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Richard Nelson sold the house. Then he rebuilt the roofing business.
A third-generation roofer, known as Richy, traded a Toronto roofing career for a software startup. The work that followed has been an extended lesson in what contractors will actually use.
Grant Smith and the name that stays on the door
At Stonegrove Roofing Partners, Grant Smith leads a national network built around local roofing businesses. His assignment is to add the resources for growth while keeping the names, teams and relationships owners have built.
Syed Zaidi and the work after the sale
From home security to outdoor remodeling and Alloy Roofing, Syed Zaidi has built a career around the distance between winning a customer and delivering the job. His operating philosophy starts where the sales celebration ends.
Bill Rossell and the business of keeping the lights on
From nuclear submarines to roofing companies, Bill Rossell has kept returning to the same question: will the system work when someone needs it? At LB Capital, that question follows the customer from the first call to the finished roof.
CompanyCam turned lost job photos into a $2 billion business
A Nebraska roofer wanted to find the right picture. The company he built now helps contractors turn everyday jobsite evidence into reports, customer updates and a shared memory of the work.
Hearth sells the roof. Then it answers the phone.
The contractor software company puts monthly payments beside the price of a repair. Its next bet is that the sale also needs someone to pick up, follow up, and finish the paperwork.
Curb Home Services
Curb Home Services is assembling roofing, siding and solar contractors without sanding off their local identities. Its wager is that the best home-services platform will be almost invisible to the homeowner - and indispensable to the operator.
Stellar
Stellar is a Dallas-based, technology-driven marketplace that connects property managers and homeowners with vetted local tradespeople to get home maintenance and repairs done right. Founded in 2016 as IFM Restoration and rebranded to Stellar in 2022, the company pairs software, AI and a network of thousands of contractors to resolve maintenance at scale, initially for the single-family rental industry and increasingly for homeowners across the U.S. Sun Belt. It serves major single-family rental operators and books repair appointments for homeowners across 30-plus markets.
Richy Nelson
Richy Nelson is the co-founder and CEO of Roofr, the cloud-based operating system for roofing contractors. A third-generation roofer who first climbed a roof at twelve years old, Nelson transformed decades of hands-on industry experience into a platform trusted by over 12,000 roofing companies across North America. After selling his house to fund the company, surviving Y Combinator in 2017, and raising a Series B from TCV and ABC Supply in January 2025, he leads a 150-person remote team on a mission to build the most trusted roofing platform in the world.