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Alec Morgan

Alec Morgan is a Vice President on the Investment Team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on thematic work and deal execution.

Previously, Alec focused on strategic partnerships and Fifth Wall's Capital Markets strategy. He started his career in investment banking at UBS in the Real Estate, Lodging & Leisure group.

Alec was born in San Diego, California and currently lives in Manhattan. He graduated from Tufts University with a degree in Economics.

Alok Sindher

Alok Sindher is a Partner on the Climate Tech Investment Team at Fifth Wall, where he leads the infrastructure investing platform.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Sindher served as a Partner at The D.E. Shaw Group's renewable energy and infrastructure platform. He also previously worked for J.P. Morgan's Energy Investment Banking group. He currently serves as an Advisor to The Department of Defense's energy transition and decarbonization efforts at the TomKat Center, a part of the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University.

Sindher is based out of San Francisco. He is a Computer Science and Economics graduate of Stanford and holds an MBA from The Wharton School.

Anastasia Istratova

Anastasia is a Principal on the Climate Technology investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on deal sourcing, due diligence, and deal execution.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Anastasia was a venture investor at Standard Investments, focusing on early and growth stage industrial technology companies. Anastasia began her career at SunPower, where she led many of the company’s project finance transactions.

Anastasia was born in St Petersburg, Russia and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in International Business, and also completed a dual diploma program at NEOMA Reims Management School in France. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Anjing Fu

Anjing Fu is an Associate on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Anjing worked as an investment banking associate at Credit Suisse in the Financial Sponsors Group. While at Credit Suisse, she advised private equity firms and their portfolio companies on leveraged buyouts, M&A, dividend recapitalizations, and debt refinancings.

Anjing was born in Beijing, China, grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and currently lives in New York. She graduated from the University of Chicago, where she received a BA in Economics.

Anna Floyd

Anna Floyd is a finance manager at Fifth Wall.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Anna was a fund controller for several venture capital clients at Standish Management.

Anna was born in Seattle and currently lives in San Francisco. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Blake D'Onofrio

Blake D'Onofrio is an Executive Assistant at Fifth Wall, where he provides direct support to Brendan Wallace, the firm's Co-Founder and Managing Partner.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Blake was an Executive Assistant at Kering Americas, a luxury conglomerate. Blake started his career at Laird + Partners, an advertising agency where he supported the Chief Operating Officer.

Blake was born in Cold Springs, NY and currently splits his time between New York City and East Hampton. He graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Photography.

Brad Greiwe

Brad Greiwe is Co-Founder & Chairman at Fifth Wall, where he guides the Firm’s strategic vision as well as drives thought-leadership and business discussions with strategic LPs.

Prior to starting Fifth Wall, Brad co-founded Invitation Homes (NYSE: INVH), a multi-billion dollar owner and operator of single-family rental properties originally backed by The Blackstone Group. As CTO, he positioned Invitation Homes as the dominant technology-forward brand in the single-family rental category, developing a proprietary technology stack to support the valuation, acquisition, rehabilitation, leasing, and professional management of over 80,000 homes in 17 major markets, serving 120,000 residents across the U.S.

Brad started his career in investment banking at UBS in the real estate, lodging, and leisure group, where he tallied over $33 billion of M&A advisory work and $1 billion of debt and equity financing, including the sale of Hilton Hotels to The Blackstone Group for $26 billion—the largest hotel privatization in history. He then worked in real estate private equity at Tishman Speyer and Starwood Capital, where he executed over $30 billion of acquisitions, debt financing, and development projects.

Brad is originally from Cincinnati, lives in San Francisco, and graduated from Harvard University, where he received his BA in economics.

Brendan Wallace

Brendan Wallace is Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer of Fifth Wall.

Prior to starting Fifth Wall, Brendan co-founded Identified, a workforce optimization data and analytics company that raised $33 million of venture funding and was acquired by Workday (NYSE: WKDY) in 2014. He also co-founded Cabify, the largest ridesharing service in Latin America, and has been an active investor, leading more than 60 angel investments including Bonobos, Dollar Shave Club, Lyft, SpaceX, Clutter, and Philz Coffee.

