• Higharc

  Participated · Series B · Feb 2024

  Higharc builds an AI-native platform that generates homes as 3D spatial data, enabling builders to automate design, estimating, sales and construction document workflows. Its AutoTranslate AI converts floorplan images into rich 3D spatial models to produce precise quantity estimates and shoppable 3D models. Customers across North America report outcomes such as compressing product development timelines from months or years to weeks or days, cutting time to community open by 25–50%, and increasing margin by 10–15%. Higharc announced expansion of its AI Estimating product to building materials distributors and a partnership with US LBM as part of that push. The company has received industry recognition, ranking in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2026. Following the Series C, Higharc has raised more than $170 million in total capital to date.

• VTS

  Led · Series E · Sep 2022

  VTS offers a multi-product commercial real estate platform (VTS Lease, VTS Rise, VTS Data, VTS Market) that delivers real-time market information and executional capabilities for landlords, brokers, and tenants. The platform captures the industry’s largest first-party data set and is used by 19 of the 20 largest global asset managers. VTS’s metrics include management of over 300,000 tenant companies, more than 87,000 properties across 40+ countries, a user base of over 45,000 CRE professionals, and execution of over $31 billion of leases in 2021 with over 2 billion square feet added. The company reports coverage of more than 60% of Class A U.S. office space and 12 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial space managed through the platform globally. VTS plans to accelerate product innovation, pursue strategic acquisitions, and expand its team in the U.S., U.K., and Canada using the newly raised capital. VTS offers a centralized leasing, marketing, asset management, and tenant experience platform for commercial real estate professionals. Its software lets landlords and brokers track leases, assets, and tenants and delivers real-time insights and reporting through products such as VTS Data, Market/Marketplace, and VTS Rise. The platform is used by over 45,000 brokers and asset managers and manages roughly 12 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial real estate globally, covering more than 60% of U.S. Class A office space. VTS says the capital will accelerate investments in its strategic product roadmap, support M&A activity, and fund global market expansion. The company has positioned the platform as the industry’s largest first-party data source to fuel faster, more informed decision making. VTS provides a leasing and asset management platform for commercial real estate landlords, brokers, and tenants that centralizes leasing workflows and real-time portfolio insights. The platform manages more than 10 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial assets and has a user base exceeding 35,000, with clients including Blackstone, Brookfield, GLP, LaSalle, Hines, Boston Properties, Oxford, JLL, and CBRE. VTS says customers convert leads to leases 41% faster using its tools and in 2018 launched VTS MarketView, a real-time benchmarking and market analytics product. Proceeds from the latest round will be used to deepen investment in the platform domestically and internationally and to accelerate the launch of truva, an end-to-end commercial real estate leasing marketplace expected later this year. The company positions itself as the category leader for leasing and asset management technology in commercial real estate. VTS operates a commercial leasing and asset management platform that lets landlords, brokers, and tenant representatives track leasing trends, manage negotiations, monitor marketing performance, and run leasing pipelines. The company reports its platform manages about 2.7 billion square feet of real estate and includes roughly 80% of the top 10 global investment managers as customers. VTS is growing 100% year-over-year. It raised a $55M Series C led by Insight Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $84M. VTS plans to use the funding to fuel global expansion—targeting EMEA and APAC markets beginning with Germany, the Netherlands, and Sydney—and to continue product development. The company aims to become the industry-standard platform for commercial real estate, combining software and the data it generates to improve client performance. VTS provides a platform where brokers, owners, and investors can collaborate in real time and from any device, centralizing information about available spaces and prospective clients. The platform includes an analytics dashboard that aggregates data on specific buildings, tenants, and market trends to inform leasing and portfolio decisions. VTS reports around 1.5 billion square feet being managed on its platform and is used by large landlords and brokerage firms including Blackstone and JLL. The company was previously known as View The Space and was founded by former commercial brokers Ryan Masiello and Nick Romito. VTS plans to use new funding to boost growth in the U.S. and expand internationally, with offices in Sydney and London slated to open before the end of the year. Management says the company is growing at a pace far faster than anticipated.

