Our multi-disciplinary team works in radical collaboration with our corporate partners, our portfolio companies, and each other.

Employees Across Investment, LP Coverage & Capital Markets, and Operations
Cities Across the World in Which Our Team Has Lived

Alec Morgan
Alec Morgan is an Associate on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on strategic partnerships, real estate technology investments, and capital markets transactions.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Alec worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at UBS. While at UBS, Alec advised traditional real estate and proptech clients on M&A as well as public and private capital raises.
Alec grew up in San Diego and Nashville, and currently lives in Manhattan. He graduated from Tufts University with a degree in Economics.

Anastasia Istratova
Anastasia is a Vice President on the Climate Technology investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on deal sourcing, due diligence, and deal execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Anastasia was a venture investor at Standard Investments, focusing on early and growth stage industrial technology companies. Anastasia began her career at SunPower, where she led many of the company’s project finance transactions.
Anastasia was born in St Petersburg, Russia and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in International Business, and also completed a dual diploma program at NEOMA Reims Management School in France. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Andriy Mykhaylovskyy
Andriy Mykhaylovskyy is a Managing Partner and COO at Fifth Wall, where he oversees the firm’s day-to-day operations.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Andriy was a Principal and founding team member at Evergreen Coast Capital, a technology-focused private equity affiliate of Elliott Management Corporation. Other previous leadership roles include Vice President at The Gores Group, an operationally focused private equity fund, and CFO of Identified, a data and analytics company focused on workforce optimization that raised $33 million of venture capital and was acquired by Workday (NYSE: WDAY) in 2014.
Andriy started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, where he offered financial advisory and capital-raising services to global industrial corporations, before joining technology-focused private equity firm Francisco Partners as an Associate.
Andriy grew up in New York City and is originally from Ukraine. He graduated with honors from Princeton University, where he studied at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Andriy received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Angela Johnson
Angela Johnson is a Partner on the Capital Formation team at Fifth Wall, where she leads capital raising and investor relations.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Angela was the Director of Business Development at Torchlight Investors where she focused on capital raising and new product development. She was also a Director at KKR where she focused on real estate capital raising globally. Before joining KKR, Angela was at Partners Group where she focused on real estate and infrastructure capital raising and transaction sourcing. Angela has also held investment and portfolio management roles at RLJ Development (now RLJ Lodging Trust).
Angela started her career at Merrill Lynch in the global principal investments group and the investment banking division’s financial institutions and technology groups.
Angela was born in Houston and currently lives in Manhattan. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems and received her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Anjing Fu
Anjing Fu is an Associate on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Anjing worked as an investment banking associate at Credit Suisse in the Financial Sponsors Group. While at Credit Suisse, she advised private equity firms and their portfolio companies on leveraged buyouts, M&A, dividend recapitalizations, and debt refinancings.
Anjing was born in Beijing, China, grew up in Boulder, Colorado, and currently lives in New York. She graduated from the University of Chicago, where she received a BA in Economics.

Anna Floyd
Anna Floyd is a finance manager at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Anna was a fund controller for several venture capital clients at Standish Management.
Anna was born in Seattle and currently lives in San Francisco. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Aric Li
Aric is an associate on the Climate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on deal sourcing, due diligence, and execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Aric led Clean Energy and Cleantech investment research coverage within the Power, Utilities, and Alternative Energy team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Aric began his career at Credit Suisse covering the same sector within investment research.
Aric is from New York City and currently lives in San Francisco. He graduated with honors from NYU Stern, where he received his BA in Finance and Accounting.

Ariel Purnsrian
Ariel Purnsrian is an Associate on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Ariel worked as an investment banking analyst at Evercore. While at Evercore, Ariel advised traditional real estate and proptech clients on M&A as well as public and private capital raises.
Ariel is from Long Island, New York and currently lives in Manhattan. She graduated from Cornell University where she received a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations.

Blake D'Onofrio
Blake D'Onofrio is an Executive Assistant at Fifth Wall, where he provides direct support to Brendan Wallace, the firm's Co-Founder and Managing Partner.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Blake was an Executive Assistant at Kering Americas, a luxury conglomerate. Blake started his career at Laird + Partners, an advertising agency where he supported the Chief Operating Officer.
Blake was born in Cold Springs, NY and currently splits his time between New York City and East Hampton. He graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a BFA in Photography.

