Brick and Mortar

Focused exclusively on venture capital opportunities in "technology for the built world," Brick & Mortar Ventures identifies, backs, and enables emerging companies developing innovative software and hardware solutions for the industries of real estate, hospitality, and construction. Its hyper-focused mandate allows Brick & Mortar to continuously develop industry expertise and relationships across these three large and growing verticals and build value to its portfolio by taking a hands-on, active role as an investor and partner to its companies.

Darren Bechtel

Founder and MD

Alice Leung

VP

Kaustubh Pandya

Partner

Curtis Rodgers

Partner

Austin Yount

Principal

Past deals in Real Estate

Clutter

Seed Round in 2015
Clutter Inc. operates as a full-service storage company in Los Angeles. It manages the pick-up, storage, and retrieval of customers’ extra belongings. The company stores boxes, furniture, bicycles, golf bags, holiday decor, baby clothes, books, appliances, and other products except liquids, illegal substances, perishables, and hazardous materials. It also insures against theft, loss, natural disasters, and water damage. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Culver City, California.

Handdii Pty Ltd

Seed Round in 2021
Handdii Pty Ltd operates a technology platform for property insurance and trade. The company’s platform connects insurance companies to contractors to repair property insurance claims of customers that are incurred during trade. It serves insurance companies, customers, traders, and insurance brokers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.
Foresight insures safety-critical businesses with a technology-first workers compensation program. A rigorous third-party evaluation by leading insurance actuaries found Foresight's proprietary risk management software improves safety engagement and reliably reduces workplace incident frequency. With fast pricing indications, online submissions, and in-app reporting, Foresight™ provides unrivaled value for brokers and businesses seeking safety and savings through technology.

Fohlio

Series A in 2021
Fohlio Inc. develops a product specifications and data management platform for design and construction professionals. The company develops project schedules, product documents, presentation materials, and integrate them into user’s projects. Fohlio Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Concrete Sensors

Seed Round in 2016
Embedded sensors analyze data from concrete as it is curing to report the strength of the concrete in real time. Using known methods from ASTM and their library of concrete mixes, all you need is their sensor and a smartphone. With real-time feedback about the curing status of concrete, you will know: - Concrete cured under acceptable conditions - Concrete is not too cold - Concrete is not too hot - When to take the forms down - When to move on with work

Curbio

Series C in 2020
Curbio specializes in pre-sale home improvements and renovations that will deliver value when the house is on the market. They partner with real estate agents and homeowners as one team and rely on agents’ expertise about what local buyers really want. They leverage technology to streamline the home improvement process: virtual estimates, automated communication, and updates. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland.

Levelset

Series B in 2018
Levelset helps contractors and suppliers get payment under control, promoting smooth payments and successful projects. By connecting to Levelset’s cloud-based platform, contractors and suppliers can make payment processes easy and simple. Users can easily exchange payment documents like lien waivers, pay applications, and preliminary notices, they see a complete picture of who is on their job, and are encouraged with the resources and knowledge they need to be confident in payment. The results are faster payments and fewer surprises. Levelset was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Levelset

Seed Round in 2016
Levelset helps contractors and suppliers get payment under control, promoting smooth payments and successful projects. By connecting to Levelset’s cloud-based platform, contractors and suppliers can make payment processes easy and simple. Users can easily exchange payment documents like lien waivers, pay applications, and preliminary notices, they see a complete picture of who is on their job, and are encouraged with the resources and knowledge they need to be confident in payment. The results are faster payments and fewer surprises. Levelset was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Helix

Series B in 2015
HELIX, formerly Flux, was the first spin-out of Google X. Initially focused on generative building design to automate planning and design of sustainable buildings, HELIX pivoted in 2019 to attack the high cost and complexity of digitizing buildings. Based in Oakland, CA, HELIX built the HELIX Creator platform to enable architects, engineers, builders, and owner-operators to use LiDAR and photogrammetry to capture accurate building geometry and convert it into usable plans and models. HELIX users need accurate 2D and 3D information and access to documents and data related to the building without delays. HELIX is used to evaluate buildings' potential, plan for renovation, document buildings in detail for disaster planning and more. HELIX believes that for Digital Twins to achieve their potential the data must be accurate, intuitive to access and easy to keep up to date.

