Why create a real estate pitch deck?
Startups that are involved in the real estate space are particularly challenging when building a pitch deck due to the legal complexities and experience + knowledge required to succeed in this highly-competitive, capital-intensive industry. There is one thing that all successful real estate startups have in common: they once were no-names who had to pitch their ideas to investors or partners.
If you are not sure where to start, here are a few pitch decks from successful real estate companies that you should check out:
What are examples of successful real estate pitch deck?
10+ pitch decks that helped raise millions of dollars for real estate startups:
1) WeWork
2) OpenDoor
3) RealtyShares
4) Mashvisor
5) Silvernest
6) Home61
7) Parkbench
8) StreamLoan
9) Homebot
10) Castle
11) Lenda
12) Properati
13) RealAtom
14) Reesio
15) Vacayo
You’re an entrepreneur with a great idea seeking capital. You want to find a investors to partner with your real estate company but you’re not sure how to write the perfect pitch deck. Look no further. This list has over ten pitch decks from leading names in the real estate space like OpenDoor and RealtyShares. These decks are perfect for learning more about what makes an effective pitch deck and how to create your own. When pitching your company to an investor, the deck you present is a vital part of the conversation. Use these 10+ winning pitch deck examples as inspiration when crafting your investor presentation.
1. WeWork Pitch Deck
Year: 2014 • Amount: $335M • Round: Late Stage
WeWork is a commercial real estate company that provides beautiful workspaces and serves communities by providing services.
In 2010, WeWork was founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey, who met while studying at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. They wanted to create a space where people could come together to work and be more productive, whilst enjoying a premium experience. In 2012 the company launched their first location in New York with only four desks and ten members. Since then the company has expanded rapidly into 150 locations in ten different countries. WeWork is now valued at 26 billion dollars and has more than 2 million members globally.
At it’s core, WeWork is simply an office-leasing company: it is a commercial real estate company that provides flexible shared workspaces for technology startups and services for other enterprises, and earns most of its revenue by renting office space.
About WeWork
- Product Type: Marketplace
- Business Model: B2B
About the WeWork Deck
- Funding Year: 2014
- Funding Round: Late Stage
- Funding Raised: $335M
- Investor Type: Corporate
2. OpenDoor Pitch Deck
Year: 2014 • Amount: $10M • Round: Series A
Opendoor is a startup company that offers homeowners cash offers on their homes within 24 hours after submitting an offer request on the company’s website. The company began operations in May 2014 following a $9.95m venture capital round led by Khosla Ventures. As of 2018, Opendoor had raised $400m in funding from the SoftBank Group Vision Fund.
About OpenDoor
- Product Type: Marketplace
- Business Model: C2C
About the OpenDoor Deck
- Funding Year: 2014
- Funding Round: Series A
- Funding Raised: $10M
- Investor Type: VC, Corporate
3. RealtyShares Pitch Deck
Year: 2014 • Amount: $1.9M • Round: Early Stage
Nav Athwal founded RealtyShares in April 2013 as a crowdfunding platform for real estate investing. Ultimately, it was a marketplace (with an investment committee that vetted deals) to match investors with real estate sponsors. Despite originating almost $900 million in investment capital, the company was unable to continue operations due to a lack of risk capital.
About RealtyShares
- Product Type: Marketplace
- Business Model: B2C
About the RealtyShares Deck
- Funding Year: 2014
- Funding Round: Early Stage
- Funding Raised: $1.9M
- Investor Type: VC, Corporate
4. Mashvisor Pitch Deck
Year: 2016 • Amount: $200K • Round: Seed
Data analytics platform Mashvisor allows property managers, agents, and investors to uncover and analyze returns on rental properties and analyze the profit they or their clients can get from them. Mashvisor was founded by Abualzolof and Mohammed Jebrini and received investment from the Ibtikar Fund in December 2015, before being accepted to 500 Startups shortly thereafter.
About Mashvisor
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2C
About the Mashvisor Deck
- Funding Year: 2016
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $200K
- Investor Type: VC
5. Silvernest Pitch Deck
Year: 2016 • Amount: $590K • Round: Seed
Home-sharing service Silvernest, which matches older homeowners with roommates, started just five years ago and already receives eight applications for each listing, according to founder Wendi Burkhardt. A Denver-based angel investor network backed her first in 2016 and then in 2017.
About Silvernest
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: C2C
About the Silvernest Deck
- Funding Year: 2016
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $590K
- Investor Type: VC
6. Home61 Pitch Deck
Year: 2016 • Amount: $1M • Round: Seed
Founded by Olivier Grinda, Home61 is a homegrown tech brokerage. This deck helped secure $1 million in funding from tech investors, including 500 Startups, Kima Ventures and a number of angel investors including Grinda’s brother, Fabrice. The Miami, FL-based tech driven real estate brokerage company went on to raise $4m in funding from Founders Fund.
