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Zain Jaffer

Advisory Partner at Fortified Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Zain Jaffer is a successful entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in tech and real estate. He is currently a Partner at Blue Field Capital and an Advisory Partner at Fortified Ventures, with notable career highlights including co-founding and serving as CEO of Vungle, and founding and leading JuicyDuff. Jaffer has made significant investments in companies like Octane11, Poplar Homes, Boxabl, Vestaboard, and Relationship Hero, focusing on sectors such as ConstructionTech, Messaging, and Real Estate/PropTech in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

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Zain-Ventures

  • Family Office

    2019 - Current

    Personal Investment company / family office • LP in 100+ fund managers across many asset classes • Launched The Zain Jaffer Foundation

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Agently - Agent Success Platform for Brokerages

  • Board Member

    2025

    Using AI to make residential brokers more efficient

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Visual Feeder

  • Board Observer

    2022

    Video ads in retail storefronts across the US

Visual Feeder lights up the city streets with full-motion advertising on high-traffic commercial retail locations.

Raised $1,920,000.00 from Halperin Emerging Company Fund.

visualfeeder.com
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Basking Automation

  • Board Member

    2021

    AI workplace management tools for Fortune 500 companies

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Canopy Analytics

  • Board Member

    2020

    Helping multifamily owners manage their operations through AI & Analytics

Canopy Analytics is a real estate tech startup, partnering with full-service investment and asset management firms.

canopyanalytics.com
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Blue Field Capital

  • Partner

    2020

    Launched an early-stage VC fund to invest in real estate technology startups: • Invested in 22 proptech startups • Fund 1 is currently 90% deployed • Also bought $250M+ worth of real estate

Blue Field Capital is a private equity real estate firm.

bluefieldcap.com
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Vungle

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2011 - 2017

    Vungle was acquired by Blackstone for $780M in 2019 • Over $400M+ revenues with 100,000+ customers • 8 offices around the world with 250+ employees • Product reached 1B+ users per month

Vungle transforms how people discover and experience apps that delivers the highest value users through engaging video ads.

Raised $25,500,000.00 from Seven Peaks Ventures, AngelPad, Crosslink Capital, Google Ventures, Aol Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Thomvest Ventures and Uncork Capital.

vungle.com
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Mediaroots

  • CEO

    2009 - 2011

    Video production company - Closed distribution deal with Adobe - Created support videos for Google & Spotify

CyberPlanet Ltd

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2003 - 2007

    Incorporated multiple internet ventures, including; - DD.AM, free website builder (acquired) - Designs.pro, design & hosting agency - Zeeble, free online gaming portal - Computer.gb.net, web directory - JuicyDuff, celebrity entertainment site

Education 

Investments 

Octane11

Series Unknown

Total funding: $5M

Poplar Homes

Series B

Total funding: $59M

Boxabl

Series A

Total funding amount not yet available

Vestaboard

Seed

Total funding: $9M

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