Yishai Lerner

Yishai Lerner is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of JLL Spark, a global venture capital fund focused on real estate technology, based in San Francisco, California. He co-manages a $340 million proprietary investment fund backed by Jones Lang LaSalle, directing capital into seed to Series B proptech startups globally. Prior to establishing JLL Spark, Lerner served as the acting Chief Technology Officer at Groupon, following the 2010 acquisition of Mob.ly, a mobile application startup he co-founded and led as Chief Executive Officer. His earlier professional background includes software engineering and technical leadership roles at Yahoo and Coremetrics, alongside an active track record as an angel investor. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. Lerner currently focuses on identifying and scaling emerging software companies that drive operational efficiency across the commercial real estate sector.