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Brendan Wallace

Brendan Wallace

Co-Founder, CEO & CIO atFifth WallFirm active Oct 13New York City
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Brendan Wallace is CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Fifth Wall. He co-founded Identified, acquired by Workday in 2014, and Cabify. He worked at Goldman Sachs and Blackstone, and studied at Princeton and Stanford.

What Brendan can write

Writes checks of$3M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Fifth Wall writes $3M to $30M+ checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. The Blackstone Group · real estate private equity practice
  2. Identified
  3. Cabify
  4. Fifth Wall · Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
    Now
  5. Goldman Sachs
  6. The Blackstone Group
  7. Identified · co-founder
    2014
  8. Cabify · co-founder

Companies founded

IdentifiedCabifyFifth Wall

Investments named in public bios

AtomsHiggsfieldOpendoorProcoreBlendHippoBilt Rewards

Focus

real estateventure capitalworkforce optimizationridesharinghospitalitygaming

Education

Princeton University, BA in political science and economicsStanford Graduate School of Business, MBA

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Miguel Nigorra
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Peter Gajdos
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Questions

Who is Brendan Wallace?

Brendan Wallace is CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Fifth Wall. He co-founded Identified, acquired by Workday in 2014, and Cabify. He worked at Goldman Sachs and Blackstone, and studied at Princeton and Stanford.

How much does Brendan Wallace invest?

Brendan Wallace invests through Fifth Wall, which writes checks of $3M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Brendan Wallace?

A warm intro from a founder Fifth Wall backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Brendan Wallace do before Fifth Wall?

real estate private equity practice at The Blackstone Group; Identified; Cabify; Goldman Sachs; The Blackstone Group; co-founder at Identified; co-founder at Cabify.

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