Lofty

Building the NASDAQ for Real Estate.

Operating in fintech based in Los Angeles, CA, USA; Miami, FL, USA; Remote, Lofty was founded in 2018.

Profile

Lofty is a marketplace that let's anyone sell a house to investors online. Instead of the typical real estate transaction where one seller sells to one buyer, Lofty is much more flexible.

Sellers fractionalize their equity ownership in the property into smaller units, so that anyone can buy a portion for as little as $50, allowing access to one of the best asset classes for people who have previously been locked out. Sellers can also sell a portion of their equity (starting at just 10%) instead of the entire property or create customized HELOC structures.

Investors can browse a variety of individual real estate properties ranging from commercial strip malls, a HELOC in someone's house, Airbnbs, to a single-family rental properties, and directly purchase ownership in these properties in under 5 minutes. There is no lockup period. Users can constantly trade these ownerships with others on the marketplace.

Investors truly legally own the properties they invested in and co-manage it with other investors through an online governance program. Owners have so far voted on how to handle various repairs, delinquent tenants, the sale of the underlying property, and much more.

Lofty never custodies or handles user funds or assets. Through smart-contracts on the blockchain, all transactions are directly peer-to-peer.

If we succeed, we'll have built the NASDAQ for real estate

Within the fintech space, the company focuses on its core offering rather than a broad product line.

Its base of operations is Los Angeles, CA, USA; Miami, FL, USA; Remote.

It is recorded at the Summer 2019 stage.

Recorded headcount: 7 employees.

Website: www.lofty.ai