Brad Greiwe
Brad Greiwe is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall, where he guides the firm’s strategic vision.
Prior to starting Fifth Wall, Brad co-founded Invitation Homes (NYSE: INVH), a multi-billion dollar owner and operator of single-family rental properties originally backed by The Blackstone Group. As CTO, he positioned Invitation Homes as the dominant technology-forward brand in the single-family rental category, developing a proprietary technology stack to support the valuation, acquisition, rehabilitation, leasing, and professional management of over 80,000 homes in 17 major markets, serving 120,000 residents across the U.S.
Brad started his career in investment banking at UBS in the real estate, lodging, and leisure group, where he tallied over $33 billion of M&A advisory work and $1 billion of debt and equity financing, including the sale of Hilton Hotels to The Blackstone Group for $26 billion—the largest hotel privatization in history. He then worked in real estate private equity at Tishman Speyer and Starwood Capital, where he executed over $30 billion of acquisitions, debt financing, and development projects.
Brad is originally from Cincinnati, lives in San Francisco, and graduated from Harvard University, where he received his BA in economics.

Brendan Wallace
Brendan Wallace is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall, where he guides the firm’s strategic vision.
Prior to starting Fifth Wall, Brendan co-founded Identified, a workforce optimization data and analytics company that raised $33 million of venture funding and was acquired by Workday (NYSE: WKDY) in 2014. He also co-founded Cabify, the largest ridesharing service in Latin America, and has been an active investor, leading more than 60 angel investments including Bonobos, Dollar Shave Club, Lyft, SpaceX, Clutter, and Philz Coffee.
Brendan started his career at Goldman Sachs in the real estate, hospitality, and gaming group before joining The Blackstone Group’s real estate private equity practice.
Brendan is from New York City and currently lives in Venice. He graduated from Princeton University, where he received his BA in political science and economics. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Cedric Char
Cedric is a Senior Associate on the Climate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on deal sourcing, due diligence, and execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Cedric was an investor at BMW i Ventures, BMW's corporate venture fund focused on transportation, manufacturing, and sustainable technologies. Cedric began his career at Financial Technology Partners as an investment banking analyst.
Cedric was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and currently lives in San Francisco, California. He graduated with honors from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Finance.

Clay Macfarlane
Clay is a Vice President on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on real estate technology investments, capital markets transactions, and strategic partnerships.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Clay worked at Blackstone in New York for six years. His work there focused on distressed and special situations credit investing across industries and asset classes. Clay started his career in advisory at Moelis & Company.
Clay grew up in Darien, Conn. and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Distinction and Highest Honors in History and received his Master of Science in Real Estate Development from MIT.

Conor Eckert
Conor Eckert is an Associate on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Conor worked as an investment banking associate at Barclays. While at Barclays, Conor advised companies in the financial services industry on M&A, as well as public and
private capital raises.
Conor is from Wilton, Connecticut and currently lives in New York. He graduated from Brown University, where he received his BA in Economics.

Dan Wenhold
Dan Wenhold is a Partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Real Estate Technology Investment team.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Dan was the first employee and Director of Retail at The Black Tux and a growth equity investor at Battery Ventures. Dan started his career as a financial analyst at Robert W. Baird.
Dan was born in Philadelphia, grew up in Chicago, and currently lives in Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in finance.

Dennis Wei
Dennis Wei is a Vice President on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on strategic partnerships, real estate technology investments, and capital markets transactions.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Dennis worked at Credit Suisse in New York in the firm's Real Estate, Gaming & Lodging Investment Banking group. Dennis started his career at the Tufts University Endowment and later the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust where he focused on investments across public and private real estate.
Dennis is from Boston, Massachusetts and currently lives in New York City. He graduated from Tufts University with a BS in Quantitative Economics and received his MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Dylan Emmett
Dylan Emmett is a Partner on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he drives innovation and value creation for our corporate partners.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Dylan was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey, where he drove impactful marketing and sales transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies. Dylan also previously led pricing and M&A efforts at Edcon, the largest apparel retailer in southern Africa.
Dylan grew up in South Africa and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two young kids. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Business Science in finance from the University of Cape Town.
Eric Lee
Eric Lee is the Head of Finance at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Eric was a Vice President at Ares Management, where he oversaw real estate private equity funds' finance and accounting, revenue recognition for the management company's public filing, and played a crucial role in achieving operational excellence across multiple funds. Before Ares Management, he was a Manager at KKR, responsible for the administration of distressed debt funds.
Eric started his career at GHJ and PwC, auditing non-profits, private businesses, and financial services companies.
Eric is from the San Francisco Bay Area and currently lives in El Segundo, California, with his wife and daughter. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a BS in Economics with an emphasis on Accounting.

