AndMark

AndMark Management Company is a real estate investment firm based in Los Angeles, California. AndMark’s investment strategy focuses on multi-family properties in secondary and tertiary markets throughout the United States. By targeting opportunities that fly below the radar of larger firms, AndMark strikes a balance between low-risk and high-yield investments. In 2015, their first fund closed at $4.8M, and the firm has since raised a total of five funds, with their latest fundraise closing at $91M. AndMark has raised over $200M in outside commitments from over 200 high-net-worth investors and several family offices.

Within two years of their first fundraise, AndMark was managing $50M in outside capital commitments and deploying their third fund. Because of their growth, AndMark’s investor base began to include small family offices in addition to their existing network of high-net-worth investors.

With Fund IV on the horizon and anticipating further expansion, AndMark made the investor experience a top priority. “It became more important to have secure systems that would make investors feel comfortable,” says founder and CEO Mark Mosch.

At the time, AndMark’s back office was a patchwork of Excel spreadsheets, Dropbox folders, and Outlook mail merges. “It didn’t look like a cohesive system,” Mosch recalls. To meet their ambitious fundraising goals, AndMark needed a system that would scale and instill trust in their investors. “We got by when we were small,” Mosch adds. “But our old way of working just wasn’t viable as we grew.”

AndMark considered a number of software solutions, but many of the options suffered from high costs and overly complex workflows. They needed something intuitive, accessible, and reasonably priced.

“We had a lot of questions when we spoke with Juniper Square,” says Mosch. “Their demo team was flexible rather than sticking to a script. That made us feel comfortable. We were pleased with the industry best-practice knowledge that was embedded in their culture.”

“The more we got into it, the more it seemed to be a great solution both from an ease-of-use and comprehensiveness standpoint,” Mosch notes. “We felt that the cost was very modest for the benefits it delivered.”

AndMark signed with Juniper Square and was configured within a few weeks, in time for their fourth fundraise. “Setup was astonishingly simple,” says Mosch. “There was a very short learning curve.” AndMark completed their fundraise in four months, with 80% of their investors choosing to subscribe through Juniper Square’s online subscription process, which significantly cut down on back-office closing activities. The fund was oversubscribed at $72M, exceeding their target of $50M.

After the success of Fund IV, AndMark’s next fund had an investor retention rate of 90%. Mosch attributes some of this success to the professionalism of the user experience they were able to provide with Juniper Square. “What Juniper Square did was make us look ten times bigger than we really were. Several high-net-worth investors told us that we had better, easier, more transparent systems than billion-dollar companies they knew,” says Mosch.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, AndMark had to quickly adjust their strategies for 2020 economic and industry realities. “Having everything consolidated in Juniper Square made it a powerful communications hub for us,” said Mosch. “Investors have told us they can deal with bad news, and asked us to communicate with them about everything that’s going on. So we’ve been sending emails telling them, ‘Here’s what this month looks like. Here’s what we’re doing from a cost control standpoint. Here’s what we’re doing to incentivize payment. Here’s what we’re trying to do with the stimulus plans.’ It’s been a time for a lot of communication, and our investors are appreciating the transparency.”

AndMark anticipates reaching $1B in assets under management after their latest fund is fully deployed. Mosch concludes, “We feel it’s one of the best investments we’ve made.”

Metrics as of 5/1/2022