A lifelong advocate for housing innovation, Alexandria’s work is rooted in personal experience—from growing up in Section 8 housing to teaching unhoused students as a Teach For America educator. She later co-founded New Story, a YCombinator funded nonprofit that raised over $100M and built homes for 25,000+ people. Her partnership with construction tech startup ICON in 2017 led to the creation of the world’s first 3D-printed housing community and a seed-stage investment in what is now a $2B+ company.
Through years of hands-on work with builders and technologists, Alexandria developed a unique lens for identifying commercially viable innovation in the built world—ultimately leading her to launch Hometeam Ventures with an oversubscribed Fund I.
Outside the fund, Alexandria serves on the Technical Review Board at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), where she helps update national building codes and accelerate adoption of sustainable construction materials. She is also a Kauffman Fellow and frequent speaker on housing, venture capital, and climate innovation.
Andra is a trained architect with over a decade of international experience translating ambitious designs into real-world impact. Now in venture capital, she brings a rare blend of design, infrastructure, and policy experience to supporting founders in the built environment.
Before joining Hometeam Ventures, Andra led her own architectural practice and advised public and private stakeholders across Europe on capital-intensive development projects. She worked with the Paris-Saclay Development Authority to deliver a 45,000 sq ft public facility and oversaw the design of over 100,000 sq ft of housing in Paris. Her strategy work for the Paris Métropole Authority became a model for innovation-led urban planning.
As part of the EU's Expert Network for the Green Deal, she has evaluated over 100 high-impact projects focused on decarbonization, circularity, and climate resilience. She also mentors early-stage entrepreneurs at the intersection of cities, climate, and technology.
Holding advanced degrees in both architecture and economics, Andra bridges creative vision with systems-level thinking—bringing a unique perspective to construction, infrastructure, and climate-tech investing.
Vienna Poiesz brings deep operational expertise to Hometeam Ventures, where she supports all non-investing functions, including investor relations, fundraising, compliance, and fund operations.
Vienna has worked across the full spectrum of venture fund maturity — from lean, emerging funds to established institutional platforms — giving her a uniquely well-rounded understanding of what it takes to both operate efficiently and scale intentionally. At Hometeam, as our fractional COO, she leverages this experience to help the firm stay stay resource conscious while building for long-term growth.
Previously, she was Director of Operations at Data Community Fund, where she led daily operations and helped launch Fund II as one of only two team members. Prior to that, Vienna was a Senior Associate at Energy Impact Partners. She joined as the 7th employee and helped scale the firm from $50 million to over $2 billion in assets under management. During her time there, EIP launched eight new funds, and Vienna worked across every operational vertical — giving her a strong foundation in what it takes to institutionalize a venture firm.
Vienna holds honors degrees from both UC Berkeley and Oxford University in Politics.
Expanding access to venture capital and startups for leaders in AEC
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Argyrios evolved our understanding of tech adoption risk appetite, mapping both the challenges and existing solutions shaping the future of construction innovation.
Avani helped us unpack how the public sector shapes the construction timeline for affordable housing, shedding light on critical bottlenecks and leverage points.
Simi helped streamline our technical diligence process, setting the foundation for how we evaluate deep tech startups.
Cori upgraded our internal processes with clarity and care, helping us operate more efficiently as a growing investment team.
Ram brought consistent, high-quality support to our technical diligence, grounding our evaluations in real-world applicability.
Luisa kept our internal projects on track and moving forward — a steady hand in a fast-paced environment.
Archie strengthened both our sourcing and diligence workflow, helping us move faster and deeper across new opportunities.
Adam balanced scouting and technical diligence contributions with sharp thinking and a strong grasp of founder needs.
Ben supported the coordination of our research activities, ensuring alignment, momentum, and shared learning across projects.
Madeleine was an active force in scouting new opportunities, bringing curiosity and drive to every conversation.
Zifeng developed automated tracking tools that now underpin our dealflow intelligence — turning raw data into actionable insight.
Lourdes elevated our financial analysis and improved the tools we use to interpret quarterly data — a contribution that continues to shape our portfolio strategy.
Shakti built an automated dealflow scraping tool from scratch, boosting our sourcing capacity.
Sahil contributed thoughtful industry perspectives during diligence and played a key role in expanding our sourcing pipeline.
If you answered yes to all three, then Hometeam Ventures’ Research Fellowship might be right for you.
From the very first year of Hometeam’s founding, the research fellows have played an important role in:
In architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), founders are especially hungry for investors who offer more than just capital—who understand the industry firsthand and can provide guidance, not just funding. Hometeam Ventures was founded precisely because the construction industry lacked investors who truly get it, who can speak the language of AEC. As demand for technology grows across construction, so does the need for startups that can meet that demand. Our fellowship is about preparing the next generation of investors—investors who understand architecture, engineering, and construction and are passionate about the industry’s future.
The venture capital industry wields enormous influence, shaping the future by choosing which ideas and people get the funding to build companies and reshape our world. Founders benefit, and ultimately, society benefits, when those making these decisions bring a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to the table. Our research fellowship aims to expand access to the world of venture capital and startups to “outsiders” based on their merit, not their connections.
The field, like many others, has a scarcity of diverse founders. Many of tomorrow’s standout companies will likely be founded by leaders currently working in startups like Procore, ICON, and others. If we want these future founders to reflect a wider spectrum of backgrounds, we need to increase the representation of diverse leaders at the senior level today. Many of our fellows come to us—not just to break into venture capital, but to break into startups. We aim to be a bridge, helping diverse leaders from academia and established AEC companies access the startup ecosystem as a foundation for potentially building their own companies in the future.
“Hometeam Ventures connected us with various industry experts (for customer discovery) and played an active role in facilitating key conversations. These discussions helped us evaluate cross-sell opportunities for a new persona within our existing tools and identify remaining product gaps needed to serve this market effectively.
Beyond the research, Hometeam Ventures provided hands-on guidance, ensuring we could translate insights into action.
This collaboration has been instrumental in shaping Parspec’s go-to-market strategy, as it provided broader research that enables better decision-making in expanding to new user segments.”
