SCV Second Century Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Chicago, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Mexico
- United Arab Emirates
- Saudi Arabia
- India
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Proptech
- real estate
- fintech
- insurance
About
Second Century Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on real estate, financial, and insurance technology worldwide. Their focus spans proptech, real estate, fintech, and insurance across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and India. The firm supports proptech founders from pre-seed through Series A stages.
Second Century Ventures is a Chicago-based venture capital firm focused on real estate, financial, and insurance technology worldwide. Their focus spans proptech, real estate, fintech, and insurance across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and India. The firm supports proptech founders from pre-seed through Series A stages.
Investment Thesis
Second Century Ventures is a pre-seed to Series A stage venture capital firm deploying capital across proptech, real estate, fintech, and insurance sectors. They invest through the global REACH scale-up program, connecting founders with the resources and member network of the National Association of Realtors. The firm differentiates itself as the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors and one of the world's most active real estate technology funds, having supported 400+ companies including DocuSign and Ribbon.
Manager's Experience
Strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors, led by Managing Partner Dave Garland, with REACH Commercial Managing Partner Bob Gillespie and REACH Middle East MD Siddiq Farid. Based in Chicago. Runs global REACH accelerators (US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Middle East, India) and has supported 400+ companies. Portfolio includes DocuSign and Ribbon. The firm scales proptech through NAR's 1.5M+ member network.
Team
Dave Garland-Managing Partner
Bob Gillespie-Managing Partner REACH Commercial
Siddiq Farid-Managing Director REACH Middle East
Portfolio
DocuSign
Ribbon
Stake
Takeem
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