Mr. Smith co-founded Regal Ventures in 2019 and serves as a Managing Partner. He is responsible for shaping the firm’s investment vision as well as strategically scaling its portfolio. Mr. Smith leads the Investment platform, which includes sourcing, structuring, and executing transactions. He co-leads the firm’s expansion of capital partners with a focus on family offices, private equity, and institutional investors.

Prior to forming Regal, Mr. Smith led the Cohen Family Office across their real estate strategies. The office primarily focused on opportunistic through core-plus investments in gateway markets across the United States. Inclusive of his time at the Cohen Family Office and Regal, Mr. Smith has led an aggregate of over $500M in investments across debt and equity asset classes.

Mr. Smith began his career in commercial real estate as an Acquisitions Associate at another New York City based family office. Prior to this position, he spent time acquiring and raising equity for multi-family property investments.

Mr. Smith graduated from The George Washington University and currently resides in New Jersey with his wife and two children.

Joey Cohen co-founded Regal Ventures in 2019 and serves as a Managing Partner. He is responsible for the oversight of the firm’s investment and strategic vision on behalf of the Cohen Family Office. Mr. Cohen oversees the day-to-day operations as well as leads the firm’s high-net-worth capital raising efforts. Currently, Joey’s responsibilities are shared between Regal Ventures and the Cohen Family Office where he actively manages the family’s commercial real estate portfolio.

Prior to forming Regal, Mr. Cohen led the investment division of the Cohen Family Office’s portfolio. The office primarily focused on real estate investments in gateway markets across the United States. Inclusive of his time at the Cohen Family Office and Regal, Mr. Cohen has managed an aggregate of over $1B in investments across debt and equity asset classes.

Mr. Cohen began his real estate career as an investment sales and leasing broker in New York City. He currently resides in Manhattan.

Sean Dainese joined Regal Ventures in 2020 and has been a Managing Partner since 2022. He is responsible for shaping the firm’s investment vision as well as setting the strategic vision for its future growth. Mr. Dainese leads the Asset Management and Investor Relations platforms, which includes ensuring the execution of investment strategies, setting reporting standards, and managing communication with the firm’s investors. He co-leads the firm’s expansion of capital partners with a focus on private equity and institutional investors.

During his tenure at Regal, Mr. Dainese has led efforts across Investment, Asset Management, and Investor Relations platforms while helping lead over $200M in acquisitions.

Prior to joining Regal, Mr. Dainese led a team within Accenture’s Client Financial Management division dedicated to financial forecasting and driving business efficiencies. In 2014, he began his investment career acquiring and raising equity for multi-family and single-family investment properties.

Mr. Dainese graduated from the Penn State Smeal College of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Finance, as well as minors in Economics and Information Systems Management. He currently resides in New York City with his wife.

David joined Regal Ventures in 2021 as an Asset Manager. He leads the firm’s Asset Management efforts, which includes oversight of property management and other operational partners, execution of asset business plans, and leasing initiatives. He is also responsible for preparation of investor reporting for the portfolio.

Prior to joining Regal, Mr. Lawrence earned a Master of Science in Real Estate and Infrastructure from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.

Mr. Lawrence previously spent time as an Associate Director on Avison Young’s Tri-State Investment Sales team. Throughout his career as an Investment Sales broker, he was responsible for property valuations, client relationship management, and negotiations for property sales with an aggregate value of $400M. He also worked as an Office Leasing broker with Savills in their New York City office.

Mr. Lawrence graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a Bachelor of Arts in both Economics and French. He currently resides in New York City.