Invest in tomorrow's great tech companies, today
We aim to give all investors the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of top-tier private technology companies before they IPO.
Portfolio companies
Our funds are actively investing and have built a portfolio that includes some of the top Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Infrastructure companies in the world.
WHY VENTURE
Same problem, different asset
Like real estate, the world of investing in private technology companies has remained almost entirely inaccessible to individuals, despite the fact that as an asset class it has proven to be one of (if not the) best performing investment strategies of the past 50 years.
Vast majority of returns accrue in the private markets
With companies staying private longer, the vast majority of the returns from private tech has accrued to the private investors before the public offering. Plus, access is gated, with hefty tolls, by fund managers and growth equity firms, just as in the real estate private equity world.
During the 90's and early 00's, companies like Amazon and Google went public relatively soon in their growth cycle, while companies today are waiting on average 10 years longer. The result: individual investors confined to the public markets are missing out on a substantial portion of the returns generated by the next generation of industry leaders.
Hear about how we plan to transform venture →Source: Robert S. Harris, Tim Jenkinson, and Steven N. Kaplan, "How Do Private Equity Investments Perform Compared to Public Equity?" Journal of Investment Management, Vol. 14, No. 3, Third Quarter 2016, 1-24; Steve Kaplan, "What Do We Know About Private Equity Performance?" Guest Lecture at Miami Herbert Business School, January 31, 2020; Steve Kaplan, "What Do Venture Capitalists Do? How Well Have They Done?" University of Chicago Booth School of Business; FactSet; NAREIT; Refinitiv; and Aswath Damodaran.
Note: Past performance is no guarantee of future returns; All asset classes reflect 1984-2015 except for VC, which reflects 1984-2013; Return for Buyout and VC is measured by weighted average internal rate of return (IRR); All asset classes are for the U.S. except for Non-U.S. Equities and Commodities (Buyout and VC have a North American focus).
About the Fund
A growth mindset
The Innovation Fund intends to invest in a diversified portfolio largely composed of private high-growth technology companies, with an initial focus on several sectors that we believe have exceptional macro tailwinds.
Learn more about the Innovation Fund →$110M+
dollars raised
35K+
active investors
The Fundrise Difference
Founders and engineers
With growth equity investing, it's harder to participate in blue-chip private funding rounds than it is to identify the blue-chip companies. However, we believe Fundrise has a distinct advantage in the crowded space of venture funding.
Technical expertise
Our decades of first-hand experience building and operating tech companies gives us a deep understanding of the daily challenges and trade-offs a growing company faces. With over 100 software engineers and product managers on staff, we have more software depth and expertise than most venture funds.
Learn more about our technology →Extensive reach
As the largest direct-to-investor alternative asset manager in the country, we offer portfolio companies in-app exposure to nearly 2 million people—many of whom work in technology. Not only can this potentially drive new customers, recruiting, brand recognition, and near-term revenue for our portfolio companies, it can also provide critical name recognition for when it's time to IPO.
Patient and passive capital
We've engineered our investment infrastructure to enable us to be the most patient and passive source of capital on the market, eliminating any incentive to meddle with a founder/CEO's long-term vision for the sake of our own short-term image or profits.
Invest in innovation
We aim to give all investors the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of top-tier private technology companies before they IPO.