# Rudin Ventures

> Rudin Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Software and Real Estate. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rudin/
- Website: https://www.rudin.com/sustainability_and_technology
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RudinManagementCompany/

Rudin Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and Real Estate. Rudin Ventures is the venture arm of the Rudin Family. Using a large real estate portfolio as a testing ground, Rudin Ventures primarily invests in real estate tech companies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 43% |
| Real Estate | 9 | 39% |
| SaaS | 7 | 30% |
| Internet of Things | 4 | 17% |
| Property Management | 4 | 17% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 4 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 13% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Gilbert | Executive Vice President and COO | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jones | Jones is a software company that rebuilt liability management for real estate companies who want do less and get more – much more. We are solving one of the most archaic and outdated processes in commercial real estate - insurance certificates. For owners, managers and developers who need to solve insurance compliance for everyone in the valuechain, Jones is the simplest solution ever made. | $15M | Series B | Jan 06, 2025 |  |
| Daybase | Daybase is a local network of on-demand workstations that fit your schedule and are designed for today's remote worker. | $9.6M | Seed | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Bilt | Rewards program for renters | $60M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Plant Prefab | Plant Prefab designs and builds custom, sustainable, single-family and multi-family homes for individuals, architects, and developers—twice as fast as site-based builders.Plant Prefab homes are meticulously crafted, and built according to its clients' exact design specifications.Plant Prefab homes are constructed in half the time of asite-built home. Building in a controlled environment, in parallel with site work, reduces delays and waste.Plant Prefab's off-site construction and a patented building system helps it build custom homes much faster and more efficiently than site-based contractors and other prefabricators. The company's rigorous health and sustainability standards means Plant homes are as healthy as possible for its clients and the environment. | $30M | Series B | Aug 03, 2021 |  |
| Jones | Jones is a software company that rebuilt liability management for real estate companies who want do less and get more – much more. We are solving one of the most archaic and outdated processes in commercial real estate - insurance certificates. For owners, managers and developers who need to solve insurance compliance for everyone in the valuechain, Jones is the simplest solution ever made. | $12.5M | Series A | Jul 19, 2021 |  |
| Volley Automation | Volley leverages robotics and advanced computing to deploy fully automated parking solutions that densify new or existing garages. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Fremont, California, United States. | $7.6M | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Carbon Direct Capital | Carbon Direct Capital provides selective investment in growth-stage carbon management companies to drive climate impact and financial returns. It specializes in investing with a science-focused approach that maximizes climate impact and financial returns. |  |  | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Plant Prefab | Plant Prefab designs and builds custom, sustainable, single-family and multi-family homes for individuals, architects, and developers—twice as fast as site-based builders.Plant Prefab homes are meticulously crafted, and built according to its clients' exact design specifications.Plant Prefab homes are constructed in half the time of asite-built home. Building in a controlled environment, in parallel with site work, reduces delays and waste.Plant Prefab's off-site construction and a patented building system helps it build custom homes much faster and more efficiently than site-based contractors and other prefabricators. The company's rigorous health and sustainability standards means Plant homes are as healthy as possible for its clients and the environment. |  | Series B | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Carbon Direct | Carbon Direct is a provider of a carbon management platform that helps clients meet their climate goals by reducing and removing carbon from the atmosphere. It allows organizations to turn industry-leading carbon science into climate action through its end-to-end carbon management platform, creating quality criteria for carbon credits, reducingsupply chain emissions, procuring low-carbon fuels and materials, and facilitating large-scale carbon credit and removal procurement. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Gust | Gust is the global platform for founding, incorporating and operating scalable, high growth companies. It leverages that position—and Gust’s allied platform for investment organizations—to enable the early-stage investing ecosystem. Gust’s knowledge and collaboration tools support all aspects of corporate legal and equity formation, operation andfunding for entrepreneurs from startup to exit.Gust powers over 2,000 investment organizations in 157 countries and more than 500,000 early stage ventures in 191 countries have already used the platform to connect and collaborate with over 75,000 accredited investors. Gust is based in New York City and was founded by super angel David S. Rose, founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels and author of the New York Times bestsellers Angel Investing and The Startup Checklist. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Rudin Ventures invest in?

Rudin Ventures invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 23 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 Rudin Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Rudin Ventures?

The team at Rudin Ventures includes John Gilbert (Executive Vice President and COO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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