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Zillow Ventures

VC
Seattle, WAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $1.0M

Portfolio

16+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Zillow Ventures invests in startups with the potential to disrupt real estate operations, transactions, and customer experience with innovative SaaS and AI solutions.

How Zillow Ventures invests

Zillow Ventures is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Real Estate, Other, AI / ML, SaaS, Fintech. It does not invest in Hardware.

Zillow Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$1.0M per investment.

Zillow Ventures has backed 16 companies in our records, including Dotloop, Trulia, StreetEasy.

Meet the Team

JA

Jenny Arden

Director of Zillow Ventures

PropTech
AI

Industry Focus

Invests In

Real Estate
Other
AI / ML
SaaS
Fintech

Does Not Invest In

Hardware

Portfolio Companies (16)

Other

DO

Dotloop

Real Estate Transactions Platform
TR

Trulia

Real Estate

Online marketplace for buying and selling homes.

ST

StreetEasy

Real Estate

Real estate listing service for New York City.

HO

HotPads

Real Estate

Map-based apartment and home rental search engine.

SH

ShowingTime+

Real Estate

Scheduling and management software for real estate showings.

SP

Spruce

Real Estate

Title and closing services for real estate transactions.

FO

Follow Up Boss

Real Estate

CRM software for real estate professionals.

ZI

Zillow Home Loans

Real Estate

Mortgage lending services offered by Zillow.

PE

PermitFlow

PropTech / Construction Technology·Seed

Provides software to automate construction permitting, permit applications & management.

PA

Pacaso

Real Estate / PropTech·Series C

Enables co-ownership of second homes, making part-ownership more accessible.

How to pitch Zillow Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Real Estate, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $1.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jenny Arden, Director of Zillow Ventures.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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