Dallas Tanner
About Dallas Tanner
Dallas B. Tanner is President, Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Invitation Homes. Per the company's bio, he was a founding member of its business and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer from April 2012 until January 2019. He was Interim President from August 2018 to January 2019 and has been CEO since January 2019. Invitation Homes went public in February 2017.
In 2005 he founded Treehouse Group, which sourced private funds for single-family homes, multifamily, manufactured housing, residential land, bridge financing and property management. He studied finance at Arizona State University and holds a master's degree in real estate development from the W. P. Carey School of Business.
His listed roles include the HOPE Global Board of Advisors, the Policy Advisory Board of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, the ASU Real Estate Advisory Board and the Real Estate Roundtable. He is also a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
Little of his personal angel activity is public. The one documented angel investment found is NavigateAI in May 2026. His Crunchbase profile lists no personal investments. It lists one partner investment, a SmartRent round, under Invitation Homes as an organization, not under him as an individual.
NavigateAI announced a $25M seed round on May 26, 2026, led by Elad Gil. Khosla Ventures, Lennar, Tishman Speyer and Helix Electric took part, and press coverage also lists Fifth Wall. Tanner is named among the angels, alongside founders and executives from Ramp, Harvey, Decagon and DoorDash.
NavigateAI is led by CEO Eric Wu, co-founder and former CEO of Opendoor. It builds AI copilots for field workers, offering real-time guidance, project scoping, quality control and access to technical information. Its launch partners include Lennar, Roofstock and Tishman Speyer.
The only public AI data point is a seed-stage investment in an AI company serving construction, real estate and property management, which is also the sector Tanner operates in. He has not published a thesis, preferred stage or check size for angel investing, and no check size is public for NavigateAI.
- NavigateAI: AI copilots for construction and field workers; Tanner was named as an angel in its $25M seed round announced May 2026.
- invh.com/corporate-overview/board-of-directors/person-details/default.
- inman.com/2026/05/26/eric-wu-opendoor-navigateai-construction-copilot-
- nasdaq.com/press-release/navigateai-launches-build-ai-copilot-physical
- finsmes.com/2026/05/navigateai-raises-25m-in-funding.html
- crunchbase.com/person/dallas-tanner-3c69
- linkedin.com/in/dallas-tanner-94933737
Investing activity
Dallas Tanner appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $25M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $25M. The most recent is NavigateAI (Seed, $25M, May 2026).
Dallas Tanner most often invests alongside Elad Gil, Winston Weinberg, Zach Frankel and Lennar, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Dallas Tanner
Is Dallas Tanner an angel investor in AI startups?
He is named as an angel in NavigateAI's $25M seed round, announced in May 2026. His main role is CEO of Invitation Homes, and no wider AI angel portfolio is public.
What AI companies has Dallas Tanner invested in?
NavigateAI is the only one found in public sources. It builds AI copilots for construction and field workers.
What is Dallas Tanner's check size?
It is not public. Press coverage of the NavigateAI round does not say how much each angel invested.
What stage and sectors does Dallas Tanner back?
The one known AI investment was at seed stage, in AI for construction and real estate. He has not published a stated focus or thesis.
Who is Dallas Tanner?
He is President and CEO of Invitation Homes and a founding member of its business. He also founded Treehouse Group in 2005.
Should founders pitch Dallas Tanner?
Public information suggests the best fit is AI for real estate, housing, construction or property operations. No public statement says he takes cold pitches.
Is Dallas Tanner an angel investor?
Yes. Dallas Tanner invests personally as an angel.
What stage does Dallas Tanner invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Dallas Tanner has invested at Seed, with a median round of $25M.
Who does Dallas Tanner co-invest with?
Dallas Tanner's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Elad Gil (1 deal), Winston Weinberg (1 deal), Zach Frankel (1 deal), Lennar (1 deal) and Affinity Partners (1 deal).
How can founders reach Dallas Tanner?
Founders on Lounge can see Dallas Tanner's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Dallas Tanner to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.