About Home61
- Product Type: Marketplace
- Business Model: B2C, B2B
About the Home61 Deck
- Funding Year: 2016
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $1M
- Investor Type: VC
7. Parkbench Pitch Deck
Year: 2016 • Amount: $125k • Round: Seed
Parkbench is an all-in-one sales & marketing platform for realtors who want to build their brand & get more clients in a neighborhood. Their robust sales and marketing platform allows realtors to publish deals, showcase listings, and leverage the power of their personal brand. In the five years since, Parkbench raised a total of $1.3M in funding over 4 rounds.
About Parkbench
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B, B2C
About the Parkbench Deck
- Funding Year: 2016
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $125k
- Investor Type: VC
8. StreamLoan Pitch Deck
Year: 2016 • Amount: $125K • Round: Seed
Stephen Bulfer and Armando Gonzalez founded StreamLoan in 2015 to simplify the process of getting a mortgage (or loan). After this round of funding, the company secured a $2 million seed capital round from top-tier Silicon Valley VC investors.
About StreamLoan
- Product Type: SaaS, App
- Business Model: C2C
About the StreamLoan Deck
- Funding Year: 2016
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $125K
- Investor Type: Unknown
9. Homebot Pitch Deck
Year: 2017 • Amount: $4.5M • Round: Seed
After taking a 10-year sabbatical from tech to launch his own real estate brokerage — and then working with Realtor.com to build out their search function — Ernie Graham (CEO) co-founded Homebot with Ira McMahon (CTO). By empowering consumers to build wealth through homeownership, the company describes itself as a client-for-life platform that maximizes repeat and referral business for lenders. Private equity firm ASG acquired this AI-driven mortgage lending and real estate software company in 2020.
About Homebot
- Product Type: App
- Business Model: B2C
About the Homebot Deck
- Funding Year: 2017
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $4.5M
- Investor Type: Angel Investors
10. Castle Pitch Deck
Year: • Amount: $270k • Round: Pre-Seed
Castle was a property management company in Detroit that was using technology to change the game. At their peak, they had raised $4 million from investors and grew to be Michigan’s second-largest PM company, but in January of 2018 they winded down the business. Nevertheless, Castle was able to raise $270k in funding with this pitch deck.
About Castle
- Product Type:
- Business Model:
About the Castle Deck
- Funding Year:
- Funding Round: Pre-Seed
- Funding Raised: $270k
- Investor Type:
11. Lenda Pitch Deck
Year: 2013 • Amount: $80K • Round: Seed
Lenda is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of home loan, no fee, and cash-out refinancing.
About Lenda
- Product Type: Service
- Business Model: B2B
About the Lenda Deck
- Funding Year: 2013
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $80K
- Investor Type:
12. Properati Pitch Deck
Year: 2013 • Amount: $225K • Round: Seed
Properati is an online and mobile property platform for the real estate market. Properati is a startup operating in Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador (as part of the OLX Group). This platform collects available properties for sale or lease, whether brand new or not, and makes it easy for interested parties to find the dwelling they want online.
About Properati
- Product Type: E-commerce
- Business Model: B2C
About the Properati Deck
- Funding Year: 2013
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $225K
- Investor Type:
13. RealAtom Pitch Deck
Year: 2017 • Amount: $150K • Round: Pre-Seed
RealAtom is an online platform for commercial real estate loans. The RealAtom Lender Engagement Platform helps efficiently and effectively engage lenders to drive loan pipeline to close more CRE deals.
About RealAtom
- Product Type: Marketplace
- Business Model: B2B2C
About the RealAtom Deck
- Funding Year: 2017
- Funding Round: Pre-Seed
- Funding Raised: $150K
- Investor Type:
14. Reesio Pitch Deck
Year: 2013 • Amount: $205K • Round: Seed
Reesio is an online real estate transaction management solution providing up-to-the-minute residential property data.
About Reesio
- Product Type: SaaS
- Business Model: B2B
About the Reesio Deck
- Funding Year: 2013
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $205K
- Investor Type:
15. Vacayo Pitch Deck
Year: 2018 • Amount: $1.4M • Round: Seed
Vacayo leases longterm rentals and transforms them into beautiful, group-friendly vacation rentals.
About Vacayo
- Product Type: Marketplace
- Business Model: B2B2C
About the Vacayo Deck
- Funding Year: 2018
- Funding Round: Seed
- Funding Raised: $1.4M
- Investor Type:
How-to create your own real estate pitch deck:
Are you interested in learning how to write and design a winning pitch deck for your startup? If you’re building a new real estate company, you may be interested in our popular Real Estate Pitch Deck template. If not, you’ll probably at least want to read through our free guide: check out our article on how-to create a real estate pitch deck here. →