OpenBuildings operates an online database and mobile app cataloging architecture, with over 40,000 building profiles and crowdsourced photos. The platform reports about 50,000 registered users and roughly 250,000 iPhone app downloads. Users can view detailed building profiles (construction status, architect, location, materials) and contribute information; an Android app was slated to launch in a few weeks. The company is building natural language processing and semantic tools to tag buildings and infer facts from free-text descriptions. A soon-to-launch feature will let construction companies attach to building profiles and pay to advertise services (first three months free). The goal is to create a hub for sharing architectural knowledge and surfacing notable buildings globally. The team plans to expand in London and Sofia and develop new tools to surface great architecture.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Apr 2011