# Justin Alanis

> Justin Alanis is a technology entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Rentlytics with Phil Plante after a career in real estate private equity. RealPage acquired the property analytics company in 2018. He subsequently worked on Awning and co-founded StoryCo with his brother J.P. Alanis; StoryCo currently lists both brothers as co-CEOs.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Co-CEO at StoryCo
- **Organizations:** StoryCo, Rentlytics, Awning, Fedora Capital
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in economics and the classics, University of Notre Dame
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Rentlytics, which RealPage acquired in October 2018 for $55.4 million in aggregate purchase consideration., Helped build a property analytics platform backed by Walker & Dunlop’s $9.1 million Series A., Co-founded StoryCo, which announced $6 million in seed financing in January 2023.

## Career timeline

- **Before Rentlytics** — Worked in commercial real estate private equity, rising from analyst to vice president and partner; his Wharton speaker biography describes a firm with more than $1 billion under management.
- **2010** — Moved to San Francisco, as recalled in his 2020 Big Exit interview.
- **2012-2013** — Co-founded Rentlytics with Phil Plante. Contemporary biographies date its beginnings to 2012; company releases give 2013.
- **2014** — Rentlytics announced a $4 million seed round with Trinity Ventures and Rincon Venture Partners.
- **2015** — Rentlytics launched its business intelligence product in January.
- **2016** — Walker & Dunlop led Rentlytics’ $9.1 million Series A.
- **2018** — Rentlytics released BI 2.0 in April, launched Open Data Services with Avenue5 in August, and was acquired by RealPage in October.
- **2020** — An Awning careers page identifies Alanis as CEO and dates the company’s founding to 2020; he also hosted its Masters of Real Estate podcast.
- **2022** — Co-founded StoryCo with his brother J.P. Alanis; the company lists 2022 as its founding year.
- **2023** — StoryCo announced a $6 million seed round in January and launched The Disco Ball in November.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Rentlytics, which RealPage acquired in October 2018 for $55.4 million in aggregate purchase consideration.
- Helped build a property analytics platform backed by Walker & Dunlop’s $9.1 million Series A.
- Co-founded StoryCo, which announced $6 million in seed financing in January 2023.
- Built and backed businesses as an entrepreneur and through Fedora Capital.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — As verified this month, StoryCo’s official leadership page lists Justin Alanis and J.P. Alanis as co-CEOs, and its current website presents the company as a vertical animation studio. This is an observation date, not an announcement date.

## Links

- Website: https://story.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinalanis/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/storycojustin

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Last updated: 2026-10-24