Planera Lands $5.4 Million Seed Round

<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN JOSE<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Planera&comma; a visual scheduling and planning solution that helps construction companies build&comma; analyze&comma; and optimize schedules to increase profitability&comma; has raised &dollar;5&period;4 million in seed funding from Sorenson Ventures&comma; Firebolt Ventures&comma; and several prominent construction executives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Developed by a team led by founder <span class&equals;"xn-person">Nitin Bhandari<&sol;span>&comma; who most recently served as Life360&&num;8217&semi;s Vice President of Strategic Initiatives&comma; and Saif Lodhi&comma; a construction industry veteran&comma; Planera provides a more accessible alternative to the industry&&num;8217&semi;s legacy systems and overly complex Gantt-chart-based scheduling tools&period; Planera&&num;8217&semi;s project scheduling software eliminates the guesswork in the construction planning and estimation process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Planera’s construction scheduling software combines the sophisticated capabilities of legacy solutions&comma; such as critical path&comma; float management&comma; project filtering&comma; and resource usage graphs&comma; with a simple-to-use online &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;whiteboard” interface that promotes collaboration and easy access across the entire project team&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Poor-quality schedules&comma; especially during the pre-construction phase&comma; can cost builders contractors millions of dollars&period; Too often&comma; construction companies fail to develop detailed project schedules because legacy scheduling tools take too much time and effort&comma;” said Saif Lodhi&comma; a Planera co-founder with 30&plus; years of construction industry experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The people with the most construction experience and expertise often don’t know how to use complicated&comma; legacy scheduling software&period; This results in project delays&comma; estimation errors&comma; and client frustration&period; Planera is so simple that anyone with job knowledge can create a resource-loaded schedule in hours instead of weeks&period; With multi-user collaboration similar to Google Docs&comma; we give scheduling superpowers to everyone in the construction industry&comma;” said Nitin Bhandari&comma; CEO and founder of Planera&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We combine the power of industry-leading scheduling tools with the simplicity of traditional whiteboards and spreadsheets&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Founded in November 2021&comma; Planera was developed in collaboration with construction industry professionals to be an accessible and adaptable technology for the construction&comma; engineering&comma; architecture&sol;design&comma; and general contractor sectors&period; By simplifying the scheduling process for both infrastructure and commercial projects&comma; Planera serves as a multifaceted tool that organizations can use to plan&comma; create timelines&comma; and collaborate with all key project stakeholders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;