Brendan started his career at Goldman Sachs in the real estate, hospitality, and gaming group before joining The Blackstone Group’s real estate private equity practice.

Brendan splits his time between New York City, Park City, and London. He graduated from Princeton University, where he received his BA in political science and economics. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Cedric Char

Cedric is a Vice President on the Climate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on deal sourcing, due diligence, and execution.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Cedric was an investor at BMW i Ventures, BMW's corporate venture fund focused on transportation, manufacturing, and sustainable technologies. Cedric began his career at Financial Technology Partners as an investment banking analyst.

Cedric was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and currently lives in San Francisco, California. He graduated with honors from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Finance.

Dan Wenhold

Dan Wenhold is a Partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Real Estate Technology Investment team.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Dan was the first employee and Director of Retail at The Black Tux and a growth equity investor at Battery Ventures. Dan started his career as a financial analyst at Robert W. Baird.

Dan was born in Philadelphia, grew up in Chicago, and currently lives in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in finance.

Dennis Wei

Dennis Wei is a Principal on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on strategic partnerships, real estate technology investments, and capital markets transactions.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Dennis worked at Credit Suisse in New York in the firm's Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging Investment Banking group. Dennis started his career at the Tufts University Endowment and later the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust where he focused on investments across public and private real estate.

Dennis is from Boston, Massachusetts and currently lives in New York City. He graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Quantitative Economics and received his MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Duncan Moore

Duncan Moore is an Associate on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Duncan began his career as an investment banking analyst at UBS in the real estate group. While at UBS, Duncan advised real estate and proptech clients on M&A as well as public and private capital raises.

Duncan was born in Albany, GA and currently lives in New York. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in Statistics.

Dylan Emmett

Dylan Emmett is a Partner on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he drives innovation and value creation for our corporate partners.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Dylan was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey, where he drove impactful marketing and sales transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies. Dylan also previously led pricing and M&A efforts at Edcon, the largest apparel retailer in southern Africa.

Dylan grew up in South Africa and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two young kids. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Business Science in finance from the University of Cape Town.

Elise Szwajkowski

Elise Szwajkowski is Fifth Wall’s Head of Communications, driving the Firm’s internal and external public relations and communications efforts.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Elise was a Vice President at Marino PR, leading PR for a variety of regional, national, and global legacy real estate companies and PropTech unicorns. Prior to Marino, Elise honed her strategy development, implementation, media relations, and content creation skills at Akrete, Brandstyle Communications, and Steinreich Communications, where she worked with a range of clients across a multitude of industries, including technology, finance, lifestyle, and robotics.

Elise is based out of New York City. She graduated summa cum laude from George Washington University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications.

Eric Lee

Eric Lee is Partner & Chief Financial Officer at Fifth Wall.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Eric was a Vice President at Ares Management, where he oversaw real estate private equity funds' finance and accounting, revenue recognition for the management company's public filing, and played a crucial role in achieving operational excellence across multiple funds. Before Ares Management, he was a Manager at KKR, responsible for the administration of distressed debt funds.

Eric started his career at GHJ and PwC, auditing non-profits, private businesses, and financial services companies.

Eric is from the San Francisco Bay Area and currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and daughter. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a BS in Economics with an emphasis on Accounting.

Fethi Kirdar

Fethi Kirdar is a Managing Director on the Capital Formation team at Fifth Wall, where he heads the coverage of the Middle East & North Africa.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Fethi was at International Media Investments, an Abu Dhabi based quasi-sovereign media/tech investment firm where he headed finance and investments. Fethi was also Venture Partner in a MENA focused venture capital firm, Iliad Partners, and Senior Advisor for Arthur D. Little’s TMT practice. Fethi also spent a number of years in investment banking at Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for financial advisory and capital raising for MENA clients.

Fethi started his career at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank in London in the TMT investment banking team before moving to Dubai in 2002 to help establish a TMT focused private equity fund for the investment office of the then Crown Prince, now Ruler of Dubai.

