Y Combinator Real Estate and Construction Startups

Y Combinator has backed 159 Real Estate and Construction companies across 38 batches. Of these, 98 are still active, 27 have been acquired, 1 have gone public, and 33 have shut down. Below is every YC-backed Real Estate and Construction startup grouped by batch, with links to each company profile.

YC Spring 2026 — 4 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Rudus — AI Takeoffs for Concrete
• AquaShield — AI water leak detection for buildings
• PLAN0 AI — Construction Cost Intelligence.
• CentralComs — AI Agents for Property Management

YC Summer 2026 — 2 Real Estate and Construction startups

• RealPact — AI-native OS for Real Estate Brokerages
• FlowManual — AI for Construction's Back Office.

YC Winter 2026 — 3 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Bidflow — AI Takeoffs for Electrical
• Travo — The data infrastructure for real estate
• Foreman — Keeping contractors on the job site, not behind a desk.

YC Fall 2025 — 6 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Helonic — Automatic Construction Drawing Clash Detection
• Brickwise — AI property manager for landlords and estate agents
• Nerviom — AI Autopilot for Infrastructure Permitting
• Goldbridge — Ramp for Real Estate
• Automax.ai — AI native real-estate appraisal firm
• Structured AI — AI workforce for Construction Engineering

YC Summer 2025 — 4 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Spotlight Realty — AI powered brokerage reducing residential rental commissions in NYC…
• Wayline — AI voice for property managers
• IronLedger.ai — AI-enabled Corporate Cards and Invoice Processing for Real Estate
• PARES AI — AI-native real estate services firm

YC Winter 2025 — 2 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Bild AI — AI estimating & detailing for Division 8 doors, frames & hardware
• Permitify — AI co-pilot for building plan review and building code compliance

YC Spring 2025 — 1 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Opusense AI — AI for Field Inspection Reports

YC Summer 2024 — 4 Real Estate and Construction startups

• SchemeFlow — AI Report Generation for Engineering & Environmental Review
• Propaya — AI commercial lease abstractions and review
• Assembly HOA — AI-native HOA Management Company
• Henry — Automating Deal Decks for Commercial Real Estate Brokers

YC Fall 2024 — 4 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Karmen — Your AI scheduling assistant for construction
• PermitPortal — AI Operating System for Pre-construction
• Fresco — AI copilot for construction estimators
• ArchiLabs — AI CAD for AEC

YC Winter 2024 — 3 Real Estate and Construction startups

• AveryIQ — AI Copilot for Property Managers and Landlords
• CoCrafter — B2B construction marketplace to match contractors and subcontractors.
• InspectMind AI — AI agent for construction drawings review

YC Summer 2023 — 6 Real Estate and Construction startups

• sizeless — Instant 3D Digital Twins for Smarter Real Estate.
• PropRise — The AI platform for CRE investment teams
• Craftwork — Digital-native home painting franchise
• Foundation — Shopify for Homebuilders
• Electric Air — Tech-enabled heat pump contractor that cuts costs by 60%
• Constructable — Building the next Procore

YC Winter 2023 — 4 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Palomma — AI & financial services for real estate in LatAm, starting by rent
• Cobblestone — Delinquency reduction and automation software for institutional…
• Homeflow — Simplifying insurance for large real estate investors
• Clad — Project management software for building infrastructure.

YC Winter 2022 — 14 Real Estate and Construction startups

• GoJom — One-stop-shop for Real Estate Solutions.
• WeReno — AI platform for construction, renovation, and property maintenance.
• Zorba — AI copilot for real-estate sales teams, powered by proprietary data
• Pursuit — Turnkey co-ownership & management of properties
• HomeRoom — We Rent Your Property by the Room. You earn 50% more Rent.
• PermitFlow — Construction's AI Platform
• Cash Flow Portal — Investment management platform for real estate
• Vobi — All-in-one project management software for construction SMBs in Latam
• Material Depot — India's Fastest Growing Home Decor destination for Floor & Wall Decor
• Trusty — Limitless Real Estate
• HippoBuild — The Operating System of the construction industry
• Vecindario — We make it easier for real estate to sell properties and mortgages.
• Remi — Simplifying roofing for homeowners, roofers and enterprises.
• Castia — Built Rewards for Latam. Pay Rent and get benefits.

YC Summer 2022 — 9 Real Estate and Construction startups

• TigerEye — AI for Construction
• Albiware Inc. — B2B SaaS for insurance damage repair contractors.
• Apply Design — Helping realtors showcase the full potential of their properties
• Pulppo — Shopify for Real Estate Agents in LATAM
• HOMLI — Sell your home without brokers
• Express Building — Financing Southeast Asia's ~$1 trillion housing backlog
• FlatX — AI-Powered Rental Platform for Urban Renters
• Cambio — AI-native commercial real estate operations
• Aldara — HOA manager with automated operations

YC Winter 2021 — 6 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Somos — Internet for the urban developing world.
• Humance — AI that keeps complex construction projects on schedule.
• Homebase — Personalized rent-to-own real estate financing using technology in SEA
• Morada Uno — We underwrite and insure house rentals in Latam
• Houm — All-in-one real estate marketplace for Latin America
• Machine26 — Marketplace for construction machines

YC Summer 2021 — 8 Real Estate and Construction startups

• PropReturns — End-to-end commercial real estate transaction platform
• Commery — Marketplace to lease commercial real estate
• DigiBuild — We buy & track building materials for construction companies.
• RendaloMaq — Tech-powered equipment rentals in Latam.
• Concord Materials — Automating procurement and finance for construction companies
• Ivy Homes — We make instant offers to buy homes in India
• Jupe — Just add land
• Bolster — The platform for buying, selling and managing residential construction

