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LL Funds Leads $20M Raise for Proptech Firm Picket

LL Funds Leads $20M Raise for Proptech Firm Picket

Picket, a firm that provides an integrated technology and services platform for residential real estate investing, has completed a Series B funding round at $20 million led by proptech investor LL Funds. RET Ventures, which led Picket’s Series A round in 2022, also participated in the Series B round.

The company did not disclose its total funding to date.

The Seattle-based startup provides an “all-in-one platform” to identify, evaluate, acquire and manage single-family rental (SFR) properties across markets based on various criteria. The platform provides reports that forecast sale and rental values, expenses, cash flow and long-term asset appreciation.

Quinten Shay, co-founder and CEO of Picket, said its growth has been “significant in the last 18 months,” and its tech and property management services serve “thousands of residents.”

Picket facilitated more than $270 million in single-family rental home investments last year, primarily with institutional customers.

Investors purchased nearly 49% fewer properties in the first quarter of 2023 than the same period one year ago, according to a report by Redfin. The share of single-family home purchases dropped to 67.3% of investor purchases, the lowest share in the past six years, the report found.

Jim Morrissey, LL Funds partner, has joined the Picket board of directors.

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Joe Palmisano is Editorial Director for Connect Money, where he brings nearly three decades experience of market insights as a financial journalist, analyst and senior portfolio manager for leading financial publications, advisory firms, and hedge funds. In his role as Editorial Director, Joe is responsible for the selection of content and creation of daily business news covering the financial markets, including Alternative Assets, Direct Investment and Financial Advisory services. Before joining Connect Money, Joe was a financial journalist for the Wall Street Journal, regularly publishing feature stories and trend pieces on the foreign exchange, global fixed income and equity markets. Joe parlayed his experience as a financial journalist into roles as a Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager, writing daily and weekly market analysis and managing a FX and US equity portfolio. Joe was also a contributing writer for industry magazines and publications, including SFO Magazine and the CMT Association. Joe earned a B.S.B.A. in Finance from The American University. He holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.