# Stella Han

> Stella Han is the co-founder and CEO of Fractional, a San Francisco startup that lets friends and strangers pool money to co-own investment real estate for as little as a few thousand dollars. A Carnegie Mellon computer science graduate and former senior software engineer at Affirm, she left fintech to attack a problem she grew up around: real estate is a great way to build wealth, and almost impossibly clunky to buy with other people. Fractional went through Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch, raised a $5.5M seed led by CRV with backing from Will Smith and Kevin Durant, and a $15M Series A led by Fifth Wall in late 2024.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Fractional
- **Organizations:** Fractional, Y Combinator (W21), Affirm
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Fractional, a social platform for fractional real estate ownership., Raised over $20M across seed and Series A rounds from CRV, Fifth Wall, Y Combinator, Will Smith, Kevin Durant, and others., Grew the platform to 400+ users co-investing across 95 properties during its beta.

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Computer Science.
- **2018** — Joined Affirm as a software engineer, building prequalification and payment processing systems.
- **2019** — Led Affirm's integrations with Walmart and Shopify, two of its largest partnerships.
- **2021** — Co-founded Fractional with Carlos Trevino and went through Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch.
- **2021** — Raised a $5.5M seed round led by CRV at a $30M valuation, with backing from Will Smith and Kevin Durant.
- **2024** — Raised a $15M Series A led by Fifth Wall to expand into new urban markets.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Fractional, a social platform for fractional real estate ownership.
- Raised over $20M across seed and Series A rounds from CRV, Fifth Wall, Y Combinator, Will Smith, Kevin Durant, and others.
- Grew the platform to 400+ users co-investing across 95 properties during its beta.
- Built and scaled payment and prequalification systems at Affirm, including Walmart and Shopify integrations.
- Selected for Y Combinator's Winter 2021 batch.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Fractional raised a $15M Series A led by Fifth Wall to grow its user base, add products, and expand into more U.S. cities.

## Links

- Website: https://fractional.app
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hanstella
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/hellastellah
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stella.han

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