Bolster

The platform for buying, selling and managing residential construction

Y CombinatorSummer 2021ActiveReal Estate and ConstructionConstructionFintechMarketplaceProptech

What they do

Problem

Residential construction estimates and purchasing are fragmented, manual, and lack an interactive way for customers to review, select, and buy project items.

Solution

Bolster provides a marketplace and point-of-sale platform that turns contractor estimates into an interactive shopping experience powered by a database of real construction items.

Who it's for

General contractors and subcontractors use it with retailers and homeowners/consumers to buy, sell, and manage residential construction projects.

Founders

Mike Bignold

Founder

Mike Bignold is the founder and CEO of CostCertified. He conceived and built CostCertified while running his previous contracting contracting company, with the aim of transforming the construction industry. He dived full-time into CostCertified in 2017, it came out of beta in late 2020, and in 2021 it is expected to have over $200m of construction projects sold through the platform. Born and raised in Canmore, Alberta, he also has a BMgt from University of British Columbia (Okanagan).