Foundation is the buyer experience platform for homebuilders. By bringing the new home shopping, purchase, and ownership experience online, Foundation helps homebuilders sell more homes, more profitably, to happier customers.
Foundation is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2023 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Shopify for Homebuilders. The founders listed are Luke Groesbeck (Founder), Derek Schairer (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 1, 2023).
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Foundation is the buyer experience platform for homebuilders. By bringing the new home shopping, purchase, and ownership experience online, Foundation helps homebuilders sell more homes, more profitably, to happier customers.
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The Foundation buyer experience platform helps homebuilders sell more homes, more efficiently, to happier customers.
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Luke Groesbeck
Founder
Luke is the cofounder of Foundation, the buyer experience platform for homebuilders. Prior to foundation, Luke has spent 15+ helping start & scale ventured-backed startups as a founder, PM, and product exec.
Derek Schairer
Founder
Derek is the co-founder of Foundation, the buyer experience platform for homebuilders. Prior to Foundation, he was the former GM of Opendoor’s homebuilder business, which he turned into the company's first $1b+ partnership channel. Previously, he worked at one of the nation's largest homebuilders, Lennar, and has 15+ years in the homebuilding industry. He is passionate about building a better platform for residential real estate and the new construction industry.
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