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PlanGrid (YC W12) — Mobile applications for the construction industry

PlanGrid is the leader in construction productivity software, used on more than one million projects in 84 countries. PlanGrid's cloud-based platform empowers contractors and owners in commercial, heavy civil, and other industries to collaborate easily from their mobile devices and desktop, managing blueprints, specs, photos, RFIs, field reports, and punch lists.

PlanGrid is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2012 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Mobile applications for the construction industry. The founders listed are Tracy Young (Founder/CEO), Ralph Gootee (Founder/CTO), Ryan Sutton-Gee (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 23, 2011).

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New accelerator entry · 2011-11-23 · the record

Winter 2012
batch
355
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2012
Announced2011-11-23
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size355
IndustryReal Estate and Construction
Sub-industryReal Estate and Construction -> Construction
SectorsConstruction
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://plangrid.com

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PlanGrid is the leader in construction productivity software, used on more than one million projects in 84 countries. PlanGrid's cloud-based platform empowers contractors and owners in commercial, heavy civil, and other industries to collaborate easily from their mobile devices and desktop, managing blueprints, specs, photos, RFIs, field reports, and punch lists. With over 100 million digital blueprints on its platform, PlanGrid is also the largest digital blueprint repository in the world. Founded in 2011, the company was part of Y Combinator in 2012, and has secured over $69 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital and several other top firms.

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