# William Sankey

> William Sankey is the co-founder, CEO and Head of Product of Northspyre, a cloud intelligence platform that has helped manage more than $175 billion in real estate development projects. A Yale- and Harvard-trained developer who once helped run the billion-dollar Madison Square Garden renovation, he taught himself to code on nights and weekends to kill the spreadsheet drudgery he saw everywhere in the industry. That side project became Northspyre, which he founded in 2017 and has since grown on more than $32 million in venture funding.

- **Role:** Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Product at Northspyre
- **Organizations:** Northspyre, Madison Realty Capital, Macklowe Properties, Jones Lang LaSalle
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A., Architecture and Urban Studies, Yale University, Master of Urban Planning, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
- **Known for:** Co-founded Northspyre and helped create the Real Estate Development Management software category, Grew the platform to track more than $175 billion in real estate development projects, Raised over $32 million in venture funding for Northspyre

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Project management roles at Jones Lang LaSalle, including project finance, cost management and vendor oversight
- **early career** — Project management at Macklowe Properties, overseeing renovation and condo conversion projects; worked on the billion-dollar Madison Square Garden renovation
- **pre-2017** — Senior Project Manager at Madison Realty Capital, working on debt and equity investment strategies
- **2017** — Co-founded Northspyre and helped define the Real Estate Development Management software category
- **2020** — Northspyre raised $7.5M to automate workflows and unlock data for real estate development
- **2022** — Northspyre raised a Series B (last raise $25M, reported Feb 2022); total funding over $32M

## Achievements

- Co-founded Northspyre and helped create the Real Estate Development Management software category
- Grew the platform to track more than $175 billion in real estate development projects
- Raised over $32 million in venture funding for Northspyre
- Landed the Museum of Modern Art as Northspyre's first customer for its ~$400M expansion
- Self-taught software developer who built the first Northspyre prototype himself
- LEED AP Building Design + Construction certified

## Latest updates

- **2022-02** — Northspyre closed a Series B round (reported $25M latest raise), bringing total funding to over $32M.

## Links

- Website: https://northspyre.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/williamsankey
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/northspyre
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIaKDMGymvI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Northspyre

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Last updated: 2026-06-04