Top 10 Architecture Startups in 2023

1) PlanRadar

PlanRadar is a SaaS service for construction and real estate project documentation and communication.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Austria
• State: Wien
• City: Vienna
• Started in: 2013
• Founders: Clemens Hammerl, Constantin Köck, Domagoj Dolinsek, Ibrahim Imam, Sander van de Rijdt
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding: € 31,200,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 6 (Insight Partners, Headline, Cavalry Ventures, Redstone, aws Gründerfonds (aws Founders Fund))

You can find their website here.

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2) Archistar.ai

Archistar is a property intelligence platform that integrates architectural design with artificial intelligence to help people make better property decisions.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Australia
• State: New South Wales
• City: Sydney
• Started in: 2010
• Founders: Benjamin Coorey, Robert Coorey
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: A$19,550,000
• Funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 2 (AirTree Ventures, Skip Capital)

You can find their website here.

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3) ecoworks

ecoworks makes use of industrial prefabrication, computerized processes, and energy systems that are extremely efficient.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• State: Berlin
• City: Berlin
• Started in: 2018
• Founders: Emanuel Heisenberg, Kristofer Fichtner
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: € 7,320,000
• Funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 9 (PropTech1 Ventures, Christian Vollmann, Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss, Surplus Invest, Alexander Ljung)

You can find their website here.

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4) PHYSEE Technologies

PowerWindow is a light-tinted energy-producing window that creates electricity by integrating three different technologies.

Details of the startup:

• Country: The Netherlands
• State: Zuid-Holland
• City: Delft
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Ferdinand Grapperhaus, Willem Kesteloo
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: € 12,233,063
• Funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 13 (EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, European Research Council, EDGE Technologies, Shape Capital, Timeless Investments)

You can find their website here.

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5) Capmo

Capmo is working on an all-in-one construction management software that will make the difficult aspects of building feel simple.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Germany
• State: Bayern
• City: Munich
• Started in: 2018
• Founders: Florian Biller, Florian Ettlinger, Patrick Christ, Sebastian Schlecht
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: € 6,800,000
• Funding rounds: 2
• Number of investors: 3 (Capnamic Ventures, Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners, HW Capital)

You can find their website here.

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6) FalconViz

Falconviz uses UAVs and accompanying technology to provide end-to-end asset digitization and process digitalization services.

Details of the startup:

• Country: Saudi Arabia
• State: Ha'il
• City: Thuwal
• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Anas Dahlawi, Luca Passone, Mohamed Shalaby, Neil Smith
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $1,769,337
• Funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 2 (Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures, KAUST Innovation Fund)

You can find their website here.

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7) DEEPEXI

DEEPEXI enables productization and instrumentation, which helps to speed the realization of digital transformation value.

Details of the startup:

• Country: China
• State: Beijing
• City: Beijing
• Started in: 2018
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding: $125,000,000
• Funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 13 (IDG Capital, Morningside Group, Hillhouse Capital Group, 5Y Capital, Bertelsmann Asia Investments)

You can find their website here.

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8) The Wild

The Wild is a virtual and augmented reality-based immersive collaboration platform that helps architecture, design, and enterprise teams save time and make better decisions by allowing them to experience their work together in a shared virtual area.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: Oregon
• City: Portland
• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Gabe Paez
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding: $3,125,000
• Funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 6 (Oregon Venture Fund, Portland Seed Fund, Elevate Capital, Ideaship, at.inc/)

You can find their website here.

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9) Houzz

Houzz is a website that specializes in house renovation, architecture, interior design, decorating, gardening, and other home improvement projects.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: California
• City: Palo Alto
• Started in: 2009
• Founders: Adi Tatarko, Alon Cohen
• Number of employees: 1001-5000
• Funding: $613,600,000
• Funding rounds: 8
• Number of investors: 22 (DST Global, GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital, New Enterprise Associates, T. Rowe Price)

You can find their website here.

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10) Material Bank

The world's greatest library of architectural and design-related materials.

Details of the startup:

• Country: United States
• State: New York
• City: New York
• Started in: 2018
• Founders: Adam Sandow
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding: $148,200,000
• Funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 9 (General Catalyst, Bain Capital Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Bond, Raine Ventures)

You can find their website here.

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