69 Best Real Estate Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Real Estate Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 474 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $13.7b. The average funding per company in this subset is $198.7m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Roofstock logo

Roofstock

Roofstock is a real estate investment marketplace founded in May 2015 by Gary Beasley, Gregor Watson, Devin Wade, and Rich Ford.

7

Funding Rounds

$365.3m

Money raised

Matterport logo

Matterport

U.S-based 3D media technology company providing worldwide end-to-end virtual media solutions.

5

Funding Rounds

$60.2m

Money raised

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Porch (company)

Porch is a home services platform that helps home and property owners maintain their homes, by connecting them with professionals.

10

Funding Rounds

$253.5m

Money raised

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CloudKitchens

CloudKitchens provides kitchen infrastructure and software to food and beverage operators to expand their operations with minimal upfront capital and time.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.4b

Money raised

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SmartAsset

SmartAsset is a financial technology company that provides automated personalized financial advice. It participated in the S12 cohort of Y Combinator.

8

Funding Rounds

$161.4m

Money raised

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Rentberry

Rentberry is a home rental platform offering decentralized, global, long term rental solution for tenants and landlord.

4

Funding Rounds

$8.8m

Money raised

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BuildZoom

A platform that enables users to search for building contractors.

1

Funding Rounds

$18.0k

Money raised

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Storefront (company)

Storefront is a sharing-economy company that provides short-term retail spaces for rent to companies through an online platform, used specifically as pop-up retail locations.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

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NestApple

NestApple is a New York City-based real estate company.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Proportunity

Artificial Intelligence company and FCA authorized mortgage lender in the UK helping renters purchase their first homes.

3

Funding Rounds

$12.1m

Money raised

Reonomy logo

Reonomy

A company offering a software platform for the commercial real estate industry that is leveraging big data and machine learning.

6

Funding Rounds

$170.9m

Money raised

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Neighborly

Neighborly drives investment in world-positive infrastructure projects like broadband, solar microgrids, and libraries.

2

Funding Rounds

$50.0m

Money raised

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Kin Insurance

Kin Insurance is an insurance technology company offering home insurance founded in 2016.

9

Funding Rounds

$407.9m

Money raised

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SiteZeus

Artificial Intelligence company for real estate site analysis.

4

Funding Rounds

$8.6m

Money raised

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Belong (real estate company)

Belong is a San Mateo, California-based real estate technology company developing a software platform for property management for the home renting process.

4

Funding Rounds

$105.0m

Money raised

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Ocrolus

Ocrolus is a solution provider of automated document reviews in the financial services industry.

3

Funding Rounds

$260.0m

Money raised

Avail logo

Avail

Avail is a Chicago-based company developing free landlord software to help with rental property management.

5

Funding Rounds

$9.7m

Money raised

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QuintoAndar

QuintoAndar is a Brazilian company who offers an online rental platform which allows renters to find a rental without a co-signer, deposit or rental insurance and offers landlords protection against insolvent renters.

7

Funding Rounds

$754.7m

Money raised

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Qualia (company)

Qualia is a technology platform for the closing process in the purchase and sale of homes.

6

Funding Rounds

$160.0m

Money raised

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Thumbtack

Thumbtack is a company operating an online platform for finding and hiring workers for particular tasks.

9

Funding Rounds

$973.2m

Money raised

Estated logo

Estated

Estated is a Boulder, Colorado-based property data provider offering an API and bulk data ingestion services for property data and history.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Homie

Homie is a South Jordan, Utah-based company founded in 2015 by Dan Might, Johnny Hanna, Matt Thorne, Mike Peregrina and Mike Trionfo.

6

Funding Rounds

$33.8m

Money raised

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Roomi

Roomi is a New York-based company offering an online roommate-matching platform

6

Funding Rounds

$28.0m

Money raised

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BetterView

A company that provides a data platform for buildings and properties.

11

Funding Rounds

$29.6m

Money raised

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Cape Analytics

An information technology services company that uses geospatial imagery to create property intelligence for buildings within the United States. It is located in Mountain View, California and was founded in 2014.

5

Funding Rounds

$75.0m

Money raised

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NoBroker

NoBroker is an India-based property search portal.

9

Funding Rounds

$373.2m

Money raised

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Starcity

Starcity is an American company that builds co-housing microapartments in which tenants pay for a private room with shared kitchens, bathrooms and other shared spaces.

4

Funding Rounds

$51.3m

Money raised

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Zumper

Zumper is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012 by Anthemos Georgiades, Taylor Glass-Moore, Russell Middleton and Leah Jones.