YC Summer 2020 — 5 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Ladder — Labor Marketplace for Construction
• TANGObuilder — TANGObuilder automates structural engineers jobs.
• Atmos — The entire homebuilding process, all online
• Inspectify — Home Inspections, Simplified
• Clau — The real estate superapp for Mexico

YC Winter 2020 — 9 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Tough Commerce — Shopify for construction.
• Homestead — Homestead is a real estate development platform for homeowners
• PillarPlus — Software to automatically create construction blueprints
• Laguna
• Sakneen — Shopify for Real Estate Developers
• Hent — Hent is helping land lot developers to better manage their sales…
• Handoff — AI estimator & agent for remodelers.
• Viya — Mobile first apartment rentals for LatAm
• Alude — We offer free software that automates bureaucracy for real-estate…

YC Summer 2019 — 11 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Mudafy — The LatAm tech-enabled real estate broker to buy and sell houses.
• Hutsy — Home Buying on Autopilot
• BuildStream — Workforce solutions for the construction industry
• Curri — Construction & industrial logistics platform.
• Pippin / Rent the Backyard — Autonomous homebuilding factory for the $1.7 trillion housing crisis.
• Downtobid — Using AI to understand construction plans faster.
• Obie — Moving Investment Property Insurance Forward
• UpEquity — UpEquity gives homebuyers more certainty and power.
• TaxProper — TaxProper helps large Real Estate owners manage their property taxes.
• Banner — Banner makes software for CRE owners to manage capital spend
• Green Canopy NODE — Green Canopy NODE builds sustainable homes fast.

YC Winter 2019 — 5 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Handle.com — Simplifying Payments and Compliance for Construction Suppliers
• Kopa — Find furnished rentals and compatible housemates for 1-12 month stays
• Doorport — Acquired by Alarm.com - We make existing apartment access smart.
• Union Apartment — Furnished Co-living Apartments for International Students, here in…
• ZeroDown — Find beautiful homes

YC Winter 2018 — 3 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Mighty Buildings — 3D printing beautiful, high-quality, and sustainable homes.
• Naborly — A credit bureau for the renting generation.
• OSIMple — Software for inspectors to automate their paper workflow.

YC Summer 2018 — 3 Real Estate and Construction startups

• hypcloud — A tech-enabled commercial mortgage broker. hypcloud allows property…
• ZiffyHomes — ZiffyHomes is managed corporate housing for white collar employees in…
• Culdesac — We build cities for people, not cars.

YC Summer 2017 — 6 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Aecore — Vertically integrated commercial construction
• Social Construct — Social Construct designs and assembles large apartment buildings …
• VergeSense — AI-Powered Building Management
• UpCodes — AI platform for unifying codes, assemblies, products, and specs
• Rabbet — Bringing efficiency, accuracy and transparency to construction finance
• disclosures.io — The Complete Listing Toolkit for the New Era of Real Estate

YC Winter 2017 — 5 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Riley — MailChimp for SMS
• boxouse — portable, affordable, beautiful smart homes
• Smart Alto — Easiest way to set appointments with real estate leads
• REZI — Rent Better
• Tolemi — Data integration & insights for state and local governments

YC Summer 2016 — 4 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Bulldozair — Construction management platform
• SmartSite — Smartsite is a hardware device to protect workers from health risks…
• Starcity — Starcity was one of the largest co-living brands. Exit to Common in…
• Innov8 — We provide co-working offices to startups, freelancers and SMEs in…

YC Winter 2016 — 3 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Start Closing — Start Closing is changing the way homeowners and contractors interact…
• Monthli — Monthli is the first marketplace for homeowner associations. We…
• Castle — Castle manages rental homes using automation and on-demand labor.

YC Summer 2015 — 3 Real Estate and Construction startups

• New Story — We pioneer solutions to end the global housing crisis by empowering…
• Tenant Turner — We help residential property managers eliminate vacancy.
• Vernox — Production planning software for construction teams. Like Asana or…

YC Winter 2015 — 6 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Resolve — Software to accelerate construction by finding issues in 3D BIM
• Open Listings — A better way to buy a home
• BuildScience — The operating system for commercial buildings.
• Quantierra — Sourcing investment real estate
• Cribspot — Tech-Enabled Real Estate Company (YC W15)
• EquipmentShare — Cloud solutions for the construction industry.

YC Winter 2014 — 2 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Guesty — The management platform for the short term rental industry.
• Snapdocs — digital mortgage closing

YC Summer 2014 — 1 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Ravti — Software to track, manage, and procure HVAC for commercial real…

YC Summer 2013 — 1 Real Estate and Construction startups

• RealCrowd — Direct real estate investing marketplace

YC Winter 2012 — 3 Real Estate and Construction startups

• PlanGrid — Mobile applications for the construction industry.
• MyVR — The open platform for the vacation rental industry.
• 42Floors — We make it easy to search for office space.

YC Winter 2011 — 1 Real Estate and Construction startups

• You Got Listings — All-in-one apartment Marketing Platform for brokerages and landlords.

YC Summer 2011 — 2 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Rentobo — The easiest way to find a tenant. Rentobo is a tool that makes it…
• Zeus — Tech-enabled property manager focused on corporate rentals; Acquired…

YC Summer 2010 — 1 Real Estate and Construction startups

• PadMapper — Map-based apartment search.

YC Winter 2010 — 1 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Movity — Real estate data visualization. Sold to Trulia Dec…

YC Summer 2009 — 2 Real Estate and Construction startups

• RentHop — Apartment rental marketplace
• Tuxebo — Tuxebo was a platform for renting things

YC Winter 2009 — 2 Real Estate and Construction startups

• Wattvision — Sensors and software for energy tracking. Like 'fitbit' for your…
• Spaces Life