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Unanet and the Trouble with Winning
Winning a contract is the glamorous part. Unanet makes its living connecting the pursuit to the people, hours, invoices, and costs that decide whether the victory pays.
CMap and the high cost of spreadsheet hell
A growing professional services firm can win the work and still lose the margin. CMap connects the quote, the people and the invoice - and is betting its next chapter on AI that knows the business.
Causeway Is Building the Operating System Construction Forgot to Ask For
Construction runs on specialist software, stubborn spreadsheets and handoffs where useful data goes to die. Causeway's bet is that the industry's next productivity gain will come from connecting what already works.
Deltek Built a $2.8 Billion Business Out of the Work Generic ERP Avoids
Government contracts, architecture jobs and consulting engagements do not behave like boxes moving through a warehouse. Deltek spent four decades turning that awkward fact into a durable software franchise.
BQE Had a Hit Billing App. Then It Bet $25 Million on Architects’ Messy Back Office.
The software company began with a garage-built fix for timecards and invoices. Thirty years later, its sharper idea is that architecture and engineering firms should not need a scavenger hunt to learn whether a project made money.
Adaptive
Adaptive is a New York-based fintech building an AI-native financial platform for the construction industry. It sits on top of QuickBooks to automate the money side of building projects - reading incoming bills, matching them to the right job and cost code, routing approvals, tracking budgets and draws, managing vendor compliance, and processing payments. Founded in 2021 by Matt Calvano, Henry Bradlow, and Francisco Enriquez, the company serves custom homebuilders, general contractors, developers, and specialty trades, and raised a $19M Series A led by Emergence Capital in 2024.