Fethi is a dual British/Swiss national of Iraqi origin. He graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he received his BSc in International Economics.

Francesca Whitehead

Francesca Whitehead is a Vice President at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on leading thematic work and executing deals across climate tech.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Francesca was an investor at G2 Venture Partners where she closed transactions in ProducePay (series C), Pivot Bio (series D), Trove (series D), and Oyster (series C). She was part of the KKR Global Impact Fund's inaugural team and was involved in the buyout of Graduation Alliance, which was the funds' largest deal to date. While at KKR, she co-founded NorthStar Collective, an impact investor networking group that currently has 150+ members and quarterly events. She started her career at Goldman Sachs in the natural resources investment banking group.

Francesca was born in Hong Kong and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from Brown University and received a BA in economics.

G. M. Nicholas Vik

G. M. Nicholas “Magnus” Vik is Fifth Wall’s Co-President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for developing and executing on the Firm’s strategic vision and for managing operations across the Fifth Wall platform.

Since joining Fifth Wall, Vik has played an instrumental role in setting and executing the strategy of the Firm while scaling Fifth Wall’s platform. Prior to joining Fifth Wall in March 2020, Magnus was Director of Strategy & Finance and a founding team member at Renew Health, a healthcare startup founded in partnership with Venrock. Previously, he was an early member of the Revenue Strategy team at Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), where he helped scale the company’s advertising business in preparation for the company’s 2017 IPO.

Magnus started his career at Cambridge Associates, where he advised leading institutions on venture capital and private equity investment strategies, before joining ICONIQ Capital, a multifamily office and investment firm.

Magnus grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and Monaco, and currently lives in Los Angeles. He is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office.

Greg Smithies

Greg is a Partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Greg was a Partner at BMW i Ventures where he led the Sustainability investing practice, investing in companies such as Prometheus Fuels, and PureCycle (NASDAQ: ROCH). Before joining BMW i Ventures, Greg led Finance & Operations for both The Boring Company and Neuralink simultaneously.

Greg started his investment career at Battery Ventures where he covered early-stage enterprise technology startups, as well as industrial technology buyouts. Successful exits from his work there include Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc.), and IST (acquired by Scott Brand).

Greg was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and currently lives in Oakland, CA. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School where he received a BS in Economics and a BS in Computer Science.

Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith is an Associate on the Partner Coverage team at Fifth Wall, where he supports fundraising initiatives and investor relations.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Jamie worked as a an Analyst at Intrepid Investment Bankers, focusing on M&A advisory for middle-market healthcare businesses.

Jamie grew up in Tewksbury, NJ and currently lives in Los Angeles. He graduated from Amherst College, where he received a BA in History.

Jennifer Place

Jennifer Place is a Principal on the Climate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on investments in technologies that decarbonize the Built World.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Jennifer was an Investment Director at Finistere Ventures where she led thematic coverage and investment efforts in companies driving innovation across the agri-food value chain, powering the future of food commerce and next-gen sustainable food products. Before joining Finistere, Jennifer was a private equity investor at Energy Capital Partners, focused on existing and new-build energy projects in renewable energy and infrastructure services. Jennifer began her career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse in New York.

Jennifer grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and currently lives in San Francisco, CA. She graduated from Stanford University where she received a BS in Energy Resources Engineering.

Jeremy Fox

Jeremy Fox is Fifth Wall’s Co-President and Head of Global Partner Coverage, driving all aspects of the Firm’s strategic engagements with its 110+ Limited Partners.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall in February 2021, Jeremy was Co-Head of North America Real Estate, Gaming, and Lodging Investment Banking at Credit Suisse and Head of US Equity Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank.

Jeremy was born in New Orleans and currently lives in Englewood, New Jersey. He’s based in the Firm’s NYC headquarters in Hudson Yards.

