Manifest Raises $2.5M to Bring U.S. Real Estate Onchain

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Slice of Real Estate Team
April 01, 2025

Key Highlights:

  • $2.5M pre-seed round co-led by VanEck Ventures and Lattice Fund

  • Launching $USH, tokenized real estate backed by Home Equity Investments (HEIs)

  • Enables institutional-grade U.S. real estate access globally in under 30 seconds

  • DeFi integration and tax-efficient structure for onchain scalability

  • Backed by leaders from Roostify and Deloitte

Source: Business Wire

Notable Quotes:

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“American real estate is among the most stable and high-performing asset classes in history... Manifest changes that.”

Nathaniel Sokoll-Ward, CEO & Co-Founder at Manifest
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“The future of real estate investment is tokenized, fractionalized, and accessible to all... democratize wealth creation.”

Wyatt Lonergan, General Partner at VanEck Ventures
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“Manifest is pioneering permissionless real-world investing... exactly the kind of innovation we look for.”

Mike Zajko, Co-Founder and General Partner at Lattice Fund

Why This Matters:

Manifest is redefining real estate investing by bringing U.S. private equity real estate onchain in a scalable and liquid form. By enabling fractional, borderless, and efficient access to a $35 trillion market via DeFi-compatible tokens, Manifest is bridging traditional finance and crypto infrastructure. Its $USH product unlocks institutional-grade exposure to home equity without the burdens of property management, setting a new standard for real-world asset investment in Web3.