Jeff Safferman is the Managing Partner at Timber Grove Ventures, a firm that invests in software for real estate and brick-and-mortar businesses. His background includes real estate private equity at CIM Group and investment banking at RBC Capital Markets. He earned his BS from Indiana Universitys Kelley School of Business.
Based in Los Angeles, Jeff has a strong interest in technology that solves real-world problems for small and medium-sized businesses. He has publicly shared his excitement for companies that improve frustratingly manual processes, such as property leasing.
He believes Generative AI will play a key role in augmenting labor across brick-and-mortar businesses and real estate.
Jeff Safferman
Managing Partner at Timber Grove Ventures
Los Angeles, California, United States
Overview
Topics They Care About
PropTech Automation
Invests in and promotes solutions like conversational AI and self-guided tours to centralize real estate operations, reduce vacancies, and improve the leasing process for operators.
Tech for Main Street
Focuses on how technology can help the thousands of "Main Street" SMBs across the US combat rising costs and labor shortages to better serve their local communities.
AI in the Physical World
Actively seeks to fund and support software companies using Generative AI and other technologies to solve labor and efficiency challenges for brick-and-mortar businesses.
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Work History
Managing Partner at Timber Grove Ventures
Head of West Coast Originations at CIM Group
Investment Banking Associate at RBC Capital Markets
Investment Banking Analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
Education
BS from Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Location : Los Angeles, California, United States
Job Level : Mid-senior
Designation : Managing Partner at Timber Grove Ventures