Canvas Construction

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

Curri, Inc.

Series A in 2021
Save time and money by keeping you and your crew on the job site. On average, each contractor loses 3-5 hours per week on supply runs alone. With Curri integrated into your workflow, you’ll get 150 to 400 hours of your time back every year. Costly supply runs affect your bottom line. The more time spent maintaining trucks, waiting in line, loading your supplies and materials, and bringing them to the job site, the less money you make. Period. Curri handles all of your construction-related deliveries: supply runs, site-to-site, warehouse-to-site, in-store pickups from Home Depot or Lowe’s. You name it, we have you covered.

Domatic, Inc.

Seed Round in 2022
Domatic, Inc. manufactures electrical hardware components, such as circuit boards, microchips, thermostats, sensors, and Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) controls for buildings. Additionally it manufactures energy monitoring devices and offers lighting services. Further, it provides a management and data analytics platform for sustainable buildings. Domatic, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

SafeAI, Inc.

Series A in 2021
SafeAI, Inc., doing business as Saif, develops software as a service platform for the heavy equipment industry. The company assist people and remove people from hazardous environments, provides equipment utilization and task optimization, and implementing fleet management systems, which orchestrate tasks and equipment. SafeAI, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

PlanGrid

Seed Round in 2012
PlanGrid provides a cloud-based construction document collaboration platform that allows plans, markups, photos, and reports to be instantaneously shared with everyone on a construction project. Its platform lets contractors and architects collaborate from their desktop or mobile devices across all their project plans, specifications, photos, RFIs, and punchlists. Major construction firms use the platform of PlanGrid. Kenny Stone, Ralph Gootee, Ryan Sutton-Gee, and Tracy Young founded Loupe in 2011 that later became PlanGrid, with its headquarters in San Francisco in California.

Ravti

Seed Round in 2014
Ravti uses software to manage HVAC for commercial real estate, They attempt to save 18-40% on each HVAC replacement.

Domatic, Inc.

Seed Round in 2022
Domatic, Inc. manufactures electrical hardware components, such as circuit boards, microchips, thermostats, sensors, and Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) controls for buildings. Additionally it manufactures energy monitoring devices and offers lighting services. Further, it provides a management and data analytics platform for sustainable buildings. Domatic, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Rugged Robotics

Series A in 2022
Rugged Robotics Inc. designs and develops robotic platforms for commercial construction industries. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Safesite

Series B in 2022
Safesite is transforming the way companies in high-risk industries manage their everyday safety and compliance needs. By combining innovative mobile and field-based technologies with ongoing virtual safety coaching, Safesite has proven to help customers prevent workplace incidents by up to 57%. Over 4,000 US companies trust the Safesite platform to streamline and ensure compliance activities, drive team safety engagement and empower every worker in their organization to be a safety champion.

Obie

Series B in 2023
Obie is Mint.com / CreditKarma for the commercial real estate industry.

Cumulus Digital Systems, Inc.

Venture Round in 2021
Cumulus Digital Systems, Inc. develops and provides a cloud-hosted software platform that connects workers, tools, and data to manage maintenance and construction workflows. It offers Smart Torque System, an Internet of Tools platform that collects data from digitally-enabled tools used for industrial maintenance and construction to provide a single source of truth for real-time quality assurance and progress tracking. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Siteline

Seed Round in 2019
Getting paid on construction projects is slow and complex. We're building a fast and foolproof experience so that millions of people can pay and get paid with ease.

ROD Radar

Series A in 2021
Rod Radar provides high-performance and cost-effective radar sensors.

ManufactOn

Seed Round in 2016
ManufactOn is a collaborative, cloud, and mobile solution for prefab production and supply chain management. ManufactOn helps the construction industry leverage the power of prefabrication, with tools that integrate supply chain, prefab production, and planning. They are AEC and technology veterans who are working with construction industry leaders, designing for efficiency, usability and best practices.

