# Nikki Pechet

> Nikki Pechet is the Co-Founder and CEO of Homebound, a tech-enabled homebuilder she launched in 2018 after wildfires devastated thousands of homes in Northern California. A veteran of Bain & Company and Thumbtack, she has built Homebound into a platform that digitizes every step of construction — from custom home design to permitting to build tracking — and has raised over $400 million in equity and real estate capital. She closed her Series A days after giving birth to her third child and has expanded Homebound across California, Colorado, Texas, and Florida, with aspirations to become the Amazon of homes.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Homebound
- **Organizations:** Homebound, Bain & Company, Thumbtack, PepsiCo, Related Companies, Thrivent Financial (Board), Transpose Platform (LP/Advisor), Opendoor (Advisor)
- **From:** Minnesota, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BBA, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Homebound in 2018 and grew it to 500+ homes built across 6+ markets, Raised over $400M in equity and real estate capital for Homebound, Led Series A fundraise within days of giving birth to her third child

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Joined PepsiCo as Brand Manager after graduating Michigan Ross in three years
- **2003-2005** — Simultaneously worked evenings and weekends at The Related Companies (Stephen Ross) while at PepsiCo
- **2005** — Enrolled at Harvard Business School; met her future husband
- **2007** — Joined Bain & Company as a consultant
- **2007-2013** — Nearly eight years at Bain, leading innovation strategy and digital transformation projects
- **2013-2014** — Real estate strategy role at Related Companies
- **2014** — Joined Thumbtack as VP of Marketing; helped scale it to a $3B valuation and fastest-growing home services marketplace
- **2010** — Began angel investing; portfolio includes Mission U, Rentjuice, Second Front Systems, Stick, Swayable, Jumprope
- **2017** — October Tubbs Fire burns 6,000+ buildings near her Napa home; colleagues from Thumbtack catalyze her to act
- **2018** — Co-founded Homebound with Jack Abraham; raised $18M Series A from Thrive Capital
- **2018** — Closed Series A just days after giving birth to her third child; pitched Khosla Ventures at 38 weeks pregnant
- **2018** — Joined Board of Directors of Thrivent Financial (Fortune 500)
- **2020** — Homebound raises $35M Series B (Fifth Wall); expands to Malibu after Woolsey Fire — Nikki launched this market carrying her newborn
- **2020** — Homebound raises additional $20M convertible note
- **2021** — Expanded to Boulder County, CO (Marshall Fire) and Austin, TX — first non-disaster market
- **2022** — Homebound raises $75M Series C led by Khosla Ventures (plus Goldman Sachs debt facility)
- **2022-2025** — Homebound raises $400M in total equity and real estate capital; expands to Dallas, Houston, Denver, Florida
- **2024** — Named to Inc. Magazine's 2024 Female Founders 250 list
- **2025** — Homebound becomes founding member of Builders Alliance supporting LA fire recovery after Palisades and Eaton Fires

## Achievements

- Co-founded Homebound in 2018 and grew it to 500+ homes built across 6+ markets
- Raised over $400M in equity and real estate capital for Homebound
- Led Series A fundraise within days of giving birth to her third child
- Expanded Homebound from disaster-recovery niche to nationally recognized tech-enabled homebuilder
- Named to Inc. Magazine's 2024 Female Founders 250 list
- Board member of Thrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 financial services company
- Scaled Thumbtack to $3B valuation as VP of Marketing
- Angel investor since 2010 with portfolio of 6+ companies
- Advisor to Opendoor
- Homebound named to Inc. Best Workplaces 2023
- Built Homebound's proprietary software tracking 379 unique construction tasks
- Homebound homes deliver 80% faster pre-construction and up to 30% cost savings vs. local builders

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Homebound becomes founding member of the Builders Alliance, a coalition of 10 homebuilders supporting LA fire survivors after the Palisades and Eaton Fires
- **2025-02** — Fifth Wall 'Rebuilding LA' conversation with Nikki Pechet about Homebound's role in LA fire recovery
- **2024-12** — Fortune reports Homebound has raised $400M in total equity and real estate capital since 2022, with profitability target by end of 2026
- **2024-00** — Named to Inc. Magazine's 2024 Female Founders 250 list
- **2023-00** — Homebound named to Inc. Best Workplaces 2023; operating across 6 markets with ~250 employees and 500+ homes built

## Links

- Website: https://homebound.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-pechet-4b949210
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/NikkiPechet
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkipechet/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildhomebound/

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Last updated: 2026-05-24