.5M in 2024)

support@lofty.ai

Signals & risks

Acquisition
Aug 2024

Lofty acquired Firepoint, a real estate CRM solution, and said Firepoint customers would transition to Lofty.

Latest news

Lofty Expands AOS, Its Agentic AI Operating System for Real Estate, Anchored by New Cowork Experience

GlobeNewswire / Lofty · Jul 2026

Lofty announced an expanded version of its agentic AI operating system, Lofty AOS, plus Lofty Cowork, positioning the product as a proactive workflow engine for agents and brokerages.

Lofty Introduces House.ai at Inman Connect 2026

GlobeNewswire / Lofty · Jul 2026

Lofty launched House.ai, a homeownership financial intelligence product aimed at helping consumers understand buying power and sending qualified prospects to agents.

Lofty Launches Client Transaction Portal to Give Homebuyers and Sellers Real-Time Visibility

GlobeNewswire / Lofty · Jun 2026

Lofty unveiled a client-facing transaction portal delivered through Closely and Lofty Transactions to improve visibility and document exchange during deals.

Lofty Introduces Canva Integration to Help Agents Shorten Workflows and Eliminate Distribution Bottlenecks

GlobeNewswire / Lofty · May 2026

Lofty launched a native Canva integration that lets agents pull live listing data into Canva and export finished assets back into Lofty for distribution.

Lofty Introduces Homeowner Agent to Proactively Deliver Seller Leads

Lofty News / GlobeNewswire · Apr 2026

Lofty launched Homeowner Agent, an agentic AI feature that monitors CRM contacts for selling intent and nurtures them automatically until they are ready to engage.

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