RWT Horizons

About The Fund

RWT Horizons operates as the venture investment arm of Redwood Trust, a company which is not chartered as a bank or trust company, nor is it a depository institution. They focus on strategic venture investments in startups and emerging companies, particularly in the PropTech and real estate sectors. Their specialist financial interest lies in early stage companies, with a sweet spot for investments around $1,500,000, although they are capable of investing anywhere between $100,000 and $5,000,000. The fund is particularly interested in companies driving innovation and disruption across the lending and real estate sectors, targeting technologies that provide accretive benefits to various businesses including residential and business purpose lending platforms. RWT Horizons provides entrepreneurs with direct access to its ecosystem as well as offering flexible financing solutions. Through their investments, they aim to forge new partnerships that will drive innovation, reduce inefficiencies, promote scalability, and benefit customers, counterparties, and investors alike. Their portfolio includes a diverse range of companies, such as lifestyle concierge services for multifamily properties, powerful cloud-based software for real estate projects, a next-generation closing and payments platform for real estate transactions, home rental and equity management services, renovation providers, climate and weather risk insurance tech, mortgage servicer engagement platforms, security deposit replacement services, blockchain technology for the mortgage ecosystem, homeownership member platforms, AI and NLP for home buying experience personalization, enhanced tenant screening tools, and digital property management solutions. They pride themselves on building trust in construction finance and empowering real estate professionals through financial services access.