MetaProp

MetaProp, established in 2015, is a New York-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in real estate technology, or PropTech. The firm invests in startups and growth-stage companies across various real estate sectors, including office, retail, residential, and hospitality. MetaProp's investment strategy involves a 16-week accelerator program, with initial investments ranging from $0.25 million to $2 million, typically taking a 6% equity stake. The firm also provides community leadership through initiatives like the PropTech Place innovation hub and global events.

Zachary Aarons

Co-Founder and General Partner

Zach Aarons

Co-Founder and General Partner

Aaron Block

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Tom Cashel

CFO

Jackson Feder

Vice President

Jackson Feder

Investor

Wes Mizell

Associate

Wes Mizell

Associate

Lauren Price

Investor and Senior Analyst

Philip Russo

Founding Partner, MetaProp Advisors and Chief Communications Strategist

Zak Schwarzman

General Partner

Past deals in Construction

Trestle

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Trestle is a developer of a contract and procurement management platform designed to streamline the construction contracting process. By integrating automation and artificial intelligence, Trestle enhances efficiency and data transparency, enabling modern contractors to collaborate effectively across teams and access essential information in one location. The platform features vendor cards that provide critical insights, trend analysis to identify potential issues, and tools for prompt corrective action. Additionally, it supports an intuitive mobile interface that captures responses to customized questions, including multimedia inputs such as pictures and videos, while delivering real-time project updates. Trestle's offerings aim to improve vendor and contract performance management, ultimately helping contractors boost productivity and profitability.

Billy

Venture Round in 2024
Billy is a company focused on transforming the construction insurance landscape. It offers a platform designed to streamline the collection and verification of compliance documents related to insurance coverage. By enabling property developers and subcontractors to track, verify, and report on the compliance status of their vendors' insurance policies, Billy helps reduce risk and enhance overall project efficiency. The platform allows users to confirm that vendors possess the appropriate insurance coverage while facilitating the purchase of coverage within the same system, making the process more efficient and reliable.

PinPoint Analytics

Grant in 2024
PinPoint Analytics is the first AI-powered construction data platform that analyzes millions of data points using advanced Machine Learning algorithms. Comprehensive insights into every project with real-time pricing data, leveraging hundreds of factors including weather patterns, market conditions, and historical trend analysis.

Briq

Series B in 2024
Briq is a technology company specializing in financial automation for the construction industry. It offers an artificial intelligence-driven platform that automates complex financial processes, such as data entry and analysis, empowering clients to gain actionable insights and make informed decisions. This results in improved predictability of business outcomes, enhanced fees, prevention of fee erosion, and stabilized overhead costs.

Toggle Holdings

Series A in 2023
Toggle Holdings is a company focused on enhancing the integration of technology within the real estate sector. It has developed a comprehensive platform aimed at improving operational efficiency and boosting sales in real estate, construction, and finance. By leveraging big data and artificial intelligence, Toggle Holdings facilitates a real estate information market that allows real estate brokers and developers to communicate in real time and share information seamlessly. This innovative approach combines elements of real estate, architecture, and finance, positioning the company as a significant player in the modernization of the real estate industry.

Skillit

Seed Round in 2023
Skillit is a company focused on improving the hiring process for skilled tradespeople and contractors within the construction industry. It offers a data-driven recruitment platform that facilitates the recruitment, testing, training, and evaluation of skilled craft workers. By custom-matching these workers to employers, Skillit aims to enhance the recruitment experience for construction contractors while helping workers achieve their professional potential. The company's infrastructure supports scalable hiring solutions, making it easier for contractors to find and retain qualified personnel.

Billy

Seed Round in 2023
Billy is a company focused on transforming the construction insurance landscape. It offers a platform designed to streamline the collection and verification of compliance documents related to insurance coverage. By enabling property developers and subcontractors to track, verify, and report on the compliance status of their vendors' insurance policies, Billy helps reduce risk and enhance overall project efficiency. The platform allows users to confirm that vendors possess the appropriate insurance coverage while facilitating the purchase of coverage within the same system, making the process more efficient and reliable.

OnSiteIQ

Series A in 2023
OnSiteIQ Inc. is a construction data visualization company based in New York, which provides a comprehensive intelligence platform tailored for real estate owners and investors. Established in 2017, the company offers a solution that captures detailed 360-degree imagery of construction sites, allowing stakeholders to monitor progress, assess risks, and ensure accountability. The OnSiteIQ platform integrates these visualizations with site floor plans, facilitating effective communication and collaboration among project teams. By delivering insights directly to development managers through an accessible dashboard, OnSiteIQ helps optimize project timelines and enhance investment returns while ensuring that every aspect of the construction process is documented and inspected.

