Mike Loretz is a commercial real estate developer turned venture capital investor at Inertia Ventures who brings hands-on experience building and leasing large mixed-use projects, including a 16-story Tempe development and a $126M Watermark project. He operates across two investing platforms as General Partner at Inertia Ventures and Founder and Managing Partner at Tides Ventures, writing $1M–$3M checks at Seed and Series A stages while investing in companies spanning real estate technology and frontier AI and robotics. Mike Loretz is a commercial real estate developer turned venture capital investor at Inertia Ventures who brings hands-on experience building and leasing large mixed-use projects, including a 16-story Tempe development and a $126M Watermark project. He operates across two investing platforms as General Partner at Inertia Ventures and Founder and Managing Partner at Tides Ventures, writing $1M–$3M checks at Seed and Series A stages while investing in companies spanning real estate technology and frontier AI and robotics.