PermitPortal
AI Operating System for Pre-construction
We are building workflows to help developers go from finding and closing development sites to getting a building permit faster. PermitPortal accelerates the most critical parts of the pre-construction phase: finding the right sites, understanding entitlements and navigating local development sentiment.
Active Founders
Alexandru Enache, Founder
Co-founder of PermitPortal | Previously developed 700MW of clean energy projects in Europe | Founding Engineer of Fleek (W22) | King's College London'19
Radu Mazilu, Founder
Co-founder of PermitPortal | Previously developed 700MW of clean energy projects in Europe | Founding Engineer of Fleek (W22) | UCL'19
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TL;DR
Over $1 trillion worth of real estate projects are initiated in the U.S. every year, and they all have one thing in common — they get delayed in the pre-construction stage. We experienced this firsthand while developing $500 million worth of clean energy projects in Europe. It took us 2 years to develop the first project when it should have taken only 6 months.
We started PermitPortal to build tools that automate the manual tasks that took up most of our time: finding, evaluating, and closing new sites, understanding local guidelines, and monitoring permit applications.
How we address this
Our goal is to build a platform that helps developers navigate and accelerate all stages of the pre-construction process. At the core of the solution is a custom model trained for each city we’re operating in. We’re using data such as local and national regulations, historical planning applications and hundreds of hours of recordings from planning commission meetings to help real estate companies be more efficient in the key stages of development:
- Find the right sites faster
- Assess 100x more sites than they do today and secure them
- Understand local development sentiment
- Navigate the local regulations and entitlements processes
- Find the right local partners to work with
- Prepare and draft the right documents to avoid pushback from authorities
We are building custom integrations and answering specific questions for each developer we are working with.
Our Ask:
2 of the largest commercial real estate companies in the world want to work with us. If you know anyone working for large real estate companies (eg. Prologis, Segro, Toll Brothers, etc) please introduce us or comment and we will reach out to you!
A bit about us:
We have known each other and have been working together for 7 years now. We did YC together in 2019 with Listle, an audio articles app, were the founding engineers of Fleek (W22) and for the past 2 years, developed a portfolio of renewable energy projects in Europe, totaling 700MW.
How it started with Listle, our first company in 2019:
Our first solar project in 2022
And how it’s going with PermitPortal in the F24 batch!
Find us at permitportalapp.com | radu@permitportalapp.com | +1 (628) 303-9992