# Second Century Ventures

> Second Century Ventures is a VC fund backing Real Estate and Software. See 326 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 326
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/704135/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hashtag/secondcenturyventures?lang=en
- Website: https://www.scv.vc

Second Century Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on promoting innovation in the real estate industry and helping to enable the entrepreneurial spirit of real estate to thrive. SCV has been fully capitalized by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR). With over 1.4 million members, NAR is a trade association in the country. NAR canprovide immediate strategic value to SCV portfolio companies by allowing them access to the vast resources of a 300-person organization with expertise, influence, and power that comes only by being ingrained in an industry for over 100 years.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $575k–$5M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1.5M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 98 | 30% |
| Software | 68 | 21% |
| FinTech | 30 | 9% |
| SaaS | 27 | 8% |
| Property Management | 25 | 8% |

196 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 77 | 24% |
| Seed | 74 | 23% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 38 | 12% |
| Series A | 25 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 4% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 131 | 40% |
| Canada | 13 | 4% |
| Australia | 13 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 3% |
| Mexico | 4 | 1% |

16 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ashley Stinton | Senior Director, Marketing & Communication | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashley-stinton |
| Bob Gillespie | Executive Director | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-gillespie |
| Bob Goldberg | Chairman & Pres. | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-goldberg |
| Dave Garland | Managing Partner | 61 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-garland-2 |
| Desiree Patno | Member Board Of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desiree-patno-8aaf |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TaskHer | TaskHer is the only online booking platform that vets and connects skilled tradeswomen to homeowners who want to get excellent, trustworthy work AND champion equal opportunities. | $867.8K | Seed | Jul 26, 2026 |  |
| Notable | Notable is a direct lender dedicated to providing a fast, transparent digital lending experience backed by superior customer support. | $2M | Series A | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Stake | Stake offers a platform for investing in US stocks and ETFs. The company provides account management, a Visa debit card, and cash back features. Banking services are provided by TransPecos Banks, SSB, and accounts may have pass-through deposit insurance if requirements are met. Users can track investments and manage funds through the Stakeplatform. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| Rewa | Rental superapp designed to reshape the rent experience across the UAE. It allows tenants to pay rent through credit/ debit cards or bank transfer and earn rewards simply by paying rent. For property managers and landlords, Rewa improves on-time payments, reduces churn, and strengthens tenant relationships through automated payment andloyalty features.The platform combines rent collection, behavioral analytics, and engagement tools in one streamlined system. Rewa is built to meet the needs of today’s renters while giving real estate operators new ways to retain tenants and unlock value without operational complexity. |  | Seed | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Takeem | Takeem is a proptech platform that helps landlords, property managers, and real estate companies reduce rental risk and streamline property operations. The platform offers rental income protection, digital rent collection, emergency maintenance support, and automated payment solutions designed to make renting more secure and efficient for bothlandlords and tenants. |  | Seed | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Propi | Propi is a platform that accelerates the rental of residential real estate for landlords and tenants. Propi is revolutionizing the real estate sector in Latam with top-notch proprietary software transforming a painful process with high information asymmetry into a seamless end-to-end experience, for tenants, landlords, and buyers. | $4M | Seed | Jan 01, 2026 |  |
| GXE | At GXE, our mission is to build the all-in-one platform for unlisted assets and funds management. We provide investors, fund managers, and family offices with the tools they need to succeed and enable them to focus on their portfolios and investors whilst GXE takes care of everything else. A licensed financial services company, GXE holdsAustralian Financial Services Licence 460870 issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. GXE welcomes clients across sectors including corporate, family offices, pension and superannuation fund managers, private equity, property, and venture capital. | $3.3M | Series A | Oct 14, 2025 |  |
| Final Offer | Final Offer is a platform for top real estate agents to provide a more transparent offer and negotiating process. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Hingham, Massachusetts. | $5.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 03, 2025 |  |
| Notable | Notable is a direct lender dedicated to providing a fast, transparent digital lending experience backed by superior customer support. | $6M | Series A | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| PredictAP | PredictAP leverages the power of machine learning to automate the accounts payable and payment processing needs of large real estate investment funds and property managers at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. The company was founded in June 2020 by David Stifter and Russell Franks and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. |  | Non-equity Assistance | Jul 24, 2025 |  |

10 of 326 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Second Century Ventures invest in?

Second Century Ventures invests primarily in Real Estate, Software and FinTech startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 326 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Second Century Ventures's check size?

Second Century Ventures typically joins rounds of $575k–$5M at Seed and $1.5M–$13M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Second Century Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Second Century Ventures?

Public channels for Second Century Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Second Century Ventures?

The team at Second Century Ventures includes Ashley Stinton (Senior Director, Marketing & Communication), Bob Gillespie (Executive Director) and Bob Goldberg (Chairman & Pres.), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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