Skillit

Seed Round in 2023
Skillit is a company focused on improving the hiring process for skilled tradespeople and contractors within the construction industry. It offers a data-driven recruitment platform that facilitates the recruitment, testing, training, and evaluation of skilled craft workers. By custom-matching these workers to employers, Skillit aims to enhance the recruitment experience for construction contractors while helping workers achieve their professional potential. The company's infrastructure supports scalable hiring solutions, making it easier for contractors to find and retain qualified personnel.

Skillit

Seed Round in 2022
Skillit is a company focused on improving the hiring process for skilled tradespeople and contractors within the construction industry. It offers a data-driven recruitment platform that facilitates the recruitment, testing, training, and evaluation of skilled craft workers. By custom-matching these workers to employers, Skillit aims to enhance the recruitment experience for construction contractors while helping workers achieve their professional potential. The company's infrastructure supports scalable hiring solutions, making it easier for contractors to find and retain qualified personnel.

AirWorks

Venture Round in 2022
AirWorks Solutions, LLC, established in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in providing innovative aerial mapping and surveying solutions for the construction industry. The company leverages AI-powered technology to automate the creation of maps and site plans from aerial data, addressing a significant data bottleneck in the pre-construction process. AirWorks' offerings include proprietary processing software, 3D modeling for Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, engineering support, and quality control services. Its solutions have been adopted by leading civil engineering companies, demonstrating its position as an industry leader in automated mapping. Originally spun out of MIT in 2018, AirWorks aims to serve as the foundational geospatial analytics platform for various industries.

Join

Series A in 2022
Join, Inc. is a software company that operates a collaborative project delivery platform designed to enhance decision-making in the preconstruction phase of construction projects. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Join serves a diverse range of stakeholders including contractors, designers, owners, and suppliers. The platform provides real-time insights into cost data and features a visual interface, allowing users to collaborate effectively throughout the project lifecycle. Join's tools enable contractors and design teams to track workflows, visualize estimated budgets, and manage risks and opportunities, thereby facilitating timely and informed decision-making. The platform is trusted by industry leaders to drive projects forward efficiently.

Ergeon

Series B in 2022
Ergeon is a global construction marketplace that aims to disrupt the multi-trillion-dollar construction industry through the integration of skilled labor and innovative technology. The company specializes in outdoor home improvement projects, offering services such as fence installation, hardscapes, and landscaping for both residential and commercial clients. By leveraging a highly qualified workforce and proprietary technology, Ergeon enables customers to visualize, plan, and execute their projects with ease, providing fast service, transparent pricing, and quality craftsmanship. With a growing base of over 8,000 satisfied customers, Ergeon focuses on simplifying the home improvement process, empowering local contractors to deliver projects efficiently and effectively. Founded by two serial entrepreneurs with a passion for technology, Ergeon continues to expand its services and aims to scale to more complex building projects in the future.

CoFi

Seed Round in 2022
CoFi is a digital platform designed to enhance the construction lending process through integrative business software. The platform automates and modernizes the construction payment process, effectively addressing inefficiencies and providing greater predictability and consistency for residential and commercial projects. By streamlining payment management, CoFi enables banks and private lenders to efficiently manage and scale their construction portfolios. Additionally, the platform empowers contractors by facilitating project funding that is backed by on-demand payments, thereby improving their financial flexibility and access to necessary resources.

Estate Intel

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Estate Intel is a technology company specializing in African real estate data. It offers a web-based platform that aggregates and structures reliable, previously scattered or inaccessible commercial real estate market indicators across Africa. This platform empowers businesses operating within the continent's real estate and construction sectors to generate comprehensive market reports, analyze trends, make informed forecasts, and identify potential leads. Estate Intel addresses the historical lack of centralized, actionable data in African real estate markets by providing a single, accessible source for accurate decision-making.

Billy

Seed Round in 2021
Billy is a company focused on transforming the construction insurance landscape. It offers a platform designed to streamline the collection and verification of compliance documents related to insurance coverage. By enabling property developers and subcontractors to track, verify, and report on the compliance status of their vendors' insurance policies, Billy helps reduce risk and enhance overall project efficiency. The platform allows users to confirm that vendors possess the appropriate insurance coverage while facilitating the purchase of coverage within the same system, making the process more efficient and reliable.

