Aaron Ru
Vice President and Principal @ RET Ventures
Park City, United States
Aaron Ru is a Vice President and Principal at RET Ventures and was a Lead of Business and Corporate Development at Pinterest. He attended Harvard Business School and the University of California, Berkeley.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Banking 2 (40%)
- Real Estate 2 (40%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
- Internet 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Investments
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| Lula makes maintenance easy for property managers nationwide. Supporting over 350,000 rental properties, Lula combines advanced AI-powered coordination with a nationwide network of 9,000+ vetted, licensed, and insured service professionals to streamline maintenance requests—delivering fast, reliable service and real-time job visibility.Withseamless platform integrations, 24/7 support, and transparent pricing, Lula simplifies maintenance operations from work order to job completion, helping property managers save time, control costs, and boost resident satisfaction. Recognized as the #1 fastest-growing company in Kansas City by Ingram’s Magazine, a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree, and winner of Proptech Breakthrough’s Work Order Management Solution of the Year, Lula is redefining how maintenance gets done at scale. | $28M / Series A / Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| Lula makes maintenance easy for property managers nationwide. Supporting over 350,000 rental properties, Lula combines advanced AI-powered coordination with a nationwide network of 9,000+ vetted, licensed, and insured service professionals to streamline maintenance requests—delivering fast, reliable service and real-time job visibility.Withseamless platform integrations, 24/7 support, and transparent pricing, Lula simplifies maintenance operations from work order to job completion, helping property managers save time, control costs, and boost resident satisfaction. Recognized as the #1 fastest-growing company in Kansas City by Ingram’s Magazine, a three-time Inc. 5000 honoree, and winner of Proptech Breakthrough’s Work Order Management Solution of the Year, Lula is redefining how maintenance gets done at scale. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 23, 2022 | ||
| Azibo is a financial services platform for rental properties that provides solutions for rent collection, banking, lending, and insurance. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada. | $19M / Series A / Jan 11, 2022 | ||
| TurnoverBnB is a operator of an online platform intended to allow hosts to find local cleaners for their short-term rental cleaning. The company's software allows users to connect with their existing Airbnb and VRBO calendars to automatically schedule their cleaners via SMS and email, enabling users to hire and pay housekeepers conveniently. | $4.5M / Series A / Aug 16, 2021 | ||
| Rent Butter provides a solution that combines bank transaction history and credit behavior analytics into a tenant performance report. | Seed |
Co-Investors
About RET Ventures
Real Estate Technology Ventures (RET Ventures) is the first industry-backed seed-stage venture fund focused on building innovative real estate technology companies with a focus on the multifamily and single-family rental industries. The Firm connects the smartest rent tech solutions with its strategic LP base which includes the large network ofrental units in North America. RET Ventures works with high-quality entrepreneurs to scale their businesses by leveraging the knowledge and expertise of its team and limited partners, who own close to one million units. In turn, these owners receive early access and insight into effective technology solutions.
RET Ventures Contacts
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John Helm
Managing Director
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Aaron Ru
Vice President and Principal
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Christopher Yip
Partner and Managing Director
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Frances Fu
CFO
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Jacob Zornes
Chief Financial Officer
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What does Aaron Ru invest in?
Aaron Ru invests primarily in Banking, Real Estate and FinTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Ru closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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