RELPI

What RELPI does

RELPI (Real Estate Limited Partnership Institute), founded in 2019 by Jonathan A. Schein and headquartered in New York, operates as a curated membership network and events platform serving the global commercial real estate institutional capital community. Its core product is the Interests Aligned® Events program—an in-person, 195-minute-format gathering held in investor-rich markets across the United States, Europe, and Canada—complemented by Virtual Round Tables, "RELPI in 30" sessions, the GRAVITAS℠ Global Real Assets Investors Summit (scheduled for February 2027 at Miami Tower), and media assets including the Elevator Pitch video series, the Rising Leaders Breakfast Club, and a research white paper library. The organization serves two primary customer segments in parallel: capital allocators (pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, and consultants such as CalPERS, CalSTRS, HOOPP, and Goldman Sachs) and capital raisers (real estate fund managers, private equity firms, and operating companies such as GCM Grosvenor, Brookfield Secondaries, and QuadReal), with a secondary prop tech and advisory constituency.

Technically, RELPI is not a technology company; its infrastructure relies on Wix for web hosting and Cvent for event registration, with no proprietary platform, AI capabilities, or API surface disclosed. It maintains registered marks on "Interests Aligned®," "RELPI℠," and the "195-Minute Formula," and operates a small team of 1–10 employees led by Schein (CEO/Founder), Arno van Grondelle (CEO, Europe), Ephraim Poloner (Managing Director, Strategy, appointed December 2025), Leigh Ann Hochman (Managing Director, Investor Relations), and Crystal Byram (Operations Manager).

RELPI's revenue mechanics combine three streams: (1) annual membership fees that entitle members to client introductions within the community, (2) event sponsorships and marketing services—including amplification of member podcasts, webinars, and marketing consultations—and (3) attendance-based access to exclusive events, with non-members excluded. The GTM motion is community-led and event-driven: the organization markets to a following of more than 10,000 industry leaders, supported by founding-sponsor underwriting from MUFG, Cortland, Lincoln Property Company, RMR Residential, Knightvest Capital, and S3 Capital for GRAVITAS, and partnership distribution via EXPO REAL, GRESB, IMN, NAREIM, Nareit, DCREC, Kayo, and others. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no external funding, M&A activity, or revenue figures have been disclosed in available sources.

Name

RELPI

Legal name

Real Estate Limited Partnership Institute

Website

https://relpi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RELPI is a membership-based networking and events platform that connects commercial real estate institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, family offices) with fund managers, operating companies, consultants, and prop tech firms across the US, Europe, and Canada through curated in-person Interests Aligned® events, virtual roundtables, and the GRAVITAS summit.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Investor Networking Services

NAICS

Other Financial Vehicles (52599), Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Capital Markets Advisory (Debt/Equity Placement, Refinancing) (BPAJANAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAB), Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate networking
• Institutional investor events
• Limited partner education
• Fund manager roundtables
• Real estate summits

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Fee for Client Introductions: RELPI offers a service where clients can pay an annual fee to be introduced to community members and users. This facilitates connections between fund managers seeking capital and institutional investors.
2. Event Sponsorships and Marketing Services: RELPI provides marketing services to community members including promoting their podcasts and webinars to the RELPI following, and offers private consultation for marketing materials. The organization also hosts sponsored events and maintains founding sponsors for GRAVITAS summit.
3. Event Attendance Fees: RELPI Interests Aligned Events are exclusively held for RELPI Community Members and are not open for general admission, suggesting attendance-based access control potentially tied to membership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

RELPI (Real Estate Limited Partner Institute) operates a membership-based community platform that organizes curated in-person networking events, virtual roundtables, and educational programming connecting commercial real estate institutional investors (LPs) with fund managers (GPs). The organization also provides marketing services to sponsors and runs flagship summits such as GRAVITAS, facilitating introductions and relationship-building across the institutional real estate capital stack.