• Redaptive

  Participated · Equity · Oct 2020

  Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Redaptive has built an Infrastructure Monetization platform that turns traditionally CapEx-heavy energy upgrades into performance-based service contracts. The company structures long-term Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) agreements covering lighting, HVAC, controls, and other modernization projects for multi-site Fortune 500 commercial and industrial customers across several U.S. states. By bundling tailored financing with turnkey installation and measured outcomes, Redaptive provides budget certainty while lowering energy and maintenance costs for its clients. The firm leverages a data-driven underwriting process to evaluate project development, installation quality, and ongoing performance against forecasts. This approach enables Redaptive to aggregate verified payment streams into diversified portfolios that appeal to capital-markets investors. Looking ahead, the company aims to scale its model through repeat securitizations, creating a template for broader institutional participation in sustainable infrastructure finance.

• Comfy

  Participated · Series B · Jun 2016

  Comfy provides a smart building software app that delivers on-demand, personalized comfort and productivity in the workplace based on employee patterns and preferences. The app adjusts building systems to reduce energy wasted conditioning empty spaces. Major clients include Johnson Controls, Infosys and other large companies. Led by CEO Andrew Krioukov, the company is based in Oakland, CA. Comfy closed a $12M venture funding round and plans to use the proceeds to grow its team, add new features and offerings, and expand its international market presence. The company aims to scale its product capabilities and market reach with this capital. Building Robotics offers Comfy, a cloud-based software platform for commercial buildings that lets building managers and occupants adjust temperature in their personal office spaces via an app or web interface. Comfy is built on an open-source platform and uses machine-learning to find occupants’ thermal sweet spots and dynamically adjust conditions by incorporating usage patterns. The company is led by CEO Andrew Krioukov and is based in Oakland, CA. Early users include Google, Johnson Controls, and the U.S. General Services Administration. Financially, Building Robotics closed a $5.5M Series A financing reported in February 2014. Building Robotics builds Comfy, a software platform that gives office workers mobile and web controls over heating and cooling and is designed to be compatible with most existing HVAC and management systems. Comfy uses a machine-learning algorithm that analyzes usage patterns and user feedback to provide instant warm or cool air to individuals while reducing overall energy use. The product is based on an open-source platform developed by co-founders Andrew Krioukov and Stephen Dawson-Haggerty during their Ph.D. research at UC Berkeley's LoCal Group. The company says Comfy can lower electricity bills and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Building Robotics is seeking traction via pilot deployments at several large Bay Area tech companies and a federal building through the General Services Administration’s Green Proving Ground program. The company will use the newly raised funds to add expertise in building management, development, back-end operators and user experience design.

• UniKey Technologies

  Participated · Series A · Apr 2015

  UniKey develops a cloud-based access control platform that turns smartphones into universal electronic keys and can be integrated into any lock. The company licenses its smart lock technology to global manufacturers rather than manufacturing hardware, enabling a capital-efficient, low-overhead business model focused on R&D. UniKey's platform supports integrations with partners such as Kwikset (Kevo), Nest (Works with Nest thermostat), Samsung KNOX, MIWA, and Microsoft Azure. The company says it has expanded beyond the residential market and aims to deliver solutions tailored for larger vertical markets and international regions. UniKey intends to use new capital to rapidly scale with local market leaders, expand platform functionality, and enter new markets. The company presents itself as the smart lock category pioneer and emphasizes enterprise-grade security and convenient keyless entry. Unikey builds a door lock system that unlocks when a paired Android, iOS, or BlackBerry device is in the immediate vicinity, without requiring an app. The product includes user management features for granting/denying access and scheduling time-limited entry, and a standard key still works with the system. Founder and CEO Phil Dumas developed the technology after work in biometric security, including at Sequiam Corp, and positioned Unikey as a more reliable alternative to fingerprint-based residential locks. The company is not yet selling the product; it offers a pre-order reservation form and says it has had tens of thousands of sign-ups after appearing on Shark Tank. Financially, TechCrunch reports an SEC filing showing a $1.1M raise, in addition to a prior $500K equity investment from Shark Tank investors. The earlier $500K came with two board seats and a 40% equity stake for Mark Cuban and Kevin O’Leary.

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