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Navitas Capital

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Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm in California that focuses on real estate and construction tech.

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founded date

01.01.2009

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Private

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Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles, Navitas Capital invests in early stage ventures, late stage ventures, seed, series A, series B, corporate rounds, and series C rounds. It has made 34 investments, with notable portfolio companies including Cherre, Orchard, HqO, PeerStreet, and Bowery Valuation. Navitas Capital has had six exits, including Harbor, Comfy, and Honest Buildings. The firm leverages its industry expertise and relationships to add value to its portfolio companies and focuses on transformative technology investments in the real estate industry.
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Travis Putnam
Travis Putnam

Travis Putnam

Travis co-founded Navitas Capital in 2008 and is a Managing Partner with the firm. He is focused on next generation energy efficiency and green building technology solutions. His investments include Serious Materials, PowerMat, Lunera Lighting, Arxx, and Sustainability Roundtable. Prior to launching Navitas Capital, Travis founded Genesis Management Group (2005-2007), a business-development consulting firm focused on the built environment. Clients included Crest Steel Corporation (Reliance Steel Corp / NYSE: RS), Cal-Star Cement (green cement), and Artisan Precast. Travis also co-founded ValuSteel, Inc. a web-based steel trading platform. Prior to Genesis, Travis worked for Murphy & Associates Capital (2002-2004), a boutique investment bank, where he advised clients on mergers & acquisitions, private placements, and financial restructurings. Travis holds a degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Finance.

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Jim Pettit
Jim Pettit

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Jim Pettit is a Co-Founder and Advisor at Navitas Capital. He currently serves as either a board director or observer on a number of boards, including Aquicore, Cherre and Optimum Energy. Prior to Co-Founding Navitas, Jim was a Principal a Bancroft Capital, a real estate investment firm located in California, and a Managing Partner at JP Morgan (Hambrecht & Quist). Jim received a bachelor’s degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley with an emphasis on Finance and Real Estate.

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Jim Pettit

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Amy Persohn

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Leo Wing

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Michael Spies

Michael Spies

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Jenny Song

Jenny Song

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Madison Gesser

Madison Gesser

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Louis Schotsky

Louis Schotsky

Managing Partner

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