Helen Pastorino

Founder & Board Member | Pertria, a real estate investment firm

President & Board Member | Startup Sandbox, Biotechnology

Founder & Board Member | World Tomato Society

A consummate innovator who moves with passionate concern, Helen is one of the Bay Area’s leading real estate and social entrepreneurs. As Founder and CEO of Pertria, a Los Gatos-based real estate investment firm, formerly Founding Partner and President of Alain Pinel (acquired by Compass) and Regional Vice President for Fox & Carskadon her expertise leverages over 40 years of experience in the real estate and technology industries. Helen has an uncommon ability to surround herself with extraordinary people and her regard for the fundamental principles of natural law reveals itself within the ranks of the many interdisciplinary professionals who surround her.



Featured In:

• Can Email Cachet = jpmorgan@park.ave?, Steve Lohr, New York Times,


• Case Study: Real Estate Reinvented, Jonathan Littman, Forbes Magazine


• Fastest-Growing Private Companies Part 1, Silicon Valley Business Journal


• Tech Changes Valley Companies, Ralph Jennings, Technology Silicon Valley

In the interview we talked about:

• Talking about what were the big drivers of change in Silicon Valley in the early 90s when Silicon Valley started to break away from the norm and become what it is today.


• Sharing journey to grow a Monster of a Real Estate company. The norms that can be broken and advice on how to separate oneself from what their competitors are doing.


• Helen shared her interaction with Steve Jobs, right from the start of being one of the largest customers of Next.


• Sharing stories when to use our innovative thinking to help a client solve a problem and getting the best results.


• Being in Silicon Valley sharing the experience of working with the leaders of some of the biggest & most powerful companies in the world.

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Learn more about Helen Pastorino

Website: https://www.startupsandbox.org/

                 https://www.pertria.com/

                https://worldtomatosociety.com/

Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenpastorino/

Email: hpastorino@pertria.com / Helen@startupsandbox.org

Twitter: @HelenPastorino

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