Redwood Trust, Inc. is a financial company, which focuses on several distinct areas of housing credit. The company is headquartered in Mill Valley, California and currently employs 283 full-time employees. The firm's segments include Sequoia Mortgage Banking, CoreVest Mortgage Banking, and Redwood Investments. The Sequoia Mortgage Banking segment consists of a mortgage loan conduit that acquires residential loans from third-party originators for subsequent sale to whole loan buyers, securitization through its SEMT (Sequoia) private-label securitization program, or transfer into its investment portfolio. The CoreVest Mortgage Banking segment consists of a platform that originates business-purpose lending loans for subsequent securitization, sale, or transfer into its investment portfolio. The Redwood Investments segment consists of organic investments sourced through the Company's mortgage banking operations. Additionally, through RWT Horizons, its venture investing initiative, the Company invests in early-stage companies.