My guest this week is a proptech that recently received huge coverage in the Australian Financial Review for receiving $8m in its Series A funding from investors EVP & Regal which has allowed it to add another 40 people to its team in just a few weeks.

CanIBuild is an exciting proptech that pulls in huge datasets including local and state government legislation, home ownership, mapping and topography data to create a tool for builders - and their clients - to quickly answer the question “Can I Build” this house, pool, granny flat, shed - whatever - on a site, and to identify issues that are likely to affect location, aspect or cost of the build in advance.

It’s a complete rethink of the traditional processes that go into quoting, assessing, estimating and requoting for construction and is the brainchild of Tim Cocaro, founder and CEO, whose background is in both computer science and construction.