Higharc

Series A in 2021
Higharc, Inc. is a technology company based in Durham, North Carolina, founded in 2018. It offers a comprehensive web platform designed for homebuilders and new homebuyers, focusing on three-dimensional home design and customization. The platform allows users to create tailored home designs while managing plans, standards, and options within a single interface. It provides accurate materials lists and generates permit-ready construction documents, streamlining the building process. By enabling builders to design and sell homes in 3D, Higharc aims to enhance the efficiency of design, construction, and sales, ultimately reducing material waste and costly errors. The company's mission is to support builders in creating high-quality homes and communities in a more affordable manner.

Avvir

Series A in 2021
Avvir, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in automated construction monitoring services. It offers an enterprise platform designed to streamline construction verification and progress tracking by regularly scanning sites and comparing progress scans to detect defects automatically. The platform integrates with existing systems, enabling seamless workflows from photo capture to construction management. By automating progress tracking, quality control, and as-built documentation, Avvir helps identify potential risks and slowdowns, ultimately reducing costly rework and protecting projects from budget and schedule overruns. This innovative approach transforms Building Information Modeling (BIM) into an official system of record, providing valuable insights to enhance project efficiency and productivity.

Ergeon

Seed Round in 2020
Ergeon is a global construction marketplace that aims to disrupt the multi-trillion-dollar construction industry through the integration of skilled labor and innovative technology. The company specializes in outdoor home improvement projects, offering services such as fence installation, hardscapes, and landscaping for both residential and commercial clients. By leveraging a highly qualified workforce and proprietary technology, Ergeon enables customers to visualize, plan, and execute their projects with ease, providing fast service, transparent pricing, and quality craftsmanship. With a growing base of over 8,000 satisfied customers, Ergeon focuses on simplifying the home improvement process, empowering local contractors to deliver projects efficiently and effectively. Founded by two serial entrepreneurs with a passion for technology, Ergeon continues to expand its services and aims to scale to more complex building projects in the future.

GoFor

Series A in 2020
GoFor is a provider of last-mile logistics services that focuses on enhancing operational efficiency within the construction industry. The company specializes in the delivery of building materials and equipment, ensuring reliable and timely service to job sites. GoFor employs an innovative model that integrates electric vehicles, carbon offsets, and smart packaging, promoting sustainable delivery practices. This approach not only supports environmental goals but also empowers drivers by enhancing their operational capabilities. By offering a platform that allows for seamless integration across various sales channels and order management systems, GoFor is positioned to meet the specific needs of the home improvement and construction sectors effectively.

AirWorks

Seed Round in 2020
AirWorks Solutions, LLC, established in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in providing innovative aerial mapping and surveying solutions for the construction industry. The company leverages AI-powered technology to automate the creation of maps and site plans from aerial data, addressing a significant data bottleneck in the pre-construction process. AirWorks' offerings include proprietary processing software, 3D modeling for Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, engineering support, and quality control services. Its solutions have been adopted by leading civil engineering companies, demonstrating its position as an industry leader in automated mapping. Originally spun out of MIT in 2018, AirWorks aims to serve as the foundational geospatial analytics platform for various industries.

Juno

Seed Round in 2020
Juno Residential, Inc. is a company focused on the development of residential apartments, incorporating innovative construction methods to provide environmentally friendly housing solutions. Based in San Francisco, California, Juno specializes in prefabricated houses, utilizing techniques that emphasize speed and efficiency. The company is committed to sustainability, employing organic and low-carbon materials, such as mass timber, in its projects. By offering modern and curated living spaces, Juno aims to address the growing demand for sustainable housing alternatives in urban environments. Founded in 2018, Juno Residential, Inc. was previously known as Lighthouse Residential, Inc.

Briq

Series A in 2020
Briq is a technology company specializing in financial automation for the construction industry. It offers an artificial intelligence-driven platform that automates complex financial processes, such as data entry and analysis, empowering clients to gain actionable insights and make informed decisions. This results in improved predictability of business outcomes, enhanced fees, prevention of fee erosion, and stabilized overhead costs.

Source

Venture Round in 2020
Krowdsourced Inc., operating as Source, is a Portland-based company that provides a comprehensive platform for the commercial construction industry. Established in 2018, Source connects professionals, including architects, designers, owners, and contractors, with manufacturers and product representatives to facilitate the sourcing of materials and solutions. The platform offers access to a wide array of resources, including finished samples, product pricing, technical documents, and project research assistance. By enabling users to discover and order building materials, finishes, fixtures, and other architectural and interior products, Source enhances collaboration within the commercial design sector. Additionally, the platform allows manufacturers to upload their product and sales representative information, thereby streamlining the communication process and improving overall efficiency in the construction supply chain.

