Best Property Management Tech Companies in Chicago, United States
The 42 best Property Management Tech companies in Chicago, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: SMS Assist.
Ranked: Best Property Management Tech companies in Chicago
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMS Assist 🦄 Provider of SaaS-driven maintenance management solutions for commercial spaces | $255M | 122 mo ago | Acquired | 782 | Jay McKee CEO | Apple iCloud MailEnvoyBootstrap+8 | 4 patents Automated generation of geographic service zones for field service dispatch | — |
| 2 | Cohesion Provider of a platform for smart building management and operations 48Growth top 20%Funding top 35%Tech top 37%Talent top 38% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 20% Fundingtop 35% Techtop 37% Talenttop 38% Moattop 41% Producttop 47% Globalbottom 40% Innovationbottom 36% Marketbottom 35% Patentsbottom 34% Newsbottom 21% Customersbottom 9% Growth: Headcount 21 → 44 (+110%) across vintages · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo Funding: Raised $30.2M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $30M | 9 mo ago | Series A | 44 | Nick Lawrence Co-Founder | WebflowZohoZepto+25 | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | Livly Provider of a unified platform for property and resident management | $28M | 24 mo ago | Series A | 31 31 → 44 (+42%) | Alex Samoylovich Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14 | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | Mobile Doorman Rental management software solution for property managers | $11M | 85 mo ago | Acquired | 28 | — | — | — | 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 5 | Avail Tech-first rental property management solutions | $10M | 73 mo ago | Acquired | 5 | Ryan Coon Co-Founder & CEO | PrismicNode.jsAmazon ALB+29 | — | — |
| 6 | The Minte Provider of housekeeping and cleaning services for residential properties | $9M | 67 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 31 | Kathleen Wilson Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | Goby SaaS-driven platform offering energy management solutions | $7M | 67 mo ago | Acquired | 33 | — | — | 2 patents Modular hygienic inductive charging stations for handheld electronic devices | — |
| 8 | Mezo Provider of AI-powered property maintenance software | $6M | 44 mo ago | Acquired | 29 | Mike Travalini Co-Founder & CEO | SentryFirebasestyled-components+15 | 4 patents AI-powered conversational diagnostics for industrial equipment maintenance and repair | — |
| 9 | Rent Butter Provider of tenant screening and verification platform for property managers | $3M | 12 mo ago | Series A | 7 | Tom Raleigh Co-Founder | WebflowVimeoStripe+19 | — | — |
| 10 | Sigora International Provider of smart micro grid platform and smart meters | $3M | 105 mo ago | Seed | 36 | Andy Bogdan Bindea Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 11 | Eta Vision Offers data center energy management solutions | $2M | 98 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Michael Lingle CEO & Cofounder | — | — | — |
| 12 | NativeERP Provider of a unified platform for real estate business management | $2M | 89 mo ago | Seed | — | Adi Argov Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — |
| 13 | Flamingo Online resident engagement and community management software | $1M | 78 mo ago | Seed | 32 | — | SentryTypeScriptFroala Editor+28 | 2 patents Kitchen storage and organization accessories | — |
| 14 | Rentgrata Marketing & listing platform for property managers | $1M | 44 mo ago | Acquired | 17 17 → 12 (-29%) | — | WebflowStripeNginx+25 | — | — |
| 15 | Cora Online platform for interior design industry | $391K | 71 mo ago | Seed | 9 | Sara Demos Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 16 | symmetRE Online deposit administration solution for real estate owners and operators | $305K | 18 mo ago | Series A | 9 | Luke Pacold Co-Founder | Tailwind CSSVercelAstro+14 | — | 1 launch |
| 17 | Gozent Rental management solution for landlords & tenants | $200K | 159 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | Mayank Garg Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 18 | Space Logik Provider of AI-powered solutions for commercial real estate transactions | $166K | 102 mo ago | Seed | — | Nancy H Owner | — | — | — |
| 19 | Route SaaS-driven business management platform for the building services industry | $100K | 49 mo ago | Funding Raised | 11 | Ricardo Regalado Founder & CEO | WordPress Site EditorElementorWordPress+32 | 5 patents Remote desktop access solutions and email rerouting for secure network communications | — |
Top 12 Property Management Tech companies in Chicago
#1
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2018 · 44 employees$30.2Mraised▾
Provider of a platform for smart building management and operations. The platform offers solutions for access control, experience enhancement, and maintenance. It consolidates data from building systems, software, and sensors into a unified platform. The platform also provides advisory services for planning, solution design, and system integrations.
- Nov 2025Series A$250K
- Nov 2021Series A$15M
- Jul 2021Seed$7M
- Jul 2020Seed$8.2M
#2
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2018 · 7 employees$3Mraised▾
Provider of tenant screening and verification platform for property managers. It offers tools for identity verification, financial assessment, and background checks. The platform delivers insights to help users make informed leasing decisions. It also provides fraud protection and compliance regulation checks.
