BrickVest

Name

BrickVest

Legal name

BrickVest

Website

https://brickvest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Investment Platform

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers (522310), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Loan Brokers (6163)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Capital Markets Brokerage (Debt & Equity Placement) (FSAEAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate / Property-Backed Marketplace Lending (Non-mortgage) (FSAKAHAG), Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE), Real Estate Funds — Core-Plus (FSANAEAG)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate investing
• Real estate crowdfunding platform
• Property investment platform
• Real estate debt financing
• Club deal investments

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Investment platform management: BrickVest operates as an online real estate investment platform, generating revenue through facilitating real estate investments for professional investors, managing active-strategy funds (e.g., Harvest Active 1), and structuring club deal investments. Revenue is derived from platform fees and investment management associated with commercial real estate deals and funds.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BrickVest operates an online real estate investment platform that enables professional UK investors to access commercial real estate opportunities structured as club deals, invest in active-strategy funds (such as Harvest Active 1), and participate in real estate debt and equity deals. The platform spans three core service lines: Raise (capital raising for property developers and operators), Lend (debt financing for real estate projects), and Real Estate Investing (access to curated investment opportunities for accredited and professional investors).

Product overview

BrickVest is a London-based online real estate investment platform that operates as a unified offering across three core service lines: Raise (capital raising for developers), Lend (debt financing), and Real Estate Investing (access to investment opportunities). The platform structures investments as club deals and has launched specific funds including HARVEST ACTIVE 1 (active strategy fund) and HARVEST INVESTMENTS 8 (Navy Pier Fund). Additionally, BrickVest provides research through its Commercial Real Estate Barometer reports, offering market intelligence to platform participants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Raise Real estate capital raising service enabling property developers and operators to access funding from institutional and individual investors through the BrickVest platform.
• Lend Debt financing service allowing investors to provide loans to real estate projects, offering regular interest income and secured positions.
• Real Estate Investing Online investment vertical enabling accredited and professional investors to access commercial real estate investment opportunities structured as club deals.
• Harvest Active 1 Active-strategy fund launched in January 2023 targeting UK real estate investment with a moderate risk strategy.
• Harvest Investments 8 (Navy Pier Fund) Club deal fund providing exposure to Chicago's iconic Navy Pier development, with final closing announced in March 2022.

Quantifiable outcome

• Club deal investment structuring for commercial real estate

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• EstateGuru: European online marketplace lending platform focused on property-backed loans. Direct competitor to BrickVest's Lend vertical, with similar digital origination and professional investor base across Europe.
• Crowdstreet: US online commercial real estate investing platform offering individual deals and funds to accredited investors. Closely comparable to BrickVest's Real Estate Investing and club-deal product, with similar fund structures (e.g., interval funds) launched over time.
• RealtyMogul: US commercial real estate investment platform providing both debt and equity opportunities to accredited investors. Direct overlap with BrickVest's combined Raise, Lend, and Invest offering.
• Fundrise: Online real estate investment platform offering diversified eREITs and funds to individual and accredited investors. Comparable digital CRE access model, though with much broader US retail reach versus BrickVest's UK professional focus.
• Housers: European (Spain/Europe) online real estate investment platform offering fractional property investments. Directly comparable online CRE investing proposition targeting European professional and retail investors.
• Property Partner (now Bricklane): UK-based online residential and commercial property investment platform with funds and individual deal offerings. Closest UK geographic peer to BrickVest, operating a similar digital CRE investor marketplace.
• Yielders: UK online property investment platform offering fractional property access. Comparable UK-focused digital CRE investing proposition, smaller scale, focused on residential and small commercial.
• Property Moose: UK property crowdfunding platform offering fractional ownership of individual buy-to-let and small commercial assets. Comparable UK digital CRE investing platform with similar professional/semi-professional investor focus.

Emerging players

• Reinvest24: European (Baltic) real estate crowdfunding platform offering fractional property investments. Comparable online CRE investing model with European geographic overlap, though smaller scale and more residential tilt.

Broad incumbents

• Aareal Bank: Listed German commercial real estate bank with structured property finance and capital markets capabilities. Listed as a BrickVest investor, and an incumbent real estate capital markets broker comparable to BrickVest's institutional-facing debt and equity placement activities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/brickvest
• Facebookfacebook.com/BrickVest
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brickvest

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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