# Brandon Shorenstein

> Brandon Shorenstein is a seed investor backing Software and Real Estate. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-shorenstein-b427a0a8

Brandon Shorenstein is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Software and Real Estate. Brandon Shorenstein is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Shorenstein Realty Services.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$2.1M |
| Series A | $6.5M–$6.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 33% |
| Commercial Real Estate | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| FinTech | 1 | 17% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hightower | Hightower is the commercial leasing management platform that helps brokers and owners to manage their end-to-end leasing workflow. It offers leasing and asset management platform that enables commercial brokers and owners to increase returns, improve productivity, and reduce risk. Hightower was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York,United States. | $6.5M | Series A | Aug 21, 2014 | http://gethightower.com |
| VTS | VTS is a real estate CRM software company bringing together landlords, brokers, and tenants to make deals happen. The company empowers landlords and brokers to better attract, convert, and retain valuable assets and tenants by centralizing all of the critical data and workflows in one place. Founded with a mission to revolutionize commercial realestate through innovation, VTS is a leasing and asset management platform. The company provides an easy-to-use, intuitive platform that empowers commercial real estate professionals to work smarter not harder. It delivers a modern toolset to unlock the full potential of a portfolio. It optimizes performance and revenue with the data needed to make better decisions faster.Over 7 billion square feet is managed on the VTS platform by a user base. The firm's client roster comprises global commercial real estate leaders including Boston Properties, Beacon Capital Partners, Equity Office, LaSalle Investment Management, Hines, JLL, and CBRE.The company was founded in 2012 and is based in New York. | $6.5M | Series A | Aug 21, 2014 | http://www.vts.com |
| Hightower | Hightower is the commercial leasing management platform that helps brokers and owners to manage their end-to-end leasing workflow. It offers leasing and asset management platform that enables commercial brokers and owners to increase returns, improve productivity, and reduce risk. | $6.5M | Series A | Aug 21, 2014 | https://gethightower.com |
| VTS | VTS is a real estate CRM software company bringing together landlords, brokers, and tenants to make deals happen. The company empowers landlords and brokers to better attract, convert, and retain valuable assets and tenants by centralizing all of the critical data and workflows in one place. Founded with a mission to revolutionize commercial realestate through innovation, VTS is a leasing and asset management platform. The company provides an easy-to-use, intuitive platform that empowers commercial real estate professionals to work smarter not harder. It delivers a modern toolset to unlock the full potential of a portfolio. It optimizes performance and revenue with the data needed to make better decisions faster.Over 7 billion square feet is managed on the VTS platform by a user base. The firm's client roster comprises global commercial real estate leaders including Boston Properties, Beacon Capital Partners, Equity Office, LaSalle Investment Management, Hines, JLL, and CBRE.The company was founded in 2012 and is based in New York. | $2.1M | Seed | Dec 20, 2013 | http://www.vts.com |
| Hightower | Hightower is the commercial leasing management platform that helps brokers and owners to manage their end-to-end leasing workflow. It offers leasing and asset management platform that enables commercial brokers and owners to increase returns, improve productivity, and reduce risk. Hightower was founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York,United States. | $2.1M | Seed | Dec 20, 2013 | http://gethightower.com |
| Hightower | Hightower is the commercial leasing management platform that helps brokers and owners to manage their end-to-end leasing workflow. It offers leasing and asset management platform that enables commercial brokers and owners to increase returns, improve productivity, and reduce risk. |  | Seed |  | https://gethightower.com |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Red Swan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-swan) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Thrive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thrive-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [RRE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rre-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Vayner/RSE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vayner-rse) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Brandon Shorenstein invest in?

Brandon Shorenstein invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Commercial Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Brandon Shorenstein invest in?

Brandon Shorenstein typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$2.1M at Seed and $6.5M–$6.5M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Brandon Shorenstein's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Brandon Shorenstein took part in.

### How do I contact Brandon Shorenstein?

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### When did Brandon Shorenstein last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brandon Shorenstein closed in Aug 2014. Shizune tracks 6 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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