Drew Volpe
Partner · First Star Ventures · Massachusetts
What Drew invests in
Drew Volpe at First Star Ventures focuses on AI, ML, Biotech, Web3, Blockchain, backing physical-world technology and vertical software. Cheques are typically written at Seed, Series A stage in Massachusetts markets.
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PropTech investors — who funds real estate technology at seed stage
Early-stage capital for real estate technology divides into generalist seed funds with named vertical practices, dedicated PropTech funds backed by real estate operators, and corporate venture arms attached to brokerages and title insurers.
Founders raising a first institutional round should expect diligence to concentrate on buyer identity, budget replacement, and customer acquisition efficiency.
How did you get here?
Then why are you here?
This was not luck.
AI Realty
You didn't read about our acquisition engine.
You just used it.
Professionals find a page about themselves that already exists. They claim it. Then they use our platform to win clients. That is the entire funnel, and you have now run it end to end.
Why do professionals claim them?
An unauthorised page about yourself produces a specific, reliable urge — to correct it and control it. Claiming is free, takes under a minute, and turns a cold stranger into a contactable user.
Why does our acquisition cost fall?
Organic is an asset we own: a pre-generated structured page costs nothing to keep, accumulates authority, and last year's pages still rank today. As organic share grows, blended CAC falls.
In depth
AI marketing for real estate — sell a listing faster
AI Realty turns a two-minute voice description into live campaigns across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, driving cost-effective leads for real estate agents.
Where we are
Igor Ryabenkiy advises the company. Discussions on the round are under way with Altair Capital.
15,000 agent pages indexed across Portugal and Spain.
Entering the US market directly now.
€300,000 in the current round. Deck on request.
The internet is changing.
Google is no longer the destination. AI is.
Who owns identity owns discovery.
Who owns discovery owns distribution.
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