4x founder

Brew Johnson

Loan Labs founder - a16z speedrun scout - angel investor. My profile pic is 10 years old, but I look the same. No, really.

Co-founder

Loan Labs· Speedrun 005🇺🇸 Manhattan Beach, California, United States

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2025Co-founder· Loan Labs

Founder · since 2010

Company

Loan Labs

Role

Co-Founder

current

Stage

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Raised

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no public source

Based

Los Angeles

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

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Loan Labs

We're building agentic workers for mortgage companies. We liberate humans from having to do soul-crushing work. When we liberate the humans, the industry will prosper.

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Experience

Career

Loan Labs
Co-founder
Co-Founder · Los Angeles · 2025 – Present
2025
Newco
Founder
Founder · 2024
2024
PeerStreet
Board Member · 2023 – 2024
2023
PeerStreet
Co-founder
Co-founder & CEO · Manhattan Beach · 2013 – 2023
2013
DBP Enterprises, LLC
Founder
Founder · 2010 – 2013
2010
VirtualTourist.com
Director of Business Development · 2008 – 2010
2008
VirtualTourist.com
General Counsel and Director of Business Development · 2007 – 2008
2007
OneTime.com
Director of Business Development · 2007
2007
VirtualTourist Publications
President & Publisher · 2006 – 2007
2006
Allen Matkins
Attorney · 2002 – 2005
2002
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
Associate · 2001 – 2002
2001

Bio

Co-founder & CEO of Loan Labs. I built PeerStreet, the first digital marketplace for real estate debt, which I grew to over $100M revenue, funded nearly $5 billion in loans, and was backed by a16z and guys like Michael Burry. I have a weird background as a real estate attorney, tech executive, and investor. Now applying AI to disrupt mortgage finance