ABOUT STAKE

We acceleraterenter wealth

One mission: accelerate renter wealth. Real Cash Back on moving, renting, and saving. Never gimmicks, never points.

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Why it matters

In the last five years, the average renter has seen:

67%

Drop in savings

74%

Decline in homeownership

1/3

Of consumer debt held by renters

OUR MANTRA

Love where you live.Save for what you love.

More housing supply alone won’t fix this. Every home needs financial empowerment built in. Renters should build savings, not just pay rent.

Stake starts with that simple idea and the most powerful incentive there is: Cash Back. No gimmicks. No points. Cash just works. That’s why moving, renting, and saving with Stake is so powerful.

Stake is The Renter Network

Renters don’t want gimmicks. They want a fair deal on the biggest bill they pay. Every home in the network offers a better deal on rent than you’ll find anywhere else.

600,000+

Renters in the network

Move in with Cash Back

Find your next place through Stake and get paid when you get your keys.

Pay rent with Cash Back

Pay on time, earn every month. Rent finally works for you.

Save with Cash Back

Keep earning after move-in, on the everyday spending near home.

$55,000,000
In Cash Back delivered to renters

We don’t stop there

Build credit

Pay rent on time and empower your FICO score. On-time payments get reported to the credit bureaus. Late payments never are.

Pay rent and earn

Pay rent from an FDIC-insured Stake Account and earn Cash Back while you do.

Save locally

The Neighborhood Network: 5,000 brands and 10,000 restaurants with deals built for renters.

Our leadership

Board of Directors

John Helm

John Helm

Stake Board Director

Founder & Partner, RET Ventures

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Nick Durham

Nick Durham

Stake Board Director

General Partner, Shadow Ventures

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Nnenna Lynch

Nnenna Lynch

Stake Board Director

Founder & CEO, Xylem Projects

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B.J. Naedele

B.J. Naedele

Stake Board Director

President & Chief Commercial Officer, Transformco

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Board Observers

Aaron Ru

Aaron Ru

Stake Board Observer

Principal, RET Ventures

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Matt Ohlman

Matt Ohlman

Stake Board Observer

General Partner, Shadow Ventures

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Christopher Herrmann

Christopher Herrmann

Stake Board Observer

EVP & Head of Real Estate Equity, Enterprise Community Partners

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Betsy Cohen

Betsy Cohen

Stake Board Observer

President, Teneo Ventures · Partner, Votive Ventures

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Leadership

Rowland Hobbs

Rowland Hobbs

Co-Founder & Board Director

Chief Executive Officer

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Jimmy Jacobson

Jimmy Jacobson

Co-Founder

Head of Product

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Liam Hect

Liam Hect

Board Secretary

Head of Platform Operations

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Leslie Hyman

Leslie Hyman

Head of External Affairs

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Mark Finney

Mark Finney

Founder, UMoveFree

General Manager, Dallas–Fort Worth

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Mia Hurley

Mia Hurley

Head of Property Performance

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Jay Panzarella

Jay Panzarella

General Counsel

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Our investors

Backed by leading, mission-driven investors in property and financial technology.

RET Ventures
Second Century Ventures
Acronym VC
Enterprise
Hometeam Ventures
Operator Stack
Blue Field Capital
Shadow Ventures

Our culture

Team Stake is unique. Jimmy and Rowland, our founders, set these principles to guide the work.

Founding principles

  • Bring your authentic self
  • Be better than you were yesterday
  • Create win-win-wins
  • Build community

How we tackle hard problems

  • Do the hard things first
  • Trust. Verify. Improve.
  • Lead with optimism, act with realism
  • And our favorite: WITFD, write it the heck down

Build wealth where you live

Join 600,000 renters earning Cash Back from first lease to last rent payment.

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