Speaker

Josh Stech is a fintech and proptech unicorn co-founder, a prolific angel investor, the manager of several real estate, private lending, and early-stage technology venture capital funds, and a member of the Stanford Real Estate Council. Josh was founding partner of LendingHome (now Kiavi), one of the nation's largest fintech non-bank lenders to residential real estate investors. On 9/1/26, Figure Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: FIGR) closed on the acquisition of Kiavi in a $717 million all-cash deal. Josh is now CEO and co-founder of Sundae, a proptech marketplace that connects home sellers directly with property investors. Sundae’s last financing round was an $80 million series C at a reported $775 million valuation. Josh is a prolific angel investor in early-stage technology companies, several of which have become unicorns, including Anthropic, which is expected to be the largest IPO in history in Q4 2026 at an estimated $2 trillion market cap. Josh is a tech insider in the Stanford network, and serves on the Stanford Real Estate Council. He has launched and managed numerous real estate, private lending, and early-stage tech funds. He also makes as many investments as he can in his self-directed Roth IRA. Josh graduated with honors from Stanford with a BA in Economics, BA in Spanish, and an MA in Latin American Studies with a focus in Economic Policy. Josh lives in San Diego with his wife, three children, and their two dogs.