OCTAVE - AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Our Co-Founders, Sridhar, and Zia have a combined 50 years in the real estate space, investment management companies, hedge fund investment. Using their combined successes and lessons learned along the way, Sridhar and Zia envisioned creating a new company with a blank page approach. They wanted to be completely customer-centric, build trust, and delight every investor.