Lowe's Ventures

Lowe's Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Lowe's Companies, Inc., the Fortune 500 home improvement retailer, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina. The investment arm is a dedicated team focused on finding, funding, and mentoring the most innovative and disruptive technologies in retail and home improvement. Managing Director Chris Langford leads the effort, bringing career experience overseeing more than $1.5 billion in housing industry investments and a top-decile return on his inaugural venture fund. The firm invests in seed and early-stage companies across software, retail technology, hardware and robotics, and real estate technology sectors. Lowe's Ventures has made 5 investments with 2 portfolio exits. Portfolio companies include UnifyApps, a business productivity software company that received investment at Series B in October 2025 — the firm's most recent deal; Moved, a relocation technology startup that raised a $1.5 million seed round in August 2018; and Landed, a consumer finance company. Desktop Metal, the 3D printing company, was an earlier portfolio company that exited in December 2020. The venture arm was partially spun out in 2019 under the Home Technology Ventures (HTV) banner, though strategic investments have continued under the Lowe's Ventures name. Lowe's Ventures draws on over 70 years of home improvement industry expertise, giving portfolio companies access to deep relationships with contractors, builders, and homeowners at national scale. The CVC's strategic value lies in its ability to serve as a real-world proving ground for retail and home services innovation — testing technologies across Lowe's store and online footprint before helping successful startups scale into broader distribution.