Product overview

RELPI (Real Estate Limited Partner Institute) operates as a networking and events platform connecting commercial real estate institutional investors and fund managers. The core offerings include Interests Aligned® Events (in-person gatherings in investor-rich markets), Virtual Round Tables, and RELPI in 30 (virtual meeting formats). Supporting services include Marketing Services for member visibility and Private Consultation. The platform features premium programming like the GRAVITAS℠ Global Real Assets Investors Summit and media content such as Elevator Pitch with Jonathan and Mitch®, alongside the RELPI Breakfast Club Rising Leaders Series for emerging professionals. The company serves a global community spanning investors, fund managers, consultants, and prop tech companies across the Americas, Europe, and APAC regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GRAVITAS: Global Real Assets Investors Summit - a premier consortium of institutional investors and leading consultants for global real assets strategy discussions.
• Interests Aligned Events
• Elevator Pitch with Jonathan and Mitch

Products and services

• Interests Aligned® Events
• Virtual Round Tables

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EXPO REALcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEuropean commercial real estate expo partnership. RELPI collaborates with EXPO REAL on German Investors Experience events and provides exclusive invitations to the European CRE Chapter 2026 Global Conference.
• GRESBcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSustainability and benchmarking organization for real assets. GRESB team member Dan Winters represents the partnership. GRESB Americas Institutional Investor Forum hosted through RELPI network.
• IMNminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry conference organizer partnered with RELPI for member benefits and event cross-promotion.
• KayominorGTM or Marketing PartnerKAYO 9th Annual Real Estate Summit partnership offering RELPI members 20% discount on conference registration.
• NAREIMminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational Association of Real Estate Investment Managers partnership for industry collaboration and member cross-promotion.
• NareitminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNational Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts partnership for industry engagement and member benefits.
• DCRECcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDC Real Estate Collaborative partnership hosting joint member mixer events including the DCREC x RELPI Pre-Holiday Member Mixer.
• C.U.R.E NYminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNew York-based real estate investment organization partnership for member events.
• National Rental Home CouncilminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIndustry association partnership for single-family rental housing industry collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bisnow: Larger, broader CRE media and events operator covering many segments beyond institutional investment. Competes for audience attention and sponsor budgets across the same commercial real estate ecosystem.
• Urban Land Institute (ULI): Global, larger, broader real estate membership organization hosting major institutional investor events. Overlaps with RELPI's institutional investor audience and event-based membership monetization.

Direct peers

• Connect CRE: Membership-based networking and events platform for commercial real estate professionals, including fund managers and institutional investors. Closest like-for-like comparable in business model, gated community, and CRE investor focus.
• EXPO REAL: Europe's leading commercial real estate expo for institutional investors and fund managers. Active RELPI GTM partner that competes for the same European institutional investor audience in the same curated event format.
• Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI): Long-running media and events firm covering institutional real estate investment; employer of RELPI's Arno van Grondelle. Competes for LP/GP mindshare via publications, roundtables, and investor forums.
• GlobeSt.com: CRE news and events platform originally founded by RELPI's CEO Jonathan Schein. Continues to operate in the same institutional CRE media and events niche, including RealShare conferences.
• Real Estate Capital Institute: Institutional capital matching platform connecting real estate fund managers with institutional investors. Highly comparable networking and introduction-based business model serving the same LP/GP audience.
• IMN (Information Management Network): Operator of marquee institutional real estate investor conferences (e.g., Winter & Spring Forums). Directly competes for sponsor dollars and institutional investor attention in the same curated-event format.
• PERE (Private Equity Real Estate): PEI Media's global platform covering private real estate funds, LPs, and GPs with events and research. Directly comparable in serving the same institutional capital-allocation audience with curated events and content.

Regional players

• NAREIM: National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers serving US-based institutional investment managers. Comparable association-style networking and membership organization in the same US market segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ElevatorPitchWJonathanandMitch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/relpi
• Instagraminstagram.com/relpicommunity
• Xx.com/RELPI3

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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