# Amar Amte

> Amar Amte is the founder and CEO of Pegbo, a Menlo Park construction-tech company that helps general contractors and public agencies find, vet, and track small, local, and diverse trade partners. After roughly a decade at Google and five years at Yahoo in engineering and program-management roles, he left big tech in 2023 to attack one of construction's oldest headaches: the 'spray and pray' bid invitation. Pegbo runs a searchable directory of more than a million verified trade partners and automates outreach, bid coverage, and Good Faith Effort compliance reporting. The company raised $1.4 million in a 2024 pre-seed round led by Nirman Ventures and is a pre-qualified supplier to contractors including Skanska, Webcor, Swinerton, and Hathaway Dinwiddie.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Pegbo
- **Organizations:** Pegbo, Google, Yahoo!, Kohl's eCommerce, Slide
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Technology, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Master of Science, Computer Science and Mathematics, California State University, East Bay, Coursework, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Pegbo, a construction-tech procurement platform, Raised $1.4 million pre-seed round led by Nirman Ventures (November 2024), Built a searchable directory of 1,000,000+ verified trade partners

## Career timeline

- **early 2000s** — Senior Test Engineer at Slide
- **mid 2000s** — Test Engineering Manager and Technical Yahoo at Yahoo! Inc.
- **late 2000s** — Test Engineering Manager at Kohl's eCommerce
- **2010s** — Manager for Developer Productivity TPgM and Commerce Engineering Programs at Google
- **2023** — Founded Pegbo as an equipment-rental marketplace for the construction industry
- **2024** — Pivoted Pegbo to a subcontractor sourcing and supplier-diversity procurement platform; raised $1.4M pre-seed led by Nirman Ventures

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Pegbo, a construction-tech procurement platform
- Raised $1.4 million pre-seed round led by Nirman Ventures (November 2024)
- Built a searchable directory of 1,000,000+ verified trade partners
- Pegbo certified as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) by the State of California
- Pre-qualified supplier to Hathaway Dinwiddie, Skanska, Webcor, and Swinerton
- Roughly a decade of engineering and program-management experience at Google
- About five years at Yahoo! in test engineering and management

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Pegbo raised $1.4M pre-seed led by Nirman Ventures; announced an automated spend-tracking tool deploying across multi-million-dollar national projects.

## Links

- Website: https://pegbo.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amar-amte/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4qATh2VVg4
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pegboinc/

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