# Stephen Carroll

> Stephen (Steve) Carroll is the co-founder and CEO of Findigs, a New York proptech company that turns rental tenant screening into an autonomous leasing decision. A former Wall Street structured-products salesman who then ran ops at the restaurant startup Seated, Carroll built Findigs after a bank quietly stopped mailing his rent checks and nearly got him evicted. The company started as a free consumer rent-payment app validated in NYC bars with Typeform surveys, then pivoted to B2B software. As of 2026 it powers roughly 400,000 rental units, has raised about $80M including a $32M Series C, and pitches operators on cutting evictions by up to 80%.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Findigs
- **Organizations:** Findigs, Inc., National Rental Home Council
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Political Science and Government, Colby College
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Findigs to power roughly 400,000 rental units across the US, Raised approximately $80M in venture funding, including a $32M Series C in 2026, Previously co-founded Seated, acquired by OpenTable in 2018

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Joins Nomura Securities as an Associate in Securitized Products Sales
- **2017** — Leaves Nomura after working on the structured products desk (mortgage-backed securities, rental loans)
- **2017** — Co-founds and becomes COO of Seated, a restaurant/dining rewards startup
- **2018** — Seated acquired by OpenTable; Carroll co-founds Findigs with college friend Keith Gilvar
- **2018** — Launches Findigs as a free consumer rent-payment app, validated via bar surveys in NYC
- **2019** — Pivots Findigs from consumer payments to B2B vertical SaaS leasing/screening
- **2024** — Findigs raises $27M to expand its rental screening and decisioning platform
- **2026** — Findigs raises $32M Series C led by RPM Ventures; total funding ~$80M; ex-Fannie Mae CEO Hugh Frater joins board

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Findigs to power roughly 400,000 rental units across the US
- Raised approximately $80M in venture funding, including a $32M Series C in 2026
- Previously co-founded Seated, acquired by OpenTable in 2018
- Findigs customers report up to 80% fewer evictions and 90% lower delinquency
- Member of the National Rental Home Council

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Findigs raised a $32M Series C led by RPM Ventures, bringing total funding to about $80M; former Fannie Mae CEO Hugh Frater joined the board.
- **2026-06** — Company repositioned publicly from 'tenant screening' to 'autonomous leasing decisioning,' powering ~400,000 rental units.

## Links

- Website: https://findigs.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevecarroll76
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/findigs_inc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/findigs

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Last updated: 2026-07-08