Gaby Yo
Gaby Yo is a Vice President on the Retail & Real Estate Technology Investment teams at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Gaby was a Senior Manager of Corporate Development at Walmart eCommerce, where she focused on digital consumer brand investments and incubations. Gaby began her career at The Blackstone Group as an Investment Banking Analyst before joining MSD Capital's private equity practice.
Gaby is from Los Angeles. She graduated from Columbia University where she received a BA in Economics and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

G. M. Nicholas Vik
G. M. Nicholas “Magnus” Vik is a Partner and Head of Strategy & Operations at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Magnus was Director of Strategy & Finance and a member of the founding team at Renew Health, a healthcare startup founded in partnership with Venrock. Previously, he was an early member of the Revenue Strategy team at Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), where he helped scale Snapchat’s advertising business in preparation for the company’s 2017 IPO.
Magnus started his career at Cambridge Associates, where he advised leading institutions on venture capital and private equity investment strategies, before joining ICONIQ Capital, a multifamily office and investment firm.
Magnus grew up in Princeton, NJ, and Monaco, and currently lives in Los Angeles. He graduated from Tufts University where he received a BA in International Relations and Economics.

Greg Smithies
Greg is a Partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Greg was a Partner at BMW i Ventures where he led the Sustainability investing practice, investing in companies such as Prometheus Fuels, and PureCycle (NASDAQ: ROCH). Before joining BMW i Ventures, Greg led Finance & Operations for both The Boring Company and Neuralink simultaneously.
Greg started his investment career at Battery Ventures where he covered early-stage enterprise technology startups, as well as industrial technology buyouts. Successful exits from his work there include Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), AppDynamics (acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc.), and IST (acquired by Scott Brand).
Greg was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and currently lives in Oakland, CA. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School where he received a BS in Economics and a BS in Computer Science.

Jeanne Li
Jeanne Li is an Associate on the Climate Tech Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Jeanne was an investor at Angeleno Group making growth equity investments in clean tech and climate solutions companies. She researched decarbonization pathways for the built environment as part of an MSc in sustainable building science. Jeanne started her career at BNP Paribas as an investment banking analyst in the energy group.
Jeanne is from Englewood, NJ and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Financial Economics and received an MSc from UCL in Environmental Design and Engineering.

Jennifer Place
Jennifer is a Principal on the Climate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on investments in technologies that decarbonize the Built World.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Jennifer was an Investment Director at Finistere Ventures where she led thematic coverage and investment efforts in companies driving innovation across the agri-food value chain, powering the future of food commerce and next-gen sustainable food products. Before joining Finistere, Jennifer was a private equity investor at Energy Capital Partners, focused on existing and new-build energy projects in renewable energy and infrastructure services. Jennifer began her career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse in New York.
Jennifer grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and currently lives in San Diego, CA. She graduated from Stanford University where she received a BS in Energy Resources Engineering.
Jeremy Fox
Jeremy Fox is a Partner on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on strategic partnerships and capital markets.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Jeremy was Co-Head of Real Estate Gaming & Lodging Investment Banking at Credit Suisse and Head of US Equity Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank. Jeremy also worked at Goldman Sachs in Institutional Equity Sales. He started his career at Ernst & Young in the Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group.
Jeremy was born in New Orleans and currently lives in Englewood, NJ. He graduated from Yeshiva University with a BS in Accounting.

Jon Hong
Jon Hong is a Partner at Fifth Wall, where he Co-Leads the Real Estate Technology Investment team.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Jon was an Investment Director at the SoftBank Vision Fund, investing in and serving on the Boards of companies ranging from gopuff to ShipBob to REEF to Cameo, among others. Before joining SoftBank, Jon was a Vice President at PointState Capital focused on public global technology, media, and telecom (TMT) investments.
Jon started his career in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in the TMT group before joining Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs covering Communication Services.
Jon is from Salt Lake City and currently lives in the Bay Area. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his BA in International Relations from the College of Arts & Sciences and BS in Economics from the Wharton School.

