Venture MLS Welcomes David Anderson as New Venture Partner

CHINO HILLS, Calif., March 07, 2023 – Venture MLS, the venture capital fund established in 2022 by California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), is pleased to welcome David Anderson as a new Venture Partner. Anderson has a long history of working at the intersection of technology and real estate.

In his new position, Anderson’s responsibilities will include identifying investors and fundraising opportunities while promoting the objectives and varied portfolio investments of Venture MLS to a broad network of companies, firms, and entrepreneurs. With his experience in managing fast growing companies and his knowledge of real estate technologies, he will be advising the managers of both Venture MLS and its portfolio companies while vetting potential investments.

“I’ve known the CRMLS team for a long time and have been impressed by their commitment to forward thinking initiatives, so the announcement of their new fund really piqued my interest,” said Anderson. “The real estate industry is in a state of change right now, and new technologies are more important than ever. I look forward to advising start ups and helping them scale quickly.”

“I met David back when he was at LionDesk, and it’s a great privilege to bring him aboard the Venture MLS team,” said Art Carter, Venture MLS fund manager and CEO of CRMLS. “The goal of Venture MLS is to find exciting new investments and nurture them to be real industry game-changers. David’s knowledge in the technology space will be invaluable as Venture MLS grows.”

Anderson was the founder of LionDesk and led it to be one of the fastest growing companies in the US, reaching no. 360 in 2020’s Inc. 5000 ranking. In 2021, LionDesk was acquired by Lone Wolf, where Anderson continued on as General Manager, Agents & Teams. He has been named to the Swanepoel Power 200 report twice and currently serves as an advisor to several startups through his new endeavor, ReTechAlliance.

About Venture MLS
Venture MLS was created by industry veterans to leverage MLS knowledge into new technological advancements via strategic investment. Its first initiative, Venture MLS Fund I, will back seed and early-stage real estate technology companies, and is now inviting participation from groups and individual stakeholders within the organized real estate industry. For more information on Venture MLS, visit www.venturemls.com

About California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS)
California Regional MLS is the nation’s largest and most recognized subscriber-based MLS, dedicated to servicing more than 110,000 real estate professionals from 41 Associations, Boards, and MLS organizations. CRMLS is the industry powerhouse and thrives on providing the most relevant products and services to its subscribers. For more information on CRMLS, visit www.crmls.org.

Venture MLS Welcomes Jeff Turner as a New Part-Time Advisor

CHINO HILLS, Calif., December 13, 2022 – Venture MLS, the new venture capital fund established this past year by California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), welcomes Jeff Turner as a new part-time advisor to the fund. Turner has a litany of experience in both the real estate and technology fields.

As a consultant, Turner will be advising on the growth and scaling of Venture MLS, especially within the property and real estate technology space, and offering his expertise on future investments. By participating in strategy with investors and startups, Turner will help guide Venture MLS to be a venture capital firm that provides maximum value to its portfolio companies, investors, and the real estate industry.

“I believe data is going to be the currency of the future and effective use of data is what will drive the most value,” said Turner. “Because of the unique relationship Venture MLS has with the MLS community, it is uniquely positioned to add considerable value to the strategic investments it makes. I’m looking forward to providing guidance to the teams Venture MLS invests in. I want to help mentor successful prop tech companies that deliver real value.”

“We’re looking forward to having Jeff join the Venture MLS leadership team,” said Art Carter, Venture MLS fund manager and CRMLS CEO. “Venture MLS is committed to developing leading new companies who will be on the cutting edge of innovation. Jeff’s expertise in the real estate industry and knowledge of developing technologies will be a vital asset to us as we seek new investments and ventures.”

Turner will be bringing his knowledge to advise Venture MLS on its upcoming initiatives while maintaining his full-time position as co-founder and CEO of a new ultramodern association management platform.

About Venture MLS
Venture MLS was created by industry veterans to leverage MLS knowledge into new technological advancements via strategic investment. Its first initiative, Venture MLS Fund I, will back seed and early-stage real estate technology companies, and is now inviting participation from groups and individual stakeholders within the organized real estate industry.

About California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS)
California Regional MLS is the nation’s largest and most recognized subscriber-based MLS, dedicated to servicing more than 110,000 real estate professionals from 41 Associations, Boards, and MLS organizations. CRMLS is the industry powerhouse and thrives on providing the most relevant products and services to its subscribers. For more information on CRMLS, visit www.crmls.org.

Venture MLS Announces Strategic Investment in SavvyCard®, Chooses RE-Target® to Enhance User Engagement

CHINO HILLS, CALIFORNIA August 3, 2022 — Venture MLS, the first VC firm created by a multiple listing service, has announced a strategic investment in SavvyCard®, an innovator in real estate marketing, lead generation, and targeted advertising. This investment concurs with an announcement from California Regional MLS, the nation’s largest multiple listing service, which is adopting SavvyCard’s RE-Target® product for its base of over 110,000 users.

