# Christopher Yip

> Christopher Yip is a Series A investor at RET Ventures backing Software and Real Estate. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [RET Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-estate-technology-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-yip-31406126

Christopher Yip is a Partner and Managing Director at RET Ventures and was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Harvard University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 43% |
| Real Estate | 4 | 29% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 14% |
| Construction | 2 | 14% |
| Property Management | 2 | 14% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 50% |
| Series B | 4 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 57% |
| Canada | 3 | 21% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tour24 | Tour24 develops an app-based platform offering multifamily operators custom self-guided tours giving prospective renters easy access to self-tour properties with a custom interactive and audio/visual tour experience. It partners with multifamily owners, operators, and major prop-tech partners to control the chaos of a busy leasing officethrough trusted, proven self-guided tour technology. | $5M | Series B | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| SuiteSpot | SuiteSpot's centralized platform drives efficiency and performance of maintenance and capital operations for multifamily owners and operators. By streamlining communication, automating workflows, and aligning field processes, SuiteSpot delivers measurable improvements in Net Operating Income (NOI) and resident satisfaction. |  | Series A | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Conservation Labs | Conservation Labs is an Amazon Alexa Fund portfolio company. We founded Conservation Labs to help you save money and better manage our natural resources.This is our big challenge: there are over 3 trillion gallons of unwanted water use each year in the U.S. alone, costing us $70 billion.With water, a little knowledge goes a long way. H2knowhelps you save money and improve our water use. | $7.5M | Series A | Feb 21, 2024 |  |
| Kasa Living | Kasa Living is a real estate company that focuses on building a global accommodations brand. The company partners with owners of multifamily and boutique hospitality properties, transforming underutilized real estate into professionally managed units that cater to business and leisure travelers.Kasa Living was founded in 2016 and headquartered inSan Francisco, California. | $70M | Series C | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| OnsiteIQ | OnsiteIQ is a construction intelligence platform purpose-built for real estate owners and investors. We capture 100% of every asset in a portfolio on a recurring basis during construction and provide insights to help monitor progress and verify payments. It brings every site directly to the development manager into a simple dashboard accessiblefrom anywhere to help reduce delays and optimize returns. | $14M | Series B | Oct 24, 2023 |  |
| Markerr | Markerr is setting a new standard for real estate decision-making in leveraging real-time data and data science, enabling clients to gain a competitive advantage, and make more accurate and efficient decisions. Markerr clients are the world's largest investors, owners and operators of commercial real estate. Previously backed by RET Venturesand Pretium, Markerr was acquired by Real Estate Business Analytics (REBA) in December 2025. | $6.6M | Series B | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| Engrain | Engrain is a real estate technology company known for touch screen kiosks, interactive mapping, and data visualization products.It aims to fundamentally transform the way people find, lease, and manage property. Clients use Engrain products to engage prospects and residents, analyze and improve operating performance, and increase NOI throughoperational efficiency. Engrain's product stack includes TouchTour, TouchTour iPad, SightMap, SightMap Asset Intelligence, Unit Map, Vertigo Maps.Founded in 2010, Engrain is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. | $12M | Series A | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Fitwel | Fitwel is a certification system that promotes a healthier future by improving all buildings and communities to improve health and well-being. The Fitwel Portal makes it simple with an interactive, digital interface that provides direct access to information about project performance and health impacts. Fitwel Certification can be obtained byregistering, benchmarking, and submitting a single project or an entire real estate portfolio through the Fitwel Portal. | $3.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 11, 2022 |  |
| Parity | Parity is a software for buildings that automatically manages their energy and tracks their savings. | $5.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 11, 2022 |  |
| Fyxt | Fyxt is a property operations and workflow software platform, servicing the commercial real estate industry. | $4M | Series A | May 24, 2022 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FirstMark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstmark-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Zigg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zigg-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Continental Realty Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/continental-realty-corporation-in-baltimore) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pretium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pretium) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ribbit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ribbit-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aldersgate Investments Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aldersgate-investments-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About RET Ventures

VC Fund · Park City, United States

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.

5 contacts available at RET Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Helm | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-helm |
| Aaron Ru | Vice President and Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-ru |
| Christopher Yip | Partner and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-yip |
| Frances Fu | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frances-fu |
| Jacob Zornes | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-zornes-5dda |

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## FAQ

### What does Christopher Yip invest in?

Christopher Yip invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Christopher Yip last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Yip closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 14 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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