Planera Lands $5.4 Million Seed Round

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SAN JOSE &&num;8212&semi; Planera, a visual scheduling and planning solution that helps construction companies build, analyze, and optimize schedules to increase profitability, has raised &dollar;5&period;4 million in seed funding from Sorenson Ventures, Firebolt Ventures, and several prominent construction executives&period;&NewLine;Developed by a team led by founder Nitin Bhandari, who most recently served as Life360&&num;8217&semi;s Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, and Saif Lodhi, a construction industry veteran, 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;&NewLine;Planera’s construction scheduling software combines the sophisticated capabilities of legacy solutions, such as critical path, float management, project filtering, and resource usage graphs, 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, especially during the pre-construction phase, can cost builders contractors millions of dollars&period; Too often, construction companies fail to develop detailed project schedules because legacy scheduling tools take too much time and effort,” said Saif Lodhi, a Planera co-founder with 30+ years of construction industry experience&period;&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The people with the most construction experience and expertise often don’t know how to use complicated, legacy scheduling software&period; This results in project delays, estimation errors, 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, we give scheduling superpowers to everyone in the construction industry,” said Nitin Bhandari, 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;”&NewLine;Founded in November 2021, Planera was developed in collaboration with construction industry professionals to be an accessible and adaptable technology for the construction, engineering, architecture/design, and general contractor sectors&period; By simplifying the scheduling process for both infrastructure and commercial projects, Planera serves as a multifaceted tool that organizations can use to plan, create timelines, and collaborate with all key project stakeholders&period;&NewLine;

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