9

Funding Rounds

$239.1m

Money raised

Better Mortgage logo

Better Mortgage

Better Mortgage offers an online mortgage application which promises faster preapproval and a better rate.

4

Funding Rounds

$270.0m

Money raised

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OJO Labs

OJO Labs is an AI-powered conversational real estate platform founded in 2015 by John Berkowitz.

5

Funding Rounds

$196.5m

Money raised

Apartment List logo

Apartment List

A technology company offering a platform for renting properties.

9

Funding Rounds

$201.7m

Money raised

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Common

Common is a NYC-based coliving company founded by Brad Hargreaves founded in 2015 by Brad Hargreaves.

6

Funding Rounds

$133.4m

Money raised

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OakNorth Bank

OakNorth is a financial technology company that enables entrepreneurs access customized mid-sized loans.

8

Funding Rounds

$1.0b

Money raised

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Cozy (company)

Provider of an online property rental management platform designed to make the rental process simple, secure and intuitive. The company's platform simplifies the rental management process for landlords and takes the pain out of apartment hunting and landlord interaction for renters, enabling clients to get transparency in rental deals.

4

Funding Rounds

$18.4m

Money raised

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Lighthouse.app

Lighthouse.app is a rental marketplace founded by Alan Chang and Matt See.

1

Funding Rounds

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Apto

Apto is a company that offers cloud-based CRM and deal management software to help commercial real estate brokers manage their contacts, properties, listings, and deals. Apto is headquartered in Denver, CO.

6

Funding Rounds

$22.9m

Money raised

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Branch Insurance

Operator of insurance platform intended to offer home, car, renter, and umbrella insurance services. The company uses innovative technology to make it easier to save money by bundling home and auto insurance in seconds, thereby providing clients with accessible and affordable insurance services.

2

Funding Rounds

$197.0m

Money raised

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CompStak

CompStak is a company founded in 2011 by Vadim Belobrovka.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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LoopNet

LoopNet is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2009 by Dennis Deandre.

2

Funding Rounds

$50.0m

Money raised

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Placester

Developer of a real estate marketing platform to help real estate professionals to focus on lead management and collaborate effectively. The company's platform is for real estate professionals that are featuring MLS integration, high-resolution visuals, responsive design, mobile optimization, lead management tools, and marketing automation software for email, social media, and other channels, enabling clients to grow their businesses online.

2

Funding Rounds

$52.5m

Money raised

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LeaseLock

LeaseLock replaces security deposits with insurance. Introducing the Zero Deposit. Renters pay a low monthly fee starting at $19 that insures the property for 6x rent. Renters save thousands of dollars at move-in, while properties convert more leases with better protection. LeaseLock is the first nationwide A-rated (Excellent) lease insurance program. Over 1,000,000 apartment homes protected at Greystar, Equity Residential, United Apartment Group, Lennar Multifamily Communities, and Avenue5 Residential. Over 250,000 student beds protected at Asset Campus Housing, Campus Advantage, Landmark Properties, University Student Living, and Homestead U. KEY BENEFITS Convert more leases by replacing expensive deposits with a low monthly fee. Increase occupancy by capturing quality renters turned away for credit or income. Eliminate losses with protection for up to 6x rent, damages, and turn costs. Our mission is to help the world find "home." Powered by insurance and technology, we're reinventing the way renters and properties transactmaking it faster, simpler, and more cost-effective.

2

Funding Rounds

$62.7m

Money raised

Bricklane.com logo

Bricklane.com

A technology company offering a platform for residential property investments.

4

Funding Rounds

$7.4m

Money raised

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Lofty AI

Lofty AI is a company that uses AI to identify neighborhood growth.

2

Funding Rounds

$800.0k

Money raised

Enertiv logo

Enertiv

Enertiv transforms building data into asset value for commercial real estate portfolios.

8

Funding Rounds

$16.5m

Money raised

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42floors

42floors is a company providing a platform for searching office space. It participated in the W12 cohort of Y Combinator.

4

Funding Rounds

$29.7m

Money raised

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RealtyShares

RealtyShares is a real estate investment platform giving investors direct access to commercial real estate investment opportunities.

9

Funding Rounds

$105.6m

Money raised

Kiavi logo

Kiavi

Kiavi, formerly LendingHome, is a mortgage lender based in San Francisco, CA.

7

Funding Rounds

$240.9m

Money raised

Mashroom logo

Mashroom

Mashroom is a London-based rental platform for landlords and tenants.

4

Funding Rounds

$10.9m

Money raised

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Divvy Homes

A company that operates in the field of real estate and mortgages. It was founded in 2017 and is located in San Francisco, California.

