Pulling The Future Forward

We back and build businesses bringing the
largest offline industries online.

Our Story

A bridge between Wall Street and Silicon Valley

We’ve spent the past decade redefining the forgotten majority of our GDP – real estate, construction, insurance, financial services and beyond. 1SV is a bridge built to transform this "Forgotten 50%" over the next decade+.

Part of the 1Sharpe Capital Platform

$2bn+
AUM

managed across three verticals: credit, housing, and venture

$10bn+
Invested

invested across North America and Europe

$3bn+
Enterprise Value

combined value of venture-backed companies founded by team

20,000+
Housing Units

housing units purchased and managed in past decade

Team

Gregor

Watson

Managing Partner

Gregor has been an entrepreneur and investor in the real estate and fintech space for over a decade, co-founding businesses such as Roofstock, Lessen, Azibo, and Creative Juice. Gregor was a pioneer in the Single Family Rental space and founder of one of the largest SFR lending platforms, which he sold to Blackstone before founding 1Sharpe. Gregor also sits on the board of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Rob

Bloemker

General Partner

Rob oversees 1Sharpe’s broader credit and real estate platforms, and has spent nearly 30 years investing in bonds, loans, and real estate. He managed a portfolio at Cerberus and co-founded Dwell Finance (sold to Blackstone) as well as Five Ten Capital where he invested across three private equity funds. He spent 12 years at Putnam as the Head of Fixed Income overseeing $60 billion in assets.

Ginny

Miller

Partner

Ginny oversees venture investing and 1SV platform strategies. Prior to 1SV, Ginny led Ventures at Jamestown, a $12Bn real estate private equity firm. She has also worked on real estate technology initiatives at Apple, Fifth Wall Ventures, and Harvard University after starting her career in product design. Ginny received her MBA from Harvard Business School and studied Engineering at Dartmouth.

Feng

Wang

Director, Capital Markets and Venture

Feng oversees the firm’s capital markets initiatives and supports venture investing and portfolio company strategies. Prior to 1Sharpe, Feng was a founding executive at LendingHome, a venture-backed tech-enabled lending platform after his time on the mortgage investment team at Cerberus and BlackRock. Feng graduated from Cornell University with a degree in economics and mathematics.

Kathleen

Collins

Principal

Prior to joining 1SV’s investment team, Kat spent 5+ years as a proptech investor and consultant: COO at Shelter Acquisition Corp, a proptech-focused SPAC sponsor, investor at Metaprop and Fifth Wall, and consultant to startups such as Zeus Living. Kat started her venture career at Industry Ventures, a multi-stage generalist platform. Kat also represents the fourth generation of her family’s real estate development company. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Riley

Finch

Associate

Riley joined the investment team at 1SV in 2023, and is focused on sourcing new investments for the firm. Prior to 1Sharpe, he spent two years supporting founders leading Operations and Platform at Afore Capital. Before working in venture, Riley worked in GTM roles at FinTech companies like Clearco, and Wealthsimple in Toronto, Canada. Riley is also an accomplished sailor, spending four years on the Canadian National Sailing team campaigning for Olympic Games.

Featured Investments

Co-Founded

Roofstock is the leading online marketplace for investing in residential real estate assets, facilitating nearly $3bn in transactions on the platform. Co-founded by Gregor Watson and Gary Beasley in 2015.

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Co-Founded

Lessen is a repair, maintenance and renovation marketplace and fintech platform for the residential real estate industry. Co-founded by Gregor Watson and Jay McKee in 2019.

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Invested

Flock is redefining mom-and-pop real estate assets and retirement solutions for landlords: powering exchanges of assets for shares in a managed real estate portfolio. Founded by Ari Rubin in 2020.

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Thesis

Old categories need new standards

We have underinvested in "The Forgotten 50%" of our GDP: VCs have invested the least in the most foundational parts of our economy such as real estate, manufacturing, and financial services.

Now is different: Advancements in AI and technology infrastructure can unlock dramatic efficiencies to dethrone incumbents, transform outputs, and create new norms for sleepy categories.  

Vertical expertise will be critical: The path to success and defensibility will require leadership that pairs novel ideas and technology with distribution, relationships, and expertise.

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