Brick and Mortar

Brick & Mortar Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2015, located in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in investing in architecture, engineering, construction, and technology sectors, particularly focusing on innovative software and hardware solutions for the built environment. By concentrating on the real estate, hospitality, and construction industries, Brick & Mortar Ventures cultivates deep industry expertise and fosters relationships that enhance the value of its portfolio companies. The firm takes an active role as an investor and partner, providing support to emerging companies that align with its mission of advancing technology for the built world. In 2022, Brick & Mortar Ventures launched an early-stage venture capital fund to further its investment activities.

Alice Leung

Vice President

Kaustubh Pandya

Partner

Curtis Rodgers

Partner

Austin Yount

Principal

Past deals in Construction and Engineering

Canvas

Series B in 2021
Canvas develops and manufacture construction machinery. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Canvas

Series A in 2020
Canvas develops and manufacture construction machinery. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buildingconnected

Series B in 2017
BuildingConnected, Inc. operates a construction communication platform. It enables users to find, communicate, and share documents with general contractors and subcontractors. In addition, it offers bid management, professional network, communication and collaboration, performance analytics, and integrated cloud storage; and enables data owners to view portfolio performance dashboard, communicate with nationwide network of service professionals, and do future planning for public entities. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of January 23, 2019, BuildingConnected, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Autodesk, Inc.

Buildingconnected

Series A in 2015
BuildingConnected, Inc. operates a construction communication platform. It enables users to find, communicate, and share documents with general contractors and subcontractors. In addition, it offers bid management, professional network, communication and collaboration, performance analytics, and integrated cloud storage; and enables data owners to view portfolio performance dashboard, communicate with nationwide network of service professionals, and do future planning for public entities. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of January 23, 2019, BuildingConnected, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Autodesk, Inc.

ALICE Technologies

Seed Round in 2015
ALICE empowers construction engineering and management professionals with modern AI and Optimization techniques. Its software automatically produces detailed schedules and resource allocations, which accurately estimate the cost and time frame for a project. Users understand the construction process through an interactive visualization, and can quickly tweak or modify a schedule to reflect the shifting realities of the construction cycle. It is born out of research at Stanford by a collaborative effort between experienced construction managers, software engineers, and computational methods specialists. ALICE enhances construction planning and scheduling abilities to help keep crews flowing on any size project. It works directly with 3D BIM and using a simple rule-based system, it explores millions of different schedule sequences and gives teams the power to answer “What If?” scenarios and completely reschedule in just minutes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Buildingconnected

Seed Round in 2014
BuildingConnected, Inc. operates a construction communication platform. It enables users to find, communicate, and share documents with general contractors and subcontractors. In addition, it offers bid management, professional network, communication and collaboration, performance analytics, and integrated cloud storage; and enables data owners to view portfolio performance dashboard, communicate with nationwide network of service professionals, and do future planning for public entities. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of January 23, 2019, BuildingConnected, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Autodesk, Inc.