Jenny Song
Partner at Navitas Capital
Greater Chicago Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2020 - Current
Early stage VC focused on transformative innovation and technology in real estate, construction and the built world. My primary areas of focus are vertical AI, B2B SaaS and tech-enabled services for housing and climate/energy. Investments include: Lessen (Lead Seed, A, B, C, C+) Sundae (A, B) Landed (Co-lead B) SwiftConnect (Co-lead Seed, Co-lead A) Optiwatt (Lead A) Document Crunch (Lead A) Paces (Lead A)
Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm investing in transformative technology and innovation for the built world.
Young Professionals Board
2023
Hope Chicago is a non-profit organization seeking to reduce economic and social inequity by funding post-secondary scholarships and non-tuition costs for Chicago Public School graduates and adult family members eager to return to school and update their skills.
Leadership Board
2022
Board Observer
2024
Paces is a pre-construction platform automating site selection, permitting and due diligence for grid-connected development.
Paces is a data insight platform for green infrastructure developers, operators, and investors to build more projects.
Raised $13,800,000.00 from Y Combinator, MCJ, Navitas Capital, Suffolk Technologies, Resolute Ventures and Soma Capital.
Board Observer
2024
Document Crunch is an AI-powered contract risk and intelligence platform for the $14T+ global construction industry.
Document Crunch is an AI platform for reviewing contracts and documents.
Raised $37,100,000.00 from Nemetschek Group, Fifth Wall, Andres Construction Services, Ironspring Ventures, Zacua Ventures, Navitas Capital, Satterfield & Pontikes Construction and Titanium Ventures.
Board Observer
2023
Optiwatt is a consumer app that helps homeowners manage and optimize their energy use while helping utilities plan and manage load and green the grid.
Track your EV spending! Monitor at-home EV charging costs and gas savings using your exact electricity rates.
Raised $11,300,000.00 from Skyview Ventures, Google Ventures, Navitas Capital, Urban Innovation Fund, Active Impact Investments and Thin Line Capital.
Board Observer
2022
SwiftConnect is a software-based access control platform that enables seamless mobile access across physical spaces.
SwiftConnect is an information transfer network platform that provides secure access solutions for commercial real estate businesses.
Raised $74,000,000.00 from JLL Spark, Egis Capital Partners, Klingenstein, Fields & Co, HID Global, Quadri Ventures, Crow Holdings, Navitas Capital, Tanzola and Spring Rock Capital.
Board Observer
2021 - 2023
Landed is a tech-enabled homebuying platform that helps essential professionals (educators, health care workers, and public sector workers) afford homes via down payment assistance.
Landed helps essential professionals buy homes and build financial security near the communities they serve.
Raised $53,120,000.00 from OMERS Ventures, Learn Capital, Parker89, The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Ulu Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Navitas Capital and Initialized Capital.
Founder / Broad Foundation Fellow
2018 - 2020
Broad Foundation fellow. Founder and general manager for Noble Forward, a non-profit EdTech start-up. Noble Forward is a hybrid college that combines online and in-person learning in support of non-traditional students. The vision: providing better, more affordable options for the 50%+ of college goers who drop out of college that re-engage and support them toward their Bachelor's degrees later in life. Responsible for strategy/design, fundraising, growth, partnerships, budget/finance, team buildout, etc. Hired team of 4. Launched with first class in March 2019. In 2023 Noble Forward was acquired by Rivet School.
Case Team Leader (Manager)
2017 - 2018
Consultant
2015 - 2017