HoloBuilder

Seed Round in 2017
HoloBuilder Inc. provides an artificial intelligence based software solution for documenting construction site progress. It offers HoloBuilder, a web-based platform that provides access to insightful project knowledge by providing site based knowledge and mission critical insights. The company’s HoloBuilder is a documentation solution for Autodesk BIM 360 integration, as well as to capture progress at every stage of construction. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

SafeAI, Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
SafeAI, Inc., doing business as Saif, develops software as a service platform for the heavy equipment industry. The company assist people and remove people from hazardous environments, provides equipment utilization and task optimization, and implementing fleet management systems, which orchestrate tasks and equipment. SafeAI, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Curbio

Series A in 2019
Curbio specializes in pre-sale home improvements and renovations that will deliver value when the house is on the market. They partner with real estate agents and homeowners as one team and rely on agents’ expertise about what local buyers really want. They leverage technology to streamline the home improvement process: virtual estimates, automated communication, and updates. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland.

Safesite

Series A in 2020
Safesite is transforming the way companies in high-risk industries manage their everyday safety and compliance needs. By combining innovative mobile and field-based technologies with ongoing virtual safety coaching, Safesite has proven to help customers prevent workplace incidents by up to 57%. Over 4,000 US companies trust the Safesite platform to streamline and ensure compliance activities, drive team safety engagement and empower every worker in their organization to be a safety champion.

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.

Curbio

Series B in 2022
Curbio specializes in pre-sale home improvements and renovations that will deliver value when the house is on the market. They partner with real estate agents and homeowners as one team and rely on agents’ expertise about what local buyers really want. They leverage technology to streamline the home improvement process: virtual estimates, automated communication, and updates. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland.

Canvas Construction

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

EverCharge

Venture Round in 2015
EverCharge, Inc. designs and develops charging solutions for apartments, condominiums, and fleets in the United States. Its charging stations are connected to common area power in a building; and electricity consumed by residents is monitored using access cards. The company also offers services, such as on-site evaluation, assistance in building and HOA approval, installation, monitoring power usage and reimbursing, and on-going service and support. EverCharge, Inc. was formerly known as GreenIt!. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California with additional offices in San Francisco, California.
Advanced Navigation is a privately owned Australian company that specializes in the development of navigation technologies and robotics. The company has a focus on generating products of the highest quality standard, both in terms of hardware and software. The company's founders came from a background in mission critical robotics built to military specifications and this can be seen through Advanced Navigation's products. Advanced Navigation's engineers have specialized expertise across a broad range of fields including sensors, GNSS, inertial navigation, RF technologies, acoustics, robotics, AI, and algorithms.

Curbio

Debt Financing in 2020
Curbio specializes in pre-sale home improvements and renovations that will deliver value when the house is on the market. They partner with real estate agents and homeowners as one team and rely on agents’ expertise about what local buyers really want. They leverage technology to streamline the home improvement process: virtual estimates, automated communication, and updates. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Potomac, Maryland.

Hosta Labs

Series A in 2021
Hosta Labs automates the analysis of images and videos of interior structures for property insurance carriers to provide a full in-depth view of accurate replacement values and risks in the underwriting process and on raw material quantities and mitigation measures in the claim process.

Branch Technology

Venture Round in 2020
Branch Technology is a tech startup engaged in the development of 3D printing and cellular fabrication technologies and products. The company’s proprietary algorithms creates both geometry and robotic motion to construct complex geometries in open space, without the use of support materials or highly-controlled build environments. Branch Technology was founded by Christopher W. Weller and Platt Boyd in 2014 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Rhumbix, Inc.

Series A in 2017
Rhumbix, Inc. develops and delivers a mobile platform for construction field supervision to ensure crews have the materials, tools, equipment, and approved drawings to complete the day’s work. Its platform allows information flow upwards through mobile tools designed for the craft workforce, captures accurate data from the field in real-time, and provides project managers with data-driven insights to improve site safety and labor productivity, as well as empowers foremen and work crews by providing daily feedback on performance. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Veerum Inc.

Series A in 2021
Veerum Inc., an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company, develops an artificial intelligence based platform that predicts and resolves project issues. The company enables users to optimize a project throughout the entire lifecycle of design, fabrication, and construction. It creates a digital replica of the physical reality of capital projects using sensor technology. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Calgary, Canada.

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.

Enmetric Systems, Inc.

