Crowd Street
Crowd Street operates a platform for private market investing, offering access to alternative investments typically reserved for institutional investors. The company has raised $68M, most recently in a Series C round in October 2022, and employs 86 people.
The growth story
Crowd Street grew from 187 to 86 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $68M along the way, most recently a Series C in October 2022.
About
Crowd Street provides a marketplace for private real estate and other alternative investments, targeting individual investors who want access to opportunities traditionally limited to institutions. The platform includes research tools and insights to help users evaluate deals.
The company has raised $68M, including a Series C in 2022 led by Brookfield Asset Management and other real estate-focused investors. With 86 employees, Crowd Street has built a finance-heavy team, with 7 finance professionals among its leadership.
Founders and leadership
Crowd Street's leadership team is finance-heavy, with 7 finance professionals in key roles. The company spans investment, technology, and member experience functions, with a median tenure of 3 years among employees.
The Crowd Street org chart
John Imbriglia (Chief Executive Officer) leads 32 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Business Development 16 (0% YoY), Engineering 8 (0% YoY), Accounting 6 (-14% YoY), Marketing 6 (+20% YoY), Entrepreneurship 5 (0% YoY), Media and Communication 5 (-17% YoY).
Talent flow
Crowd Street hires heavily from financial institutions like iCapital, KKR, and BlackRock, with 4 employees coming from iCapital alone. Alumni often move to real estate and investment firms, with Realberry being the top destination for former employees.
Most common previous employers of Crowd Street staff: iCapital (4), KKR (3), University of Portland Cash Flow Club (2), BNY (2), BlackRock (2), EY (2). Former Crowd Street employees most often moved to Realberry (4), Blank Metal (2), Powder Capital Partners (2), Green Light Housing (2), Meeder Investment Management (2), Open to Work (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Crowd Street mafia
Crowd Street alumni have founded 21 companies, including King Energy, which employs 111 people, and Lucrum, a 21-person firm. Other notable alumni-founded companies include Trip Jones and RapidTee Golf.
21John Witchel, was Board of Advisors until 2015Edrees Feda, was Associate Real Estate Analyst until 2022Brent Hieggelke, was CMO Chief Marketing Officer until 2022Dan Claroni, was Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead until 2024Dennis Greco, was Sr. Data Analyst - Marketplace Ops until 2023Taylor Hughes, was Capital Markets Associate until 2020
Darren Powderly, was Founder until 2025
Julien Cohen, was Capital Markets Associate until 2023
Audrey Coulthurst, was Investment Product Marketing Manager until 2020
Kaitlin Hubert, was Senior Growth Media Manager until 2022
Marshall Clark, was VP Marketing until 2018
Ryan Strub, was Senior Managing Director until 2024
Corey Beal, CFP®, was Client Relationship Manager / Investor Relations Manager / Financial Advisor until 2020
Sarah Mayo, was Head of Investor Relations until 2020
Jack Ady, was Senior Product Manager until 2023
Jon Pesce, was Real Estate Investment Committee until 2023
Lucas Pinelli, was Senior Technical Program Manager until 2023
Scott Mackley, was President until 2023
Axel Martin Lopez Carro, was Associate Portfolio Analyst until 2024
Jaz S., was Investor Relations Specialist until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 38% direct, 32% search, 1% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Crowd Street: Management (26), Microsoft Excel (26), Public Speaking (25), Marketing (23), Microsoft Office (23), Leadership (20), Strategic Planning (20), Customer Service (19).
Where the team actually sits
Crowd Street people are concentrated in United States (7), New York City Metropolitan Area (6), New York, United States (5), Texas, United States (4).
Search footprint
Crowd Street attracts about 10,510 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $63K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,257 ranking keywords and lost 883 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Crowd Street has 86 employees as of September 2026.
Crowd Street has raised $68M in total, most recently a Series C round in October 2022.
John Imbriglia (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Crowd Street's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Crowd Street staff are iCapital (4 people), KKR (3 people), University of Portland Cash Flow Club (2 people).
Former Crowd Street employees most often move to Realberry (4), Blank Metal (2), Powder Capital Partners (2).
At least 21 companies have a founder who previously worked at Crowd Street, including King Energy, Lucrum, Trip Jones.
Crowd Street attracts about 10,510 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $63K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Crowd Street staff are Management, Microsoft Excel, Public Speaking, Marketing, Microsoft Office.
Crowd Street staff are concentrated in United States (7), New York City Metropolitan Area (6), New York, United States (5).
Crowd Street has about 16 people in Business Development, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Crowd Street has about 8 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 56 current and 290 former Crowd Street profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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