PlanGrid
YC Winter 2012 AcquiredMobile applications for the construction industry.
http://plangrid.com ↗Thesis fit
Off-thesis
Outside your stated focus; easy to skip unless something exceptional.
Below your usual filter (40+)
Idea match
Light
How close the company’s idea is to your thesis statement
Sector
None
Overlap with sectors you care about
Geography
Unknown
Location unknown — scores 0
Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”
Founder ↑ improving
Traction → stable
Idea vs market ↑ improving
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People
Tracy Young
11.2
low confidence
Ralph Gootee
career mapped
My name is Ralph.
- I'm a second time founder, my first company exited to ADSK for $900m Net.
- My background is abstract mathem
22.4
low confidence
Ryan Sutton-Gee
Co-Founder of PlanGrid (YC W12) with Tracy Young, Ralph Gootee, Antoine Hersen, and Kenneth Stone.
PlanGrid was acquired by Autod
11.2
low confidence
Matthew Lewis
career mapped
Co-founder of Vectrix. Former Security Engineer at PlanGrid and Vimeo.
Seasoned security practitioner with experience bootstrappi
20.2
medium confidence
Alex Dunbrack
career mapped
Co-founder of Vectrix. Former Security Analyst at PlanGrid and Autodesk.
Experienced security and compliance professional, buildi
20.2
medium confidence
Activity & evidence
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