Jon Hong

Jon Hong is a Partner & Deputy Portfolio Manager at Fifth Wall, where he Co-Leads the Real Estate Technology Investment team.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Jon was an Investment Director at the SoftBank Vision Fund, investing in and serving on the Boards of companies ranging from gopuff to ShipBob to REEF to Cameo, among others. Before joining SoftBank, Jon was a Vice President at PointState Capital focused on public global technology, media, and telecom (TMT) investments.

Jon started his career in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in the TMT group before joining Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs covering Communication Services.

Jon is from Salt Lake City and currently lives in the Bay Area. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his BA in International Relations from the College of Arts & Sciences and BS in Economics from the Wharton School.

Josh Melnyk

Josh Melnyk is an Associate on the Investment Team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on company sourcing, underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Josh began his career as an investment banking analyst at Citi in the Real Estate, Gaming and Lodging group. While at Citi, he advised real estate private equity firms and other real estate companies on leveraged buyouts, M&A, and equity and debt refinancings.

Josh was born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia, and currently lives in New York. He graduated from Princeton University, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Research and Financial Engineering.

Kate Vogel

Kate Vogel is an Associate on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Kate worked as an investment banking analyst at RBC Capital Markets in the technology group. While at RBC, Kate advised internet and software clients on M&A, as well as public and private capital raises.

Kate grew up in San Diego and Shanghai, and currently lives in New York. She graduated from Southern Methodist University, where she received a BBA in Finance.

Ken Lambert

Ken Lambert is a Vice President of Fund Accounting at Fifth Wall.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Ken was a Senior Finance Manager at Apercen Partners, a high net-worth tax and accounting consulting firm. Before Apercen Partners, he was a Senior Manager at KKR, responsible for the fund administration of private credit funds. Ken started his career at PwC, auditing banking and investment management companies.

Ken is from Sacramento, California. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BA in Economics with an emphasis on Accounting.

Luke Harris

Luke Harris is Partner & General Counsel at Fifth Wall.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Luke served as General Counsel at a $5B AUM credit-focused asset manager. Luke also held in-house legal positions at both Morgan Stanley Investment Management and with the Alternative Investments group at UBS Financial Services.

Previously, Luke was an associate in the Private Funds practice at Weil, Gotshal and Manges. He began his legal career in the Private Funds Group at Proskauer.

Luke was born in Honolulu and currently lives in New York City. He graduated from Excelsior College with a degree in Liberal Studies and received his JD from Brooklyn Law School.

Mackenzie Chisholm

Mackenzie Chisholm is a Vice President, Strategy & Platform at Fifth Wall, where she drives strategy and business development related initiatives across the firm.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Mackenzie worked at J.P. Morgan, first in the Real Estate Investment Banking group and subsequently in Digital Investment Banking where she helped lead digital transformation efforts.

Mackenzie is from Toronto and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from McGill University, where she received her BCom in Honors Investment Management.

Mary Hogan Preusse

Mary Hogan Preusse is a Senior Advisor at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on strengthening the firm’s relationships with its corporate real estate investors and with the broader real estate industry. Mary has over thirty years of experience in real estate, investment management, leadership, and strategy. She is the chairman of the board of Digital Realty, the lead independent director of Kimco Realty and serves on the boards of two other public companies: Host Hotels and Resorts and Realty Income.

Prior to her current work as board director and advisor, Mary served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Americas Real Estate at APG Asset Management US. Prior to joining APG in 2000, Mary spent eight years as a sell side analyst covering the REIT sector, and began her career at Merrill Lynch as an investment banking analyst. In 2015, she was the recipient of NAREIT’s E. Lawrence Miller Industry Achievement Award and currently serves on that organization’s Advisory Board of Governors.

Mary dedicates a substantial amount of time to promoting diversity on corporate boards and has a particular passion for mentoring recent college graduates and future leaders in real estate and investment management. Mary received a degree in Mathematics from Bowdoin College and has served on the College’s Board of Trustees since 2012.

Michael New

Michael New is a Partner on the Partner Coverage team at Fifth Wall, where he supports fundraising initiatives.

Prior to serving as Partner, Michael served as a Principal on the Firm's Partner Coverage team and a Vice President of Special Projects on Fifth Wall's Real Estate Technology and Retail & Consumer Investment teams.