JulieAnne Coakley
JulieAnne Coakley is an Associate on the Capital Formation team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on capital markets transactions, investor relations and due diligence.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, JulieAnne was an analyst at Hudson’s Bay Company Property and Investments (HBCPI) where she focused on asset repositioning for the existing retail portfolio and led the
sustainability strategy for the company. Before joining HBCPI, JulieAnne was an analyst at Tishman Speyer where she focused on asset management for the New York portfolio.
JulieAnne was born in the Bahamas and currently lives in New York. She graduated with honors from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) with a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance.

Kate Bassett
Kate Bassett is a Vice President on the Marketing & Communications team at Fifth Wall, where she supports all marketing and communications programs and activities.
Previously, Kate worked at Endeavor (formerly William Morris Endeavor | IMG) in both the television and communications departments.
Kate is from Richmond, Virginia, and lives in Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of California Los Angeles with a BA in European Studies and was a member of the Women’s Division I Swimming & Diving team.

Kate Vogel
Kate Vogel is an Associate on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on company underwriting, due diligence, and deal execution.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Kate worked as an investment banking analyst at RBC Capital Markets in the technology group. While at RBC, Kate advised internet and software clients on M&A, as well as public and private capital raises.
Kate grew up in San Diego and Shanghai, and currently lives in New York. She graduated from Southern Methodist University, where she received a BBA in Finance.

Ken Lambert
Ken Lambert is a Fund Controller at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Ken was a Senior Finance Manager at Apercen Partners, a high net-worth tax and accounting consulting firm. Before Apercen Partners, he was a Senior Manager at KKR, responsible for the fund administration of private credit funds. Ken started his career at PwC, auditing banking and investment management companies.
Ken is from Sacramento, California. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a BA in Economics with an emphasis on Accounting.

Kevin Campos
Kevin Campos is a Partner on the Retail & Consumer Investment team at Fifth Wall, where he oversees the team's operations and leads investments in omnichannel retail brands and technologies.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Kevin was the Chief Retail Officer for Combatant Gentlemen, a digitally native menswear brand. He also was a member of the retail team at Golden Gate Capital, a private equity firm where he invested in and helped scale established brands comprising a $1 billion portfolio. Kevin started his career at Bain & Company as a strategy consultant advising technology, media, and investment fund clients.
Kevin is from Los Angeles and currently lives in West LA. He graduated from Princeton University with a BA from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and received the R.W. van de Velde award.

Lauren Femiano
Lauren Femiano is a Coordinator on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Lauren was the lead Executive Assistant and Roadshow Coordinator on the Investor Relations team at Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. Prior to Stonepeak, Lauren was a member of the Business Development team at Benefit Street Partners. Early in her career, she was a member of the Investor Relations team at The Carlyle Group.
Lauren started her career in media and marketing as Chief of Staff for Tina Brown at Newsweek magazine.
Lauren is from New York, NY and currently lives in New York. She graduated from Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, where she received her BBA in marketing. She received her MS in Investor Relations from the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.

Luke Harris
Luke Harris is Counsel for Business Affairs & Fund Formation at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Luke served as General Counsel at a $5B AUM credit-focused asset manager. Luke also held in-house legal positions at both Morgan Stanley Investment Management and with the Alternative Investments group at UBS Financial Services.
Previously, Luke was an associate in the Private Funds practice at Weil, Gotshal and Manges. He began his legal career in the Private Funds Group at Proskauer.
Luke was born in Honolulu and currently lives in New York City. He graduated from Excelsior College with a degree in Liberal Studies and received his JD from Brooklyn Law School.

Mackenzie Chisholm
Mackenzie Chisholm is an Associate at Fifth Wall, where she drives strategy and business development related initiatives across the firm.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Mackenzie worked at J.P. Morgan, first in the Real Estate Investment Banking group and subsequently in Digital Investment Banking where she helped lead digital transformation efforts.
Mackenzie is from Toronto and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from McGill University, where she received her BCom in Honors Investment Management.

