Fundrise CEO Ben Miller: Democratizing Private Investing

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Ben Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Fundrise, an online investment platform that gives retail investors access to private assets like real estate and venture capital. Fundrise has invested over $7B in real estate and has 385,000+ investors on its platform.

In this episode, Auren and Ben discuss:

• Real estate data adoption
• Public/private market convergence
• “Soft” SEC regulations on retail investment
• Data centers, warehouses & single family rental

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You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Ben on X at @BenMillerrise. World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph & Flex Capital.

Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)

Chapters

1. Fundrise CEO Ben Miller: Democratizing Private Investing (00:00:00)

2. Democratizing Investment (00:00:02)

3. Modernizing Real Estate Investment Technologies (00:13:51)

4. Future Trends in Real Estate (00:17:40)

5. Housing Trends and Real Estate Challenges (00:32:08)

6. Challenging Conventional Wisdom and Military Control (00:40:52)

7. Data Driven Investment Strategies (00:46:23)