Michael started his career at Velos Partners, a venture capital firm focused on investments in early-stage consumer technology companies.

Michael was born in Bethesda, Maryland and currently lives in Venice. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics.

Miguel Nigorra

Miguel Nigorra is a Partner and Head of Europe for Fifth Wall, where he leads the investment activities and all other strategic initiatives for Fifth Wall in Europe.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Miguel worked at McKinsey for over nine years in the Madrid, New York and London offices. As part of the digital practice,he led teams across Europe in numerous real estate engagements. He also was a Business Development & Strategy Manager at Fon Wireless, the largest WiFi network in the world.

Miguel is from Madrid, and currently lives in London. He received his BA in business administration and finance from Universidad Pontificiade Comillas, ICADE in Madrid, with exchange programs at Fordham University in New York and HEC at the University of Montreal. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.

Mike Foell

Mike Foell is a Vice President, Tax & Accounting at Fifth Wall.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Mike was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Asset and Wealth Management group where he provided tax compliance and consulting services of start-up to middle-market venture capital, private equity, and real estate funds. Before PwC, Mike managed the taxes of high-net-worth individuals at a small boutique firm in King of Prussia, PA.

Mike was born in Philadelphia and currently lives in Los Angeles. He graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a degree in accounting and finance and is also a licensed CPA.

Nolan Fearon

Nolan Fearon is an Associate on the Partner Coverage Team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on fundraising initiatives and investor relations.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Nolan worked as a Director within the Portfolio Solutions group at Cushman & Wakefield, focusing on solution development and client care initiatives for occupiers of office and industrial assets.

Nolan grew up in Rye, NY and currently lives in Manhattan. He graduated from Lafayette College with degrees in Engineering Studies and Economics.

Oded Cedar

Oded Cedar is Chief Compliance Officer & Counsel at Fifth Wall.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Oded served as Director of Compliance for SoftBank Group International. Oded has also held notable legal roles at Kirkland & Ellis, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and Seward & Kissel LLP.

Oded was born in Haifa, Israel and currently lives in Miami, Florida. He graduated from University of California, Davis with a bachelor's degree in history and received his JD from American University Washington College of Law as well as his Masters of Law from Duke University School of Law.

Ofer Harduf

Ofer Harduf is a Partner on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on strategic partnerships and capital markets.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Ofer was an Executive Director and Co-Head of PropTech at J.P. Morgan's Real Estate, Gaming, and Lodging Investment Banking group. Ofer also worked at UBS Investment Bank in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. He started his career as a Financial Analyst in GE Healthcare and served as a Lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces.

Ofer was born in Haifa, Israel and currently lives in New York. He graduated from the University of Haifa with a degree in Economics and Business Administration and received his MBA from Columbia Business School.

Oliver Harrison

Oliver Harrison is a Senior Associate on the Europe team at Fifth Wall.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Oliver led the North American expansion for KeyNest, a leading proptech start up in the key exchange space. Oliver started his career in London at CIL Management Consultants, advising private equity clients on growth strategy and M&A due diligence. He then moved to Chicago to launch CIL’s US operations, now an office of 20+ consultants.

Oliver was born in New York City, and frequently travels between Fifth Wall's New York and London offices. He graduated with honors from the University of St Andrews with an MA in Economics & International Relations.

Peter Gajdoš

Peter Gajdoš is a Partner & Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Fifth Wall where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Peter was the Head of Venture Capital at IPM Group and Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Presidio Partners, where he focused on climate tech and biotech venture and growth investments. Peter has been involved in several public listings including Cnano Technology, Arcadia Biosciences, Auspex Pharmaceuticals, and others.

Peter started his career at J.P. Morgan's Energy Group in New York before joining Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Green Fund in London.

Peter is from Slovakia and currently resides in San Francisco. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his BS in Business Administration, and received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on Finance and Entrepreneurial Management.

