Moderne Ventures

Second Century Ventures brings a highly collaborative approach to venture capital. In addition to capital investments, we provide unparalleled market expertise through strategic partnerships, our diversely skilled team, and access to a rapidly growing global community of entrepreneurs and practitioners. We fuel innovation through investment, people and technology. We are backed by the National Association of REALTORS® – a 1.4M member strong trade association with 100 bilateral partnerships across 85 countries. Our Investment Themes We are an early to mid-stage technology fund seeking investment opportunities in proven enterprises that will drive industry growth, enable new usage models and advance industry standards. SCV prefers SaaS companies generally focused on big data applications, digital media, fintech and business services that can span multiple verticals and geographies. Criteria Second Century Ventures invests in strong teams and technologies with the potential to serve multiple industries. We are round-agnostic, favoring investments in organizations with strong market traction and proof of product market fit. As a strategic investor, SCV provides unparalleled value within the real estate vertical. We take a long-term approach to investing – where each new addition is considered part of the family – with access to all the tools available at our disposal. SCV’s growth accelerator, REACH, provides a program and pathway for earlier stage companies or those new to the real estate vertical and its adjacent industries. Learn more about the REACH program below.

We partner with phenomenal entrepreneurs who have the vision and drive to reinvent financial services, investing from the earliest seeds of startup life to businesses scaling for growth. We support leading companies across all sectors of financial services, including lending, credit & banking, payments, insurance, capital markets & investments, personal finance, enterprise financial stack and real estate finance. Our distinctive approach to fintech venture capital is crafted around a curated network of global macroeconomic thinkers and investors. Launched in 2015, Clocktower Ventures is the technology investing affiliate of Clocktower Group, a global macro investment firm. We are based in Santa Monica, CA and invest worldwide.

We believe that the last great frontier for technological transformation is the built environment. Real estate is the largest asset class in the world, yet in almost every category, the sector's adoption of technology is still in the earliest stages. Even with this lag in innovation, the number of unicorn tech companies being created in the space is growing significantly. Structural tailwinds, shifting trends, customer demand and a fresh influx of talent and capital are creating the perfect conditions for the next wave of startups to drive profound changes across the entire sector. From the way places are designed, built and managed. To the way people live, work, learn and are cared for. Across infrastructure and construction, operations and experiences, financing and transactions. Providing unparalleled opportunities to generate significant financial, societal and environmental benefits for individuals, organisations and the planet. Our role is to back these breakthrough businesses so they can reconstruct the built world for the better. Your role is to join us in this exciting endeavour as an Associate. ActivumSG Ventures was launched in 2020, and is the ventures investing arm of ActivumSG, a 60 person European real estate private equity fund with an established track record investing €2bn across every aspect of real estate from residential to retail, hospitality to healthcare, commercial to corporate, logistics to lending. Which means we can bring significant value to our portfolio by leveraging the expertise, experience, assets, footprint and network across the entire firm. One of our most deeply held values is 'Leave it better than you found it'. This means we go out of our way to have a positive impact on everything we do, everyone we work with and every company we back.

We primarily invest in B2B AI / ML software companies that are disrupting legacy industries and large asset classes, especially real estate, financials, insurance, and logistics.

Investing in early stage, transformational, early software innovators who are delivering solutions that will shape the next era of business, harmonizing machine and human capability to drive increased sales, reduce costs, or deliver innovative user experiences. Our Focus Areas There are 6 key themes that we expect to shape the future of AI in the enterprise: Knowledge Assembly Line - Human and machine working together in concert to "manufacture" knowledge products Next Generation of User Experience - Using voice and language-based commands to interact with software and systems Digitization of the Physical - Algorithms and approaches that replicate and understand complex natural processes and systems Truly Smart Devices - Devices that enable real-time intelligence from sensors and robotics Novel Computational Approaches - New methods of training AI that reduce the amount of data or computation to achieve results Accessibility of Machine Intelligence - Platforms and tools that increase the accessibility of artificial intelligence in the enterprise How They Use AI We have 6 specific categories of AI implementation that we expect from companies: Process Automation - Automation of digital and physical tasks Cognitive Insights - Interpreting patterns in large amounts of data Cognitive Engagement - Interacting with customers & employees Data Collection - Systems that collect clean, structured data that enables the creation of novel AI and ML models AI Tools - Software that simplifies the development and delivery of AI and ML systems Generative - Software that creates text, images, or video automatically in response to an input Company Characteristics We Expect In order to be considered for investment, all companies must meet the following basic criteria: Deliver one of the 6 core AI modalities Sells to businesses, not consumers Have a full product ready and completed at least one commercial pilot One or more founders has experience in the target market Has a capital efficient business model The product is a need, not a nice to have Is based in the US or Canada, with specific preferences for Texas Industries Sentiero invests in any industry where at least one partner or advisor has experience as founders, operators, or investors. This means we invest across 27+ industries but have the deepest expertise in the following: Business Services & Consulting Marketing & Advertising Software Healthcare IT Real Estate Retailing & Distribution Internet & Web Services Sports, Media, & Entertainment Sales Management & CRM Financial Services / Fintech Travel

Our goal is to find better ways to meet the needs of our incredibly diverse customer base. So, we invest in companies that disrupt conventional modes of operation to help each of us live smarter and safer lives. We consider investments in any development stage, with a limit of $5 million. Focused investing We're looking for future-forward solutions that help our customers. AI Aerial Data Home Safety & Services InsurTech/FinTech Mobility & Safety Quantum Real Estate Tech Senior Living Telematics VR/AR