# Nick Romito

> Nick Romito is the co-founder and CEO of VTS, the commercial real estate leasing and asset management platform based in New York. A former broker who rebuilt the tools he wished he had as a tenant rep, he grew VTS from a demo tape of office space walk-throughs into a system of record used across billions of square feet of global CRE.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at VTS
- **Organizations:** VTS, Titan Advisors, AM Properties, Murray Hill Properties, Forbes Business Council
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled VTS to ~700 employees and ~$125M in annual revenue, Raised over $451M in total funding, including a $125M Series E in 2022, EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 (New York, Real Estate, Construction & Lodging)

## Career timeline

- **early 2000s** — Started as tenant rep and landlord broker at Murray Hill Properties in New York, supporting an 8M sq ft office portfolio
- **mid 2000s** — Moved to AM Properties, overseeing a 3M sq ft office portfolio
- **2009** — Founded Titan Advisors, a full-service commercial real estate firm
- **2011** — Co-founded View The Space (VTS) with Ryan Masiello
- **2012** — VTS reaches profitability in May
- **2013** — Launched what would become VTS Lease, the industry's first modern leasing platform
- **2016** — VTS merges with Hightower; rebrands from View The Space to VTS
- **2019** — Won EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 (New York, Real Estate, Construction & Lodging); closed $90M Series D
- **2021** — Named to Crain's Notable Leaders in Real Estate
- **2022** — Closed $125M Series E financing (September)
- **2024** — Named to GlobeSt's Best Bosses in Commercial Real Estate; VTS recognized on Commercial Observer's Power Proptech list

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled VTS to ~700 employees and ~$125M in annual revenue
- Raised over $451M in total funding, including a $125M Series E in 2022
- EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 (New York, Real Estate, Construction & Lodging)
- Named to Crain's Notable Leaders in Real Estate (2021)
- GlobeSt Best Bosses in Commercial Real Estate (2024)
- Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Entrepreneur Magazine

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Sat with CBRE's Emma Buckland for Commercial Observer on the shift from tenant experience to 'user experience' in property management.
- **2024** — Named to GlobeSt's Best Bosses in Commercial Real Estate alongside co-founder Ryan Masiello.
- **2022-09** — VTS closed a $125M Series E, bringing total funding to $451M.

## Links

- Website: https://vts.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasromito/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nickromito
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/WeAreVTS/

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Last updated: 2026-07-09