Brendan Wallace

CEO & CIO at Fifth Wall

United States

Overview

Brendan Wallace is the CEO & CIO at Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm specializing in real estate technology and related sectors. With a background in entrepreneurship and private equity, he has successfully invested in notable companies like Allbirds and Hippo Insurance. Wallace's career highlights include founding Identified, which was later acquired by Workday, and his role as a founding investor at Cabify. He has strategically invested in companies such as EcoCart and Industrious, contributing to his reputation as a key player in the venture capital landscape.

Work Experience

Fifth Wall

CEO & CIO
2016 - Current
Co-founded with Brad Greiwe in 2016. Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm which invests in proptech ventures, including technologies which decarbonize the real estate industry, which is the single-biggest lever we can turn to mitigate climate change. As of 2021 Fifth Wall is the largest property technology venture investors in the United States with $3.2 AUM and more than 110 strategic LPs across 15 different countries. In July 2022, we raised $500 million for our inaugural Climate Fund.

Fifth Wall is a venture capital firm that focuses on technologies for the global real estate industry.

fifthwall.com

Cabify

Founding Investor & Founding Team
2011 - 2019
Co-founded the largest ridesharing service in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal with Adayemi Ajao and Juan de Antonio. Cabify was valued at $1.4 billion in 2018. Currently sit on the company’s advisory board.

Identified (Acquired by Workday)

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
2010 - 2014
Co-founded a workforce analytics and career networking platform with Adayemi Ajao. Within eight months of launch, we had 10 million users, and our database was used by employers like Google, Disney, and McKinsey & Company. Was co-CEO until we were acquired by Workday in 2014.