# Jay Reno

> Jay Reno is a seed investor at 645 Ventures backing Software, Real Estate and Property Management. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [645 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/645-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayjreno
- Website: https://x.com/jayjreno
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jay.reno

Jay Reno is a seed investor at 645 Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Real Estate. Jay Reno is the Co-founder & CEO of Pointhound.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Real Estate | 3 | 27% |
| Property Management | 3 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 27% |
| Developer Tools | 2 | 18% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 82% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 55% |
| Mexico | 2 | 18% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novig | Novig is a sports prediction platform where users participate in peer-to-peer wagering on sporting events using dual currencies. It enables participants to propose or accept odds directly with one another, access real-time market data, and engage in prediction markets rather than betting against a traditional house model. Users interact through itsmobile app, making selections with free-to-play tokens or staking redeemable tokens for chances to earn cash prizes under a sweepstakes framework. The platform also offers transparent order books and tools for managing wagers, and it supports customer assistance through in-app help and support channels. | $75M | Series B | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Vybe | Vybe is a software company that provides pre-built integrations and AI tools for users to develop and launch internal AI-powered apps. | $10M | Seed | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Sauna by Wordware | Wordware allows users to create and host their entire LLM stack for AI application development. It offers tools for building, training, and deploying language models. The platform simplifies the integration of various components necessary for AI solutions. Users can manage their applications and data within a unified environment. | $30M | Seed | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| Rove | The first travel credit card for Gen Z. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Outset | AI-powered user research | $3.8M | Seed | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| RadiantGraph | RadiantGraph is on a mission to make healthcare more accessible and user-friendly for all of us. AI technology assists top healthcare organizations in developing deeper and more meaningful connections with their patients, resulting in tailored engagement and therapeutic outcomes. | $5M | Seed | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Poly | Poly is a web tool for generating design assets with AI, including textures, graphics, icons, sprites, and more. With a simple text prompt, you get unlimited customizable, 4K UHD, and commercially-licensed creative assets that match your color and style within seconds. | $8M | Seed | Dec 27, 2022 |  |
| Novig | Novig is a sports prediction platform where users participate in peer-to-peer wagering on sporting events using dual currencies. It enables participants to propose or accept odds directly with one another, access real-time market data, and engage in prediction markets rather than betting against a traditional house model. Users interact through itsmobile app, making selections with free-to-play tokens or staking redeemable tokens for chances to earn cash prizes under a sweepstakes framework. The platform also offers transparent order books and tools for managing wagers, and it supports customer assistance through in-app help and support channels. | $6.4M | Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Aryeo | Aryeo is building the future of real estate content. The visual representation of a home is more important than ever, with homebuyers now expecting images, videos, 3D tours, and floor plans on every listing. Aryeo’s platform provides photographers, agents, and brokerages with a centralized content system enabling consistent data feeds, marketingautomation, and streamlined workflows. The platform is used to host hundreds of thousands of properties every year and has a presence in all 50 US states, as well as Canada and Australia. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| Flat.mx | Flat.mx is a property tech startup that that simplifies the process of buying or selling a home, with a deep layer of technology and data.With Flat.mx, sellers can sell their homes for a fair price in a matter of days, and move-in to a new apartment effortlessly. For buyers, Flat.mx assures the conditions of the property, a fair purchase price,and a seamless buying experience.Bernardo Cordero and Victor Noguera founded it in 2019 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Distrito Federal. |  | Seed | Sep 22, 2020 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Picus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/picus-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [10 BOND](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10bond) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [20SALES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/20sales) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elysium Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysium-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 645 Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

645 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders who are building iconic companies. We invest at the Seed and Series A stages and leverage our Voyager software platform to enable our Success team and Connected Network to help founders scale to the growth stage. Select portfolio companies that have reachedthe growth stage include Iterable, Goldbelly, Resident, Eden Health, FiscalNote, and Squire.We invest in four main areas: SaaS for the Second Wave, Citizen Professionals, The Engineering Value Chain Revolution, and Personalized Consumer Applications. You can read more here: https://645ventures.com/themes/645 Ventures has $200m+ in AUM and is growing fast with backing from leading institutional investors, including university endowments, funds of funds, and pension funds. We have over 35 active companies in our portfolio in the areas of enterprise SaaS, infrastructure software, and consumer technology. Several of our portfolio companies have been acquired by Google, Facebook, Expedia, and private equity firms.

5 contacts available at 645 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alessio Fanelli | Principal, Investment & Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alessio-fanelli |
| Blake Jennelle | CTO In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-jennelle |
| Guerin Schwarberg | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guerin-schwarberg-bfa1 |
| Justin Fargione | Senior Full Stack Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-fargione |
| Matt Hawes | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-hawes-cdf1 |

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## FAQ

### What does Jay Reno invest in?

Jay Reno invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Property Management startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 Jay Reno last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jay Reno closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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