# Fairstead

> Fairstead is a VC fund in New York backing Parking and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fairstead/
- Website: http://fairstead.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fairsteadnyc

Fairstead is a VC fund in New York focused on Parking and Software. Founded in 2014, Fairstead is a national real estate developer specializing in affordable, mixed-income, and workforce housing, encompassing adaptive re-use, preservation and rehabilitation, and ground-up new development. With headquarters in New York, Maryland, and South Carolina, Fairstead employs more than 600 people to run the company’scomprehensive real estate platform, which includes acquisitions and development, design and construction, community impact, energy and sustainability, property management, marketing, and leasing. Since its inception, Fairstead has acquired, developed, or preserved more than $4 billion of multi-family property, and is currently working on a pipeline of an additional $2.3 billion in assets.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Fairstead. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Fairstead. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/fairstead?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parking | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| CivicTech | 1 | 50% |
| Public Safety | 1 | 50% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tyler McIntyre | Director of Development & Construction | 1 | — |
| Will Blodgett | Co-Founder and Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kwant | Kwant they are connecting workforces, materials, and equipment's to improve productivity and safety for construction sites. | $3M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Smarking | Smarking is a group of MIT PhDs, stellar software engineers, and seasoned business professionals who set out on a journey to bring cutting edge solutions to the parking world. Frustrated that unlike many other industries, the $100 billion park industry (worldwide) still doesn’t have state of the art data analytics or yield management technologies,they are passionate about pushing the industry forward. In a short eighteen-month period, Smarking has attracted a tremendous amount of customers and grown their team into one with experts from both parking and tech. With great passion and continuous innovation, they are working on the frontier of the parking industry, shaping a bright future together with their customers. | $3M | Seed | May 13, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [7BC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7bc-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cultivate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cultivate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FinSight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finsight-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forefront Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forefront-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Martinson Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Fairstead invest in?

Fairstead invests primarily in Parking, Software and CivicTech startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Fairstead?

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### Who are the partners at Fairstead?

The team at Fairstead includes Tyler McIntyre (Director of Development & Construction) and Will Blodgett (Co-Founder and Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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