6

Funding Rounds

$925.0m

Money raised

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Huddle (software)

Huddle is the enterprise document collaboration company that helps organizations across the globe to collaborate intelligently.

4

Funding Rounds

$57.4m

Money raised

Houzz logo

Houzz

Houzz is a company providing an online platform for home remodeling, architecture, interior design, decorating, landscaping and home improvement.

4

Funding Rounds

$448.6m

Money raised

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Rentlytics

Rentlytics is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2013 by Justin Alanis.

5

Funding Rounds

$20.7m

Money raised

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WiredScore

WiredScore is a New York-based company founded by Arie Barendrecht.

2

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

Money raised

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Amitree

Amitree is the developer of Folio, a Google Chrome extension for real estate agents.

4

Funding Rounds

$20.7m

Money raised

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VergeSense

An artificial intelligence and computer hardware company offering a software and hardware platform for capturing workplace activities using sensors.

6

Funding Rounds

$73.6m

Money raised

Knotel logo

Knotel

Knotel is a company founded in 2016 by Amol Sarva.

7

Funding Rounds

$977.0m

Money raised

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Easyknock

Easyknock is a real-estate tech company on a mission to provide homeowners with a new way to release their equity, without having to move.

4

Funding Rounds

$85.5m

Money raised

Snapdocs logo

Snapdocs

Snapdocs is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012 by aaron king.

7

Funding Rounds

$278.0m

Money raised

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Credit Karma

Credit Karma is a personal finance company providing finances and credit information to improve its members financial standing.

8

Funding Rounds

$868.0m

Money raised

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Firstclose

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Texas, FirstClose provides technology solutions to mortgage lenders nationwide and serves as a middleware application that provides access to a host of national and local real estate service providers via the web or through direct integration into various loan origination systems. The FirstClose reporting suite is the first, comprehensive solution with capabilities to deliver title, flood, valuation and other important data elements in one report. By utilizing the latest technology, combined with aggregated volume from its national client base, FirstClose is able to offer customized solutions which increase efficiencies, reduce costs, and ultimately help lenders close more loans. FirstClose services over 250 Banks and Credit Unions while processing hundreds of thousands of transactions per year. Products: FirstClose Report: The FirstClose Report is the first and only comprehensive home equity and refi tool to provide everything consumer lenders need to close on home equity, HELOC and refi loans more quickly and at a better price. Credit, valuation, flood, tax and title data is compiled into one easy-to-read report and returned within 30 seconds. FirstClose offers a proprietary, patent-pending software platform designed to deliver lenders end-to-end solutions from loan application to closing. FirstLook Report: The FirstLook Report is the first and only comprehensive pre-qualification tool to provide everything mortgage lenders need to make an instant decision on a borrower's complete credit worthiness. Credit, valuation, flood, tax and title data is compiled into one easy-to-read report and returned within 30 seconds. Once pre-qualified, lenders have the ability to add their own title companies, appraisers, appraisal management companies, and other settlement providers at the click of a button with options to pass data and reports back into their loan origination system when available.

1

Funding Rounds

$35.0m

Money raised

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Proper

Service offering AI-powered accounting and bookkeeping for property and asset managers.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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CrowdStreet

CrowdStreet is a Portland, Oregon-based company founded in 2013 by Tore C. Steen.

6

Funding Rounds

$44.9m

Money raised

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Knock (company)

Knock is a real estate company that guarantees to sell a client's house in less than 8 weeks or they buy it for full market price.

3

Funding Rounds

$540.0m

Money raised

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VTS

VTS is a leasing and asset management company founded in 2012 by Nicholas Romito.

10

Funding Rounds

$545.8m

Money raised

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Obie

A technology company providing a commercial real estate asset management platform.

4

Funding Rounds

$3.1m

Money raised

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Herth

A 3D visualization platform that aids businesses making visual experiences for their clients and consumers. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California and it was founded in 2018.

1

Funding Rounds

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Zeus (real estate company)

Zeus is a company founded in 2015 by Kulveer Taggar, Joe Wong and Srini Panguluri.

6

Funding Rounds

$79.1m

Money raised

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RealCrowd

RealCrowd is a company offering a crowd based equity platform.

1

Funding Rounds

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RealScout

Operator of a real estate listing platform designed to aid in selecting the perfect home. The company's platform combines revolutionary buyer data-driven listings tools and industry home search experiences using value-added features such as open floor plans, large backyard or close to public transportation, enabling individuals to get all the information before buying the house and brokers to do deals with profitability.

6

Funding Rounds

$15.2m

Money raised