TheRealReal, Inc.

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THE REALREAL, INC.

55 Francisco Street

Suite 400

San Francisco, California 94133

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 10, 2026

PROXY STATEMENT

GENERAL INFORMATION

This proxy statement is furnished to stockholders of The RealReal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “The RealReal”), in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our board of directors (our “Board”) for use at our 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held on June 10, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”) at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. The Annual Meeting will be a virtual stockholder meeting through which you can listen to the meeting, submit questions and vote online. We encourage stockholder participation in the Annual Meeting, which we have designed to promote stockholder engagement. Stockholders will be permitted to ask questions prior to the meeting. You will also be able to listen to the proceedings and cast your vote online.

To help facilitate stockholder participation, we are providing technical support, starting 15 minutes prior to the meeting and for the duration of the meeting. If you encounter any difficulty with the virtual meeting, please go towww.proxyvote.com for assistance.

You can access the Annual Meeting by visitingwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/real2026 and entering the 16-digit control number included in your proxy materials, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. There is no physical location for the Annual Meeting. Stockholders may visitwww.proxyvote.com to submit questions as well as view the Rules of Conduct for the meeting. Questions must be submitted prior to 8:59 p.m. Pacific Time on June 9, 2026.

As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we are making this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 available to our stockholders electronically via the Internet atwww.proxyvote.com. On or about April 28, 2026, we expect to mail to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Internet Notice”) containing instructions on how to access this proxy statement and vote online or by telephone. If you receive an Internet Notice by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you specifically request them pursuant to the instructions provided in the Internet Notice. The Internet Notice instructs you on how to access and review all of the important information contained in this proxy statement.