Peter Spring

Peter Spring is a Principal on Fifth Wall's Partner Coverage & Capital Markets team, where he focuses on strategic advisory, investments, and capital markets transactions. He formerly served as Chief of Staff & Counsel to CEO & CIO, Brendan Wallace.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Peter was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Co., where he provided M&A, financial advisory and capital raising services to Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging, and Proptech clients.

Peter is from New York, where he currently lives. He is a graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South, where he studied Politics and History; The London School of Economics, where he received his M.Sc. in International Political Economy; and Duke Law School, where he received his J.D. He is admitted to practice law in the state of New York.

Steve Wu

Steve is a Principal on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Steve was a Principal at H.I.G. Capital, where he helped build out the Firm’s minority growth and venture business, and invested in high-growth enterprise SaaS, internet and fintech companies. Prior to H.I.G., Steve was an investor at SoftBank Vision Fund focused on late-stage growth investments in the US and China, and Vector Capital, a technology-focused private equity firm.

Steve began his career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan where he worked on advisory and capital markets transactions for technology, media, and telecom clients.

Steve was born in Shanghai, China, grew up in Southwest Michigan, and currently lives in New York. He graduated from MIT, with degrees in Math and Economics.

Sarah Liu

Sarah Liu is a Partner on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on early stage investing in the construction, fintech, insurtech, and residential sectors.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Sarah worked at McKinsey in San Francisco. Her work there spanned FIG, TMT, and retail and included private equity due diligence, M&A strategy, and corporate transformations.

Sarah was born in Shenyang, China, grew up in Toronto, and currently lives in Austin, TX. She graduated summa cum laude and Beta Gamma Sigma from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with a BS in economics.

Tommy Wesely

Tommy Wesely is the Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Platform at Fifth Wall, where he oversees all marketing, communication, and original media content for the firm.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Tommy served as Senior Vice President of Content & Operations at BuzzFeed, where he oversaw the organization's editorial video, branded content, and operation teams for the digital publisher. Previously, he served as Editorial Director, helping scale and operationalize BuzzFeed’s editorial teams. He began his career at Condé Nast.

Tommy was born in Minneapolis and currently lives in New York. He graduated from Fordham University with a degree in Media Studies.

Victoria "Rory" Jenks

Victoria “Rory” Jenks is the lead Coordinator on the Climate Tech team.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall Rory was Executive Assistant to the Founder and served as Office Manager at Arcline Investment Management. Prior to Arcline, Rory was Senior Executive Assistant and Operations Manager at Presidio Partners.

Early in her career, she was Executive Assistant at Walden Venture Capital then Weston Presidio.

Rory is from Philadelphia, PA and currently lives in San Francisco, CA. She graduated from Hamilton College where she received her BA in communications.

Virginia Drennen

Virginia Drennen is a Principal, Go-To-Market at Fifth Wall, where she drives value creation opportunities for portfolio companies as they implement go-to-market strategies and engage with the firm's strategic partners.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Virginia began her career at The Blackstone Group, first in the firm’s hedge fund marketing division and subsequently in real estate portfolio management.

Virginia was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from the University of Virginia, where she received her BA in Economics and a minor in Architecture.

Will Smiles

Will Smiles is a Vice President, Strategy & Platform at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on strategic planning, fundraising, and value creation initiatives across the firm.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Will worked in various roles in strategy, operations and data science at WeWork.

Will grew up in Boca Raton, Florida and currently lives in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University, where he received his BA in Computer Science.

Yvonne Voon

Yvonne Voon is a Partner at Fifth Wall, based out of our Singapore office. She is in charge of spearheading the Firm's growth in APAC, including LP Coverage and Capital Markets, as well as looking out for future investment opportunities in APAC.

Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Yvonne was heading up capital raising efforts at a leading APAC logistics platform, LOGOS Property. Yvonne also spent almost 15 years at Credit Suisse, where she was most recently the Head of Southeast Asia Real Estate within the Investment Banking and Capital Markets division. She also took on various roles in the Equities division in Singapore, London and Malaysia offices, including in Equity Research and Sales.

Yvonne was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and currently lives in Singapore. She graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia with a degree in Commerce.

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