Dave Garland
Managing Partner · Second Century Ventures & REACH · San Francisco
I am passionate about
people and what’s possible.
I’m Dave Garland. At my core, I’m a community builder — everything I do is in service of the people and missions I believe in. That thread runs through my work as a venture investor, an accelerator operator, a keynote speaker, a real estate practitioner, a nonprofit co-founder, a father and husband.
I’ve been blessed to speak on stages across six continents. I’ve sat on boards, backed founders, launched companies, and am working with an incredible team to build a global platform from the ground up. But, none of that matters as much as the relationships behind it.
I work at the intersection of
capital, technology, and community.
My life’s work is accelerating what real estate can become — and helping the people building it find each other, grow faster, and go further than they thought possible.
I invest across the global real estate industry. I own, operate, and develop real assets locally in the Bay Area and around the world. On the side, I work to build organizations that solve global problems, like ChatWithGod.ai. I serve on boards of SCV companies. And I co-founded the FIRE Foundation — a philanthropic endeavor focused on the mental health of innovators, and inspiring the next generation of brilliant minds who will be impacting the future of the world's largest industry.
I speak on stages around the world about innovation in real estate, the future of the industry, and how to push for constraints — the idea that the right constraint, met with the right tool, is the fastest path to a breakthrough. I believe that constraints aren't walls, they are invitations.
The platform
behind the work.
Second Century Ventures is the world’s most active real estate innovation venture fund — operating across 8 global markets with over 400 portfolio companies spanning residential, commercial, mortgage, construction, and beyond. I serve as a Managing Partner. SCV.VC →
REACH is SCV’s wholly owned accelerator and the leading real estate acceleration program in the world. Since 2013, REACH has taken early-stage companies and given them something no other program can — direct access to the most powerful distribution network in real estate, alongside the capital, curriculum, and community to scale. NARREACH.COM →
Together, SCV and REACH represent something I’m genuinely proud of: a global platform built on the belief that the right founders, backed the right way, can change how billions of people experience property.
The Foundation for
Innovation in Real Estate.
FIRE — the Foundation for Innovation in Real Estate — exists to advance the industry beyond any single company or fund: through research, education, and philanthropy that make the future of real estate more open, more informed, and more inclusive.
It is where the lessons of the portfolio become public good — funding the work, the people, and the ideas that push the entire industry forward. INNOVATERE.ORG →
Let’s talk.
Whether you’re a founder building something real, an organization looking to bring me to your stage, or an investor thinking about where real estate is going — I want to hear from you.
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