OnSiteIQ

Series A in 2020
OnSiteIQ Inc. is a construction data visualization company based in New York, which provides a comprehensive intelligence platform tailored for real estate owners and investors. Established in 2017, the company offers a solution that captures detailed 360-degree imagery of construction sites, allowing stakeholders to monitor progress, assess risks, and ensure accountability. The OnSiteIQ platform integrates these visualizations with site floor plans, facilitating effective communication and collaboration among project teams. By delivering insights directly to development managers through an accessible dashboard, OnSiteIQ helps optimize project timelines and enhance investment returns while ensuring that every aspect of the construction process is documented and inspected.

Billy

Seed Round in 2020
Billy is a company focused on transforming the construction insurance landscape. It offers a platform designed to streamline the collection and verification of compliance documents related to insurance coverage. By enabling property developers and subcontractors to track, verify, and report on the compliance status of their vendors' insurance policies, Billy helps reduce risk and enhance overall project efficiency. The platform allows users to confirm that vendors possess the appropriate insurance coverage while facilitating the purchase of coverage within the same system, making the process more efficient and reliable.

1Build

Pre Seed Round in 2019
1build, Inc. is a software company that specializes in transforming building blueprints into detailed material shopping lists and cost estimates. Founded in 2019 and based in Mountain View, California, the company provides a data-driven platform that automates cost estimation for construction firms. By leveraging advanced algorithms and real-time data, 1build enhances pricing accuracy and predictability in an evolving market. Its proprietary API aggregates millions of data points to standardize construction pricing, allowing builders to manage the entire pre-construction process efficiently—from plan uploads to bid submissions. This innovative approach enables contractors, particularly those in wood and metal framing, insulation, and drywall, to focus on project execution while improving their chances of winning bids and maximizing profits.

Jones

Seed Round in 2019
The Jones Agency, Inc. is a liability insurance underwriting company that specializes in serving general construction and property management contractors. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, it provides insurance solutions tailored for various professions, including contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians, and landscapers. In addition to its underwriting services, Jones offers a software platform designed to streamline liability management for real estate companies, addressing the complexities of insurance compliance. This innovative approach aims to simplify the traditionally cumbersome process of managing insurance certificates for owners, managers, and developers within the commercial real estate sector. Through its services, Jones seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in insurance management for its clients.

Briq

Seed Round in 2019
Briq is a technology company specializing in financial automation for the construction industry. It offers an artificial intelligence-driven platform that automates complex financial processes, such as data entry and analysis, empowering clients to gain actionable insights and make informed decisions. This results in improved predictability of business outcomes, enhanced fees, prevention of fee erosion, and stabilized overhead costs.

Tracflo

Pre Seed Round in 2019
TracFlo is a technology company that offers an online platform for managing construction project costs. Its system enables subcontractors, general contractors, designers, and owners to input, track, and approve changes in project costs centrally, helping prevent scope creep and financial disputes throughout the project lifecycle.

Avvir

Seed Round in 2019
Avvir, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in automated construction monitoring services. It offers an enterprise platform designed to streamline construction verification and progress tracking by regularly scanning sites and comparing progress scans to detect defects automatically. The platform integrates with existing systems, enabling seamless workflows from photo capture to construction management. By automating progress tracking, quality control, and as-built documentation, Avvir helps identify potential risks and slowdowns, ultimately reducing costly rework and protecting projects from budget and schedule overruns. This innovative approach transforms Building Information Modeling (BIM) into an official system of record, providing valuable insights to enhance project efficiency and productivity.

Connect Homes

Series A in 2019
Connect Homes is a developer specializing in affordable, high-modern modular homes that draw inspiration from mid-century modern California architecture. The company has invested a decade in research to create a housing system that offers low-cost, prefabricated homes designed for mass-market accessibility. Each home is constructed in a San Bernardino factory and emerges 95% complete, featuring all necessary interior and exterior finishes, appliances, plumbing, and roofing. These homes can be shipped globally using an intermodal shipping container network, allowing for flexible delivery options via truck, rail, or sea. Customers benefit from a tailored living experience with homes that can be installed in as little as two weeks, providing a quick and efficient solution to modern housing needs.