Mary Hogan Preusse
Mary Hogan Preusse is a Senior Advisor at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on strengthening the firm’s relationships with its corporate real estate investors and with the broader real estate industry.
Mary has over thirty years of experience in real estate, investment management, leadership, and strategy. She is the lead independent director of Kimco Realty and serves on the boards of three other public companies: VEREIT, Digital Realty, and Host Hotels and Resorts. She is also a member of the board of directors of Industrious, the private flexible workspace provider.
Prior to her current work as board director and advisor, Mary served as Managing Director and Head of Americas Listed Real Estate at APG Asset Management US. Prior to joining APG in 2000, Mary spent eight years as a sell side analyst covering the REIT sector, and began her career at Merrill Lynch as an investment banking analyst. In 2015, she was the recipient of NAREIT’s E. Lawrence Miller Industry Achievement Award and currently serves on that organization’s Advisory Board of Governors.
Mary dedicates a substantial amount of time to promoting diversity on corporate boards and has a particular passion for mentoring recent college graduates and future leaders in real estate and investment management. Mary received a degree in Mathematics from Bowdoin College and has served on the College’s Board of Trustees since 2012.

Michael New
Michael New is a Principal on the Capital Formation team at Fifth Wall, where he supports fundraising initiatives.
Prior to serving as Chief of Staff, Michael was an Associate on Fifth Wall's Real Estate Technology and Retail & Consumer investment teams.
Michael started his career at Velos Partners, a venture capital firm focused on investments in early-stage consumer technology companies.
Michael was born in Bethesda, Maryland and currently lives in Venice. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in economics.

Miguel Nigorra
Miguel Nigorra is a Partner and Co-Head of the Europe team at Fifth Wall, where he leads the investment activities in Europe.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Miguel worked at McKinsey for over nine years in the Madrid and London offices. As part of the digital practice,he led teams across Europe in numerous real estate engagements. He also was a Business Development & Strategy Manager at Fon Wireless, the largest WiFi network in the world.
Miguel started his career at The Coca Cola Company and Diageo.
Miguel is from Madrid, and currently lives in London. He received his BA in business administration and finance from Universidad Pontificiade Comillas, ICADE in Madrid, and participated in exchange programs at Fordham University in New York and HEC at the University of Montreal. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.

Mike Foell
Mike Foell is a Senior Finance Manager at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Mike was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Asset and Wealth Management group where he provided tax compliance and consulting services of start-up to middle-market venture capital, private equity, and real estate funds. Before PwC, Mike managed the taxes of high-net-worth individuals at a small boutique firm in King of Prussia, PA.
Mike was born in Philadelphia and currently lives in Los Angeles. He graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a degree in accounting and finance and is also a licensed CPA.

Ofer Harduf
Ofer Harduf is a Partner on the LP Coverage & Capital Markets team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on strategic partnerships and capital markets.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Ofer was an Executive Director and Co-Head of PropTech at J.P. Morgan's Real Estate, Gaming, and Lodging Investment Banking group. Ofer also worked at UBS Investment Bank in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. He started his career as a Financial Analyst in GE Healthcare and served as a Lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces.
Ofer was born in Haifa, Israel and currently lives in New York. He graduated from the University of Haifa with a degree in Economics and Business Administration and received his MBA from Columbia Business School.

Oliver Harrison
Oliver Harrison is a Senior Associate on the Europe team at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Oliver led the North American expansion for KeyNest, a leading proptech start up in the key exchange space. Oliver started his career in London at CIL Management Consultants, advising private equity clients on growth strategy and M&A due diligence. He then moved to Chicago to launch CIL’s US operations, now an office of 20+ consultants.
Oliver was born in New York City, and frequently travels between Fifth Wall's New York and London offices. He graduated with honors from the University of St Andrews with an MA in Economics & International Relations.

Peter Gajdoš
Peter Gajdoš is a Partner at Fifth Wall where he co-leads the Climate Technology Investment team.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Peter was the Head of Venture Capital at IPM Group and Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Presidio Partners, where he focused on climate tech and biotech venture and growth investments. Peter has been involved in several public listings including Cnano Technology, Arcadia Biosciences, Auspex Pharmaceuticals, and others.
Peter started his career at J.P. Morgan's Energy Group in New York before joining Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Green Fund in London.
Peter is from Slovakia and currently resides in San Francisco. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his BS in Business Administration, and received his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on Finance and Entrepreneurial Management.

Rachel O'Connell
Rachel O'Connell is a Vice President at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on venture stage investments on the Real Estate Technology Investment team.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Rachel was an early employee and Senior Director of Strategy at Foxtrot, and a venture investor at S2G Ventures. Rachel started her career as a financial analyst at Robert W. Baird.
Rachel grew up in Chicago and currently lives in New York. She graduated from Indiana University with a degree in finance.

