Project Frog creates prefabricated, energy-efficient building components that ship ready for on-site assembly, described in the article as an “IKEA for energy-efficient buildings.” Its product lineup includes education- and medical-specific kits plus flexible “Flex” kits for multiple use cases. Projects typically complete in about six months on average, allowing the company to emphasize affordability alongside energy efficiency. The company is expanding its product design and manufacturing capabilities and says it will ramp production to deliver a significant number of buildings to large school districts and healthcare providers. In 2013 it developed seven times the square footage it did in 2012 and secured a contract with the South San Francisco Unified School District for over 200,000 square feet. Project Frog is further developing healthcare and retail solutions and pursuing additional verticals while targeting scale in the large global construction market. Project Frog delivers semi-custom, pre-engineered kits of energy-efficient building materials and uses advanced 3D modeling to analyze sites and optimize designs for local conditions. Its approach speeds construction and lowers costs by delivering kits ready for on-site assembly. Buildings using Project Frog’s kits consume at least 25% less energy than the strictest U.S. building codes and up to 80% less in some regions. Kits take one to six months to produce—less than half the time required for traditional construction—and projects typically finish in about six months. Project Frog was a winner in GE’s smart grid challenge (one of 10 startups splitting $63 million). The company intends to use new funding to expand sales, execute orders, and support installation of a prefab building at GE’s Learning Center in Ossining, N.Y.

Total raised

$42M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series D

Latest activity

Nov 2013