Avvir

Seed Round in 2019
Avvir, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in automated construction monitoring services. It offers an enterprise platform designed to streamline construction verification and progress tracking by regularly scanning sites and comparing progress scans to detect defects automatically. The platform integrates with existing systems, enabling seamless workflows from photo capture to construction management. By automating progress tracking, quality control, and as-built documentation, Avvir helps identify potential risks and slowdowns, ultimately reducing costly rework and protecting projects from budget and schedule overruns. This innovative approach transforms Building Information Modeling (BIM) into an official system of record, providing valuable insights to enhance project efficiency and productivity.

Briq

Seed Round in 2019
Briq is a technology company specializing in financial automation for the construction industry. It offers an artificial intelligence-driven platform that automates complex financial processes, such as data entry and analysis, empowering clients to gain actionable insights and make informed decisions. This results in improved predictability of business outcomes, enhanced fees, prevention of fee erosion, and stabilized overhead costs.

AirWorks

Seed Round in 2019
AirWorks Solutions, LLC, established in 2017 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in providing innovative aerial mapping and surveying solutions for the construction industry. The company leverages AI-powered technology to automate the creation of maps and site plans from aerial data, addressing a significant data bottleneck in the pre-construction process. AirWorks' offerings include proprietary processing software, 3D modeling for Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, engineering support, and quality control services. Its solutions have been adopted by leading civil engineering companies, demonstrating its position as an industry leader in automated mapping. Originally spun out of MIT in 2018, AirWorks aims to serve as the foundational geospatial analytics platform for various industries.

OnSiteIQ

Seed Round in 2018
OnSiteIQ Inc. is a construction data visualization company based in New York, which provides a comprehensive intelligence platform tailored for real estate owners and investors. Established in 2017, the company offers a solution that captures detailed 360-degree imagery of construction sites, allowing stakeholders to monitor progress, assess risks, and ensure accountability. The OnSiteIQ platform integrates these visualizations with site floor plans, facilitating effective communication and collaboration among project teams. By delivering insights directly to development managers through an accessible dashboard, OnSiteIQ helps optimize project timelines and enhance investment returns while ensuring that every aspect of the construction process is documented and inspected.

Branch Technology

Series A in 2018
Branch Technology, Inc. is a technology company based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, specializing in cellular fabrication and 3D printing. Founded in 2013, the company utilizes proprietary algorithms to create complex geometries in open spaces without the need for support materials or controlled environments. This innovative approach allows for the construction of non-loadbearing interior partitions, decorative walls, ceilings, and various exhibition and furniture structures. By leveraging its advanced technology, Branch Technology aims to deliver cost-effective designs that enhance material strength, reduce energy consumption, and improve efficiencies on construction sites.

OnSiteIQ

Pre Seed Round in 2018
OnSiteIQ Inc. is a construction data visualization company based in New York, which provides a comprehensive intelligence platform tailored for real estate owners and investors. Established in 2017, the company offers a solution that captures detailed 360-degree imagery of construction sites, allowing stakeholders to monitor progress, assess risks, and ensure accountability. The OnSiteIQ platform integrates these visualizations with site floor plans, facilitating effective communication and collaboration among project teams. By delivering insights directly to development managers through an accessible dashboard, OnSiteIQ helps optimize project timelines and enhance investment returns while ensuring that every aspect of the construction process is documented and inspected.

Jones

Seed Round in 2018
The Jones Agency, Inc. is a liability insurance underwriting company that specializes in serving general construction and property management contractors. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, it provides insurance solutions tailored for various professions, including contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians, and landscapers. In addition to its underwriting services, Jones offers a software platform designed to streamline liability management for real estate companies, addressing the complexities of insurance compliance. This innovative approach aims to simplify the traditionally cumbersome process of managing insurance certificates for owners, managers, and developers within the commercial real estate sector. Through its services, Jones seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in insurance management for its clients.

Jones

Pre Seed Round in 2017
The Jones Agency, Inc. is a liability insurance underwriting company that specializes in serving general construction and property management contractors. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, it provides insurance solutions tailored for various professions, including contractors, electricians, HVAC technicians, and landscapers. In addition to its underwriting services, Jones offers a software platform designed to streamline liability management for real estate companies, addressing the complexities of insurance compliance. This innovative approach aims to simplify the traditionally cumbersome process of managing insurance certificates for owners, managers, and developers within the commercial real estate sector. Through its services, Jones seeks to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in insurance management for its clients.

Kwant

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Kwant is a technology company that specializes in construction analytics. It develops a platform designed to enhance productivity and safety on construction sites. The platform uses a proprietary low-powered sensor network to automate data collection, providing real-time project management and tracking key performance indicators. This enables clients to mitigate risks associated with cost overruns and time delays, and to make data-driven decisions using predictive analytics.
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