NYC-based Trestle has raised $2.3 million in pre seed funding round led by Lerer Hippeau with additional participation from MetaProp, Laconia Capital, Alumni Ventures, The LegalTech Fund, Redbud VC, and Meridian Ventures.
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Trestle was born from a deep understanding of the building industry. Its construction management software was tailored by firsthand knowledge of its unique challenges.
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“Developed by a team with over 15 years of construction experience, Trestle is uniquely positioned to tackle the persisting challenges in the construction industry, specifically in the multitude of systems currently employed by general contractors for managing subcontractor and supplier information within construction organizations, highlighting the lack of a centralized hub,” said Victor Zhang P.E., CEO and co-founder of Trestle. “We’re incredibly excited to have secured this round of funding, which will be instrumental to us as we continue to grow our team of software engineers and solidify our platform as the industry’s single source of truth for vendor management and performance analytics.”
“Trestle represents the forefront of construction management, seamlessly blending state-of-the-art technology with the industry’s core needs. We are thrilled to have spearheaded Trestle’s pre-seed round and support the company’s vision and mission,” said Andrea Hippeau, Partner at Lerer Hippeau. “Victor and Jason have a keen understanding of the industry’s needs and shortcomings, and their platform is poised to simplify intricate construction projects.”
“Trestle is leading the next major advancement in modernizing project management within the heavy construction industry,” said Zach Aarons, Co-Founder and General Partner at MetaProp. “Victor and Jason’s profound domain expertise and sharp product instincts have been instrumental to their early success. We’re thrilled to support their continued growth in 2024 and beyond.”
“Our team’s deep knowledge in construction constrains the number of investments we make in the space. Construction customers are hard to build for, but Victor and Jason have a unique insight that can solve a massive problem that follows GCs from sourcing vendors to completing a contract,” said Brett Calhoun, Managing Director & General Partner at Redbud VC. “This team checks the boxes of being scrappy, relentless, obsessed with their customer, and having a network to hack distribution.”
About Trestle
Founded in 2022, Trestle’s mission is to bring innovation that promotes stronger partnerships and trust, in a way that is both familiar to the end user but also moves the needle in productivity and efficiency. Construction is fundamentally a very human business, Trestle is here to make it better, faster, stronger.