The investment from Venture MLS will support SavvyCard as it builds toward meeting the high market demand for RE-Target®, its managed advertising solution. CRMLS and SavvyCard will collaborate to provide MLS users with feature-rich tools to communicate and engage with local buyers, sellers, and homeowners through SavvyCard’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform.

“We’ve watched SavvyCard work over the years to align the needs of stakeholders in the industry, including 100,000+ CRMLS users and many more MLSs, Associations, and REALTOR® and affiliate members,” said Art Carter, Venture MLS fund manager and CRMLS CEO. “SavvyCard is poised to do great things for real estate businesses and their customers. We’re excited to help shape the next generation of their software.”

The investment comes at the same time as CRMLS begins to deploy SavvyCard’s RE-Target® software to its users. With RE-Target, fully participating Associations with CRMLS gain an alternative communications and advertising channel inside of MLS dashboards. RE-Target reduces Associations’ dependence on email, offering a new way to promote events, education, and resources in the area where MLS users are most active. The software also functions as an advertising channel for vendors, affiliates, and business partners, forming a complete business ecosystem with the potential to bring in non-dues revenue.

According to Carter, “RE-Target not only gives CRMLS and participating Associations a new way to promote valuable tools and resources, it also generates non-dues revenue that we can use to invest in new tools and services for our users.”

“Receiving an investment from Venture MLS and signing an agreement with the largest multiple listing service in the U.S. are incredibly validating,” said David Etheredge, SavvyCard CEO. “We’re thrilled to expand our relationship with CRMLS and to work with their team on building products that help agents and brokers serve the most accurate data to local buyers, sellers, and homeowners.”

About Venture MLS
As the first venture capital firm created by an MLS, Venture MLS backs seed and early-stage companies within the property technology space. Venture MLS invests in companies that can leverage the unmatched experience, expertise, and connections it holds within its industry. Visit venturemls.com for more information.

About California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS)
California Regional MLS is the nation’s largest and most recognized subscriber-based MLS, dedicated to servicing more than 110,000 real estate professionals from 41 Associations, Boards, and MLS organizations. CRMLS is the industry powerhouse and thrives on providing the most relevant products and services to its subscribers. For more information on CRMLS, visit www.crmls.org.

About SavvyCard®:
SavvyCard® is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that utilizes aggregated client data to automatically generate customized web applications (called “SavvyCards”) for companies, products and business professionals. SavvyCards are currently used by over 200,000 business professionals to automate and enhance their digital marketing and lead generation efforts. When RE-Target® is combined with SavvyCard’s flagship software, SavvyCard for Real Estate & SavvyCard for Affiliates, Associations and MLSs will have broad visibility into communication performance, member engagement, and overall return on investment for member services.

Venture MLS Invests in Styldod to Create AI Solutions for Multiple Listing Services

CHINO HILLS, CA – June 29, 2022 – Venture MLS, the venture capital firm built to serve brokers, agents, and MLSs, has chosen Styldod to develop artificial intelligence solutions in real estate.

Styldod recently expanded its product line from virtual staging into AI. Its machine learning algorithms already identify and extract information from property photos. Upcoming AI products will process, tag, and export this image data, saving agents time when uploading MLS listings.

Styldod carves a unique niche with its industry relationships. As an MLS partner from its earliest stages, Styldod can carefully tune its AI to meet practitioners’ needs.

“We have already seen impressive results from Styldod,” said Art Carter, Venture MLS fund manager. “We believe their products can radically improve the way real estate professionals do business. It’s exactly what we are looking for.”

Venture MLS will help drive revenue for Styldod by promoting its AI products to MLSs. This, in concert with the cash investment, will give Styldod a rare market advantage.

“Styldod AI is a result of our deep passion for and desire to use cutting-edge technologies to solve the real estate industry’s murkiest problems,” said Styldod CEO Akhilesh Majumdar. “We have spent nearly seven years producing a solution that lets enterprises and agents harvest the full power of AI to increase their productivity.”

“Today, we are closer to achieving this mission than ever before,” Majumdar continued. “We are delighted to welcome Venture MLS to the elite list of investors who believe in our vision of becoming an AI provider of choice for the real estate industry.”

About Venture MLS

As the first venture capital firm created by an MLS, Venture MLS backs seed and early-stage companies within the property technology space. Venture MLS invests in companies that can leverage the unmatched experience, expertise, and connections it holds within its industry. Visit venturemls.com for more information.

About Styldod

Styldod is a design-technology company poised to challenge every marketing productivity benchmark in the real estate industry. Through its groundbreaking AI product suite, Styldod enables the automatic virtual staging of homes in multiple lifestyle designs, complete with automated property descriptions and enhanced interactivity across a variety of media! At enterprise scale, these tools create a marriage between retail furniture sales and residential home ownership, that keeps the real estate agent at the center of each transaction. Learn more at www.styldod.com