- Aug 2025Series A$1.9M
- Dec 2024Series A$1000K
- Aug 2023Series A$3M
- Mar 2021Seed—
#3
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2017 · 31 employees$28Mraised▾
Provider of a unified platform for property and resident management. The platform offers tools for resident experience, property operations, and management experience. It provides features such as resident mobile application, amenity management, and event management. The platform also includes tools for renewals, rewards, and smart apartment integration.
- Aug 2024Series A$10M
- Apr 2020Seed$8M
- Mar 2019Seed$10M
#4
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2018 · 9 employees$305Kraised▾
SymmetRE is an online deposit administration solution for real estate owners and operators. The platform offers its solutions to landlords and property managers to reward residents through security deposit optimization. The platform can be integrated with ERP software and deposit accounts.
- Feb 2025Series A$5M
- Aug 2018Seed$305K
#5
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2003 · 782 employees$255Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS-driven maintenance management solutions for commercial spaces. It integrates clients, affiliates, and employees in one online tech-enabled platform. It offers various managed like vendor management, facility management, work order management, call center management, quality assurance, and asset management. It also offers training and education programs to its technicians.
- Jun 2016Series D$150M
- May 2015Series C$45M
- Oct 2013Series B$45M
- Jun 2011Series A$15M
#6
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2020 · 29 employees$6Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered property maintenance software. This software integrates with existing property management systems to improve communication between residents and maintenance teams. It facilitates faster issue resolution through resident coaching and provides technicians with detailed information before arriving on-site. The platform leverages data to anticipate maintenance needs and optimize resource allocation, ultimately reducing costs and enhancing efficiency. The software offers features such as intelligent intake, asset tag matching, and real-time problem classification.
- Dec 2022Seed$6M
#7
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2012 · 5 employees$9.7Mraised▾
Tech-first rental property management solutions. The solution enables users to find potential tenants, tenant screening, create listings, view their credit history, create & sign leases, collect online rent, respond to maintenance issues, maintenance tracking, rent price analysis, digital leasing, and more.
- Jul 2020Series A$4.2M
- Apr 2019Seed$2.5M
- May 2017Seed$1.9M
- Sep 2015Seed$750K
#8
Acqui-Hired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2017 · 31 employees$9.3Mraised▾
Provider of housekeeping and cleaning services for residential properties. It facilitates users to book services along with a suitable date, time, and location. The company's service providers reach users' locations and provide the required services. Service offerings include vacuuming, floor cleaning, dishwashing, bathroom cleaning, and more. Also, users can request same-day service via the platform.
- Jan 2021Series A$973.3K
- Feb 2020Series A$3.8M
- Nov 2018Seed$2.2M
- Feb 2018Seed$2.2M
#9
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2013 · 28 employees$11.1Mraised▾
Mobile Doorman is a company that offers software solution for the rental property management industry. The company provides the property managers a custom branded mobile app to manage the rental experience of the tenants. Some of the features the app offers are online rental payment, raise and track maintenance requests, integration of accounting software, and others.
- Jul 2019Series A$6.5M
- Dec 2018Series A$3.5M
- Aug 2018Series A$3.5M
- Jan 2018Seed$150K
#10
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2008 · 33 employees$7.4Mraised▾
SaaS-driven platform offering energy management solutions. The platform helps building owners, architects, management companies, tenant representatives, tenants, and contractors integrate green thinking into their decision-making processes and policies. It facilitates owners to manage their entire portfolio on the cloud, turning data into actionable information.
- Jan 2021Series A$1.9M
- Sep 2019Series A—
- Dec 2015Series A$5M
- Aug 2014Seed$500K
#11
Acquired · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2016 · 17 employees$1Mraised▾
Rentgrata provides a web-based marketing & listing platform for property managers. Property managers can list their properties and sign for referral programs. The platform connects prospective renters with current residents of apartment communities in order to share experiences. Residents can answer to quires raised by prospective renters and earn referral money for each successful conversation. Its app is available for iOS devices.
- Dec 2022Seed$675K
- Oct 2019Seed$1M
- Jun 2018Seed$10K
- Jul 2017Seed$30K
#12
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2015 · 36 employees$2.9Mraised▾
Sigora International has developed a smart microgrid management system enabled with smart meters for rural households and microgrid areas. It offers proprietary pre-pay enabled smart meters and cloud-based network system which can identify thefts, demand control with secure RF communications. Its subsidiary Signora Haiti has developed a smart micro utility system in Haiti to demonstrate its technology.
- Dec 2017Seed$2M
- Oct 2016Seed$649.7K
- Dec 2015Conventional Debt$50K
- Seed$200K
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