Series A in 2015
Enmetric Systems, Inc. is an enterprise Internet of Things company that offers a platform for large enterprises to help them monitor, control, and manage individual plug load devices. Its plug load management platform enables organizations to set and administer energy use policies for plug loads across their entire campus by monitoring, controlling, and managing workstation electronics, such as printers, computers, monitors, task lamps, phone chargers, etc.; shared enterprise electronics, such as printers and copiers; and kitchen devices, including vending machines, coffee makers, water coolers, etc. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Belmont, California.

Fieldwire

Series A in 2015
Fieldwire is the field management platform construction pros count on to easily manage the jobsite. Construction companies of all sizes use Fieldwire to power clear communication on over 500,000 projects worldwide. With its easy-to-use mobile application, Fieldwire saves each user 1 hour every day by enabling more efficient information sharing onsite. Fieldwire’s key features include plan viewing, task management, issue tracking, reporting, and more — all accessible from one place. Fieldwire is venture-backed by top investors in the industry and is already transforming the way dispersed teams communicate and collaborate on projects. Fieldwire is the easiest way for construction companies to stay organized on the jobsite.

ILLUMAGEAR, Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
ILLUMAGEAR, Inc. builds personal active safety systems (PASS) that lower the risk for people operating under hazardous circumstances. It offers Halo Light, a PASS that attaches to hard hats and produces a ring of light around the wearer to see and be seen in all directions at all times; and Halo Light accessories that include field lockers and charging stations, rechargeable battery packs, car chargers, standard chargers, and replacement clips. The company also provides its products online. ILLUMAGEAR, Inc. was formerly known as The Halo Light, LLC and changed its name to ILLUMAGEAR, Inc. in 2012. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
Cumulus Digital Systems, Inc. develops and provides a cloud-hosted software platform that connects workers, tools, and data to manage maintenance and construction workflows. It offers Smart Torque System, an Internet of Tools platform that collects data from digitally-enabled tools used for industrial maintenance and construction to provide a single source of truth for real-time quality assurance and progress tracking. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Ynomia

Seed Round in 2019
Ynomia Pty Ltd provides a Bluetooth-powered technology to locate materials, tools, and people on construction sites. It offers Ynomia, a technology solution that connects the physical world with digital IoT devices customized for construction; and specializes in sensors, which provide location and environmental monitoring services in various environments. Ynomia Pty Ltd was founded in 2017 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Veerum Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Veerum Inc., an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company, develops an artificial intelligence based platform that predicts and resolves project issues. The company enables users to optimize a project throughout the entire lifecycle of design, fabrication, and construction. It creates a digital replica of the physical reality of capital projects using sensor technology. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Calgary, Canada.

Trade Hounds, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Trade Hounds, Inc. develops and operates a mobile application software for construction workers. It offers Trade Hounds , an app for skilled tradesmen and construction workers to share their work, connect with other skilled tradesmen, build their work profile, and search for advice and tips to improve their craft. Trade Hounds, Inc. was formerly known as subease, Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Paintzen

Series A in 2016
Paintzen was founded to simplify painting: a process that can be time-consuming and a hassle. We want to handle the work for you, offering you time and peace of mind. Our quick and simple quoting method combined with our large network of experienced painters help us complete various paint projects across the country. Our dedicated project management team is here to guide you from color selection through coordinating touch-ups after your project is complete. We believe that something as simple as a coat of paint can uncover the beauty that already exists within your space.

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.

RadPad

Series A in 2015
RadPad is a developer of a property searching mobile application used to find new apartments, condos, or homes. It is an end-to-end rental marketplace focused around people. Renters use RadPad to find a place, sign their lease, and pay rent. Landlords use RadPad to list places, sign leases electronically, and accept rents.

HoloBuilder

Seed Round in 2014
HoloBuilder Inc. provides an artificial intelligence based software solution for documenting construction site progress. It offers HoloBuilder, a web-based platform that provides access to insightful project knowledge by providing site based knowledge and mission critical insights. The company’s HoloBuilder is a documentation solution for Autodesk BIM 360 integration, as well as to capture progress at every stage of construction. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Ravti

Seed Round in 2017
Ravti uses software to manage HVAC for commercial real estate, They attempt to save 18-40% on each HVAC replacement.

