Building Material Procurement Automation (Saas) for SME Construction Professionals. A platform for builders to create estimates, set timelines and manage & procure building materials from local sellers. Playstore Link
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Problems Identified
Archaic Procurement Methods Locks Efficiency & Opportunity
Information Asymmetry amongst key stakeholders including clients
Inefficient pre-construction leading to poor planning and in turn to poor execution
Spurious Material vendors/brokers with unorganised distribution charging higher for materials
Wireframing & Prototyping 1,2,3
Condusted Google Design sprint to roll out two different versions of the application during the course of the journey and tested the wireframes with real users.
Estimation tool
Timeline prediction & management
Expense management
Material ordering
Supplier module
Development & Implementation
Built the first version of the application in Native Android followed by a PWA (progressive web app) made using Next JS, Supabase and other tech frameworks for web.
Testing & Optimization
Usability testing with 50+ different users with their feedback recorded over the course of the development cycle to inform right features to be built for the users
Startup Investment
Pitched to multiple angels and raised a pre-seed round of $50,000 within first 6 months of the journey. Selected for Microsoft for Startups with a credit grant of $125000
Seller App
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Conversions for Dealers
Authorized dealers spend less time chasing customers, driving more revenue through effective customer management.
Behavioral insights for brands
Use AI filters to gain actionable intelligence for better targeting and decisions.
Completely unorganised sector
The long tail of building construction(80%) is largely unorganised and employ 50 year old practices. 40% procurement is cash based ( non-billed) transactions that is a significant part of the construction cost.
Instant gratification
Since construction is a 1 - 3 year activity, apps for productivity is still a ad-hoc in this domain (especially in india) as stakeholders value more instant outcomes like discounts etc. over adopting new practices
Multiple handshakes
There are 3 different type of stakeholder jointly involved in the construction process at 20+ different stages with varied levels of tech adoption. Eg: Mistrys (or skilled labour).
Leveraging the Gen AI