Ritchey Howe
Ritchey Howe is an Associate on the Capital Formation team at Fifth Wall, where she supports fundraising initiatives and investor relations.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Ritchey worked in the Executive Offices at Blackstone and in the Corporate Strategy and Business Development groups at The Walt Disney Company.
Ritchey currently lives in her hometown of Manhattan. She graduated with honors from Harvard University with a BA in the History of Art and Architecture and a secondary in Economics.

Roelof Opperman
Roelof Opperman is a Partner and Co-Head of the Europe team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on technology and innovations within all real estate asset classes.
Roelof has led Fifth Wall’s investments in Lyric, Eden, Appear Here, Hippo, Industrious, Loggi, Recharge, Lime, and Aurora Solar.
Roelof is Co-Founding Chair of ULI Europe Technology and Real Estate Product Council, a member of the ULI UK Executive Committee, and Chair of GRI Global Venture Capital & PropTech Committee.
Previously, Roelof worked at Norwest Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Goldman Sachs, and Bridgewater Associates. Roelof is originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, from Emory University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Sarah Liu
Sarah Liu is a Partner on the Real Estate Technology Investment team at Fifth Wall, where she focuses on early stage investing in the construction, fintech, insurtech, and residential sectors.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Sarah worked at McKinsey in San Francisco. Her work there spanned FIG, TMT, and retail and included private equity due diligence, M&A strategy, and corporate transformations.
Sarah was born in Shenyang, China, grew up in Toronto, and currently lives in Austin, TX. She graduated summa cum laude and Beta Gamma Sigma from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School with a BS in economics.

Tianhao He
Tianhao He is an Associate on the Strategy & Operations team at Fifth Wall, where he focuses on business operations and strategic initiatives across the firm.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Tianhao was part of the Complex Litigation and Trials Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Tianhao grew up in Boston, MA, and Bethesda, MD, and currently lives in Venice. He graduated from Harvard College, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a concentration in Sociology and a secondary in History, and was named a 2014 Truman Scholar. He received his JD from Harvard Law School, where he served as Vice President & Treasurer of the Harvard Law Review.

Tommy Wesely
Tommy Wesely is the Chief Marketing Officer at Fifth Wall, where he oversees all marketing, communication, and original media content for the firm.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Tommy served as Senior Vice President of Content & Operations at BuzzFeed, where he oversaw the organization's editorial video, branded content, and operation teams for the digital publisher. Previously, he served as Editorial Director, helping scale and operationalize BuzzFeed’s editorial teams. He began his career at Condé Nast.
Tommy was born in Minneapolis and currently lives in New York. He graduated from Fordham University with a degree in Media Studies.

Victoria "Rory" Jenks
Victoria “Rory” Jenks is a Coordinator on the Climate Tech team at Fifth Wall.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall Rory was Executive Assistant to the Founder and served as Office Manager at Arcline Investment Management. Prior to Arcline, Rory was Senior Executive Assistant and Operations Manager at Presidio Partners.
Early in her career, she was Executive Assistant at Walden Venture Capital then Weston Presidio.
Rory is from Philadelphia, PA and currently lives in San Francisco, CA. She graduated from Hamilton College where she received her BA in communications.

Vik Chawla
Vik Chawla is a Partner at Fifth Wall, where he co-leads the Real Estate Technology Investment team. Vik focuses on technology and innovations within the homebuilding, retail, and industrial asset classes.
Previously, Vik was an Investment Associate at Echelon Asset Management, a special situations fixed income hedge fund focused on the non-bank lending asset class, where he led the firm’s fundamental due diligence processes.
Vik began his career at The Blackstone Group, where he worked on advisory transactions spanning the energy, real estate, and financial services industries.
Vik is from Danville, California, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where he received his BS in economics with concentrations in finance and statistics and a minor in mathematics. During his undergraduate years, Vik co-founded the Kairos Society, the largest and most recognized global network of entrepreneurs under the age of 25.

Virginia Drennen
Virginia Drennen is a Vice President at Fifth Wall, where she drives value creation opportunities for portfolio companies as they implement go-to-market strategies and engage with the firm's strategic partners.
Prior to joining Fifth Wall, Virginia began her career at The Blackstone Group, first in the firm’s hedge fund marketing division and subsequently in real estate portfolio management.
Virginia was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently lives in New York City. She graduated from the University of Virginia, where she received her BA in Economics and a minor in Architecture.