Connect Homes

Series A in 2019
The Connect Homes housing system comes from a decade of research on making high-modern, green architecture affordable to the mass-market. The results are low-cost modular prefab homes that mimic the spatial and aesthetic qualities of mid-century modern California residential architecture. These homes can be shipped anywhere, adapted to any environment, and are move-in ready a few weeks later. Connect Homes modules emerge from our San Bernardino factory 95% complete -- with all interior and exterior finishes, doors, windows, appliances, plumbing, mechanical, fire sprinkler systems, finish flooring, and roofing already installed. The homes can be shipped worldwide on the intermodal shipping container network, and can be installed in as little as two weeks.

Rhumbix, Inc.

Series A in 2015
Rhumbix, Inc. develops and delivers a mobile platform for construction field supervision to ensure crews have the materials, tools, equipment, and approved drawings to complete the day’s work. Its platform allows information flow upwards through mobile tools designed for the craft workforce, captures accurate data from the field in real-time, and provides project managers with data-driven insights to improve site safety and labor productivity, as well as empowers foremen and work crews by providing daily feedback on performance. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, 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.

Fieldwire

Series C in 2019
Fieldwire is the field management platform construction pros count on to easily manage the jobsite. Construction companies of all sizes use Fieldwire to power clear communication on over 500,000 projects worldwide. With its easy-to-use mobile application, Fieldwire saves each user 1 hour every day by enabling more efficient information sharing onsite. Fieldwire’s key features include plan viewing, task management, issue tracking, reporting, and more — all accessible from one place. Fieldwire is venture-backed by top investors in the industry and is already transforming the way dispersed teams communicate and collaborate on projects. Fieldwire is the easiest way for construction companies to stay organized on the jobsite.

Levelset

Seed Round in 2015
Levelset helps contractors and suppliers get payment under control, promoting smooth payments and successful projects. By connecting to Levelset’s cloud-based platform, contractors and suppliers can make payment processes easy and simple. Users can easily exchange payment documents like lien waivers, pay applications, and preliminary notices, they see a complete picture of who is on their job, and are encouraged with the resources and knowledge they need to be confident in payment. The results are faster payments and fewer surprises. Levelset was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Foresight insures safety-critical businesses with a technology-first workers compensation program. A rigorous third-party evaluation by leading insurance actuaries found Foresight's proprietary risk management software improves safety engagement and reliably reduces workplace incident frequency. With fast pricing indications, online submissions, and in-app reporting, Foresight™ provides unrivaled value for brokers and businesses seeking safety and savings through technology.

Safesite

Seed Round in 2016
Safesite is transforming the way companies in high-risk industries manage their everyday safety and compliance needs. By combining innovative mobile and field-based technologies with ongoing virtual safety coaching, Safesite has proven to help customers prevent workplace incidents by up to 57%. Over 4,000 US companies trust the Safesite platform to streamline and ensure compliance activities, drive team safety engagement and empower every worker in their organization to be a safety champion.

Serious Labs

Series A in 2017
Serious Labs Inc. develops virtual reality devices to improve accessibility to simulation training. The company develops aerial work platform VR, crane VR, and snubbing VR simulators. The company also develops OneRoom, a VR software. Serious Labs Inc. was formerly known as 3D Interactive Inc. and changed its name to Serious Labs Inc. in January 2013. Serious Labs Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Edmonton, Canada.

IFM Restoration

Series A in 2020
IFM Restoration, LLC provides property maintenance, repairs, and other contracting services. It offers services in the areas of electrical, drywall, painting, plumbing, flooring, carpentry, yard and landscaping, roofs, and other interior and exterior services. It serves single-family and multi-family rental property owners, managers, and real estate investment trusts. IFM Restoration, LLC was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Clutter

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Clutter Inc. operates as a full-service storage company in Los Angeles. It manages the pick-up, storage, and retrieval of customers’ extra belongings. The company stores boxes, furniture, bicycles, golf bags, holiday decor, baby clothes, books, appliances, and other products except liquids, illegal substances, perishables, and hazardous materials. It also insures against theft, loss, natural disasters, and water damage. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Culver City, California.