HTVEst. 2013
Home Technology Ventures · Charlotte, North Carolina

Housing is the largest asset class on earth and the least innovative industry in it. We're changing that.

HTV backs the founders solving housing's biggest challenges. Thirteen years. One industry. One mission.

The Three Challenges Portfolio Ledger
§ 01The Market
FigureWhat it measuresComparison
$287TGlobal residential real estate value — the world's largest store of wealth1.8× all listed equities
$3TAnnual US spend on housing and housing-related expenditureEnergy $1.8T · Aerospace & defense ~$1T
0.5%Of revenue the housing industry reinvests in R&D — the lowest of any major industryAutomotive: ~5%
−40%Change in output per construction worker since 1970US productivity tripled
$410,700Median sales price of a new home in the US$306,000 in 2016 · $246,300 in 2006
40Median age of the first-time home buyer — an all-time high29 in 1981

Residential real estate value per Savills, year-end 2024 ($393.3T total real estate, less commercial and agricultural land) — roughly 2.4× global GDP. Equity comparison against $157.8T global market capitalization, year-end 2025. New home prices: US Census Bureau, Q2 figures. Buyer age: NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, November 2025. Economy-wide productivity comparison per Richmond Fed, 2025. R&D intensity per HTV research; the automotive comparable needs a citation before launch.

§ 02Why Now

Four forces arriving at once. None of them cyclical.

01 — Social Need

The ladder broke

A child born in 1940 had a 92% chance of out-earning their parents. Today it is 28%. Cost of living is the number one concern among younger Americans, and household formation and birth rates are falling with it.

02 — Political Will

A true bipartisan issue

Federal leaders across the spectrum have backed legislation to reduce housing burdens. Mayors and councils are actively reforming zoning and permitting. There is no jurisdiction where housing is not a top priority.

03 — Industry Change

The spend is turning

Housing has run 10× less R&D and 3× less IT spend than comparable industries. That is reversing. 35% of production builders now run an R&D department, and builders above $1B in revenue are growing investment rapidly.

04 — Technology

Nothing to unwind

Historic underinvestment is now the advantage. No legacy systems and no entrenched digital workflows means lower friction for AI adoption — in software and in physical automation — than almost any industry of comparable scale.

§ 03The Mandate

We invest against housing's three biggest challenges.

§ 04The Platform

HTV is more than a fund. We are a fully-integrated holistic innovation platform partnering with more than 70+ corporations, government agencies and leading academic institutions to accelerate the development and adoption of technology in the housing industries.

Investments

Capital and Exposure

We back exceptional founders at the earliest stages of development and then provide mentorship, exposure at housing's leading industry events and integration into innovation projects that are reshaping the housing landscape.

  • 100% housing focused
  • Pre-seed to Series A
  • Inclusion in the leading industry startup showcases
Intelligence

The Alliance

The most trusted innovation resource to the organizations who build, finance, insure, maintain and power America's homes.

  • 2,000+ members and 70+ partner organizations
  • Members represent 70% of new home starts annually
  • Proprietary insights generated and distributed through Alliance events and research
Applied Innovation

Proving Ground

Streamlined commercialization pilots that enable portfolio companies to partner with and test new technologies with Alliance partners and members.

  • Innovation Neighborhoods
  • The Housing Innovation Challenge
  • Robotics Labs