INGENIOUS.BUILD
Ingenious.Build sells cloud software for real estate development and construction project management. The Nashville-based company raised $37M in Series A funding in November 2023 and employs 99 people.
The growth story
INGENIOUS.BUILD grew from 41 to 99 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $37M along the way, most recently a Series A in November 2023.
About
Ingenious.Build provides a cloud platform that centralizes financials, capital planning, project management, and construction administration for real estate developers and owners. Its software aims to improve project visibility and decision-making while reducing risk.
The company has raised $37M from notable real estate investors including Cushman & Wakefield, JLL Spark, and Koch Real Estate Investments. With 99 employees, it has built a substantial engineering team that makes up nearly a third of its workforce.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at Ingenious.Build, accounting for 32 of its 99 employees. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover as it scales.
The INGENIOUS.BUILD org chart
Nick Carter (Founder & CEO of INGENIOUS.BUILD) leads 28 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 42 (+11% YoY), Customer Success and Support 11 (+10% YoY), Sales 8 (-20% YoY), Business Development 7 (-12% YoY), Information Technology 5 (0% YoY), Finance 3 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Ingenious.Build's workforce draws from a mix of software and real estate tech companies, with ADP and MODIVO among its top talent sources. Alumni frequently move to construction software firm Procore Technologies and real estate services company JLL.
Most common previous employers of INGENIOUS.BUILD staff: ADP (2), MODIVO (2), Global4Net | Powered by Univio (2), Nocowanie.pl (2), Redge Technologies (2), Spatium Feeless Wallet (1). Former INGENIOUS.BUILD employees most often moved to Procore Technologies (6), Prime Insights (6), Nucleus Security (4), Datagrid AI (3), Fulcrum (3), JLL (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The INGENIOUS.BUILD mafia
Five Ingenious.Build alumni have founded companies, including ryse (15 employees) and OneWave AI (9 employees). These startups focus on areas like AI and software development.
5Thomas L. Smith, was Chief Revenue Officer until 2021Chris Cousins, was Director of Revenue Operations until 2023Juan Manuel Flaherty, was QA Manager until 2022Olena Gerasymova, was Senior QA Engineer until 2024Matan Geller, was Product Manager until 2021Web traffic
Traffic mix: 75% direct, 14% search, 7% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at INGENIOUS.BUILD: JavaScript (33), Git (29), Management (29), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (27), PHP (26), HTML (25), Leadership (24), Project Management (24).
Where the team actually sits
INGENIOUS.BUILD people are concentrated in Mazowieckie, Poland (11), Dolnośląskie, Poland (8), Florida, United States (5), Greater Chicago Area (5).
Search footprint
INGENIOUS.BUILD attracts about 7,467 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $35K a month if bought through ads. It gained 590 ranking keywords and lost 321 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.90 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
INGENIOUS.BUILD has 99 employees as of September 2026.
INGENIOUS.BUILD has raised $37M in total, most recently a Series A round in November 2023.
INGENIOUS.BUILD was founded in 2016 by Nick Carter.
Nick Carter (Founder & CEO of INGENIOUS.BUILD) sits at the top of INGENIOUS.BUILD's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current INGENIOUS.BUILD staff are ADP (2 people), MODIVO (2 people), Global4Net | Powered by Univio (2 people).
Former INGENIOUS.BUILD employees most often move to Procore Technologies (6), Prime Insights (6), Nucleus Security (4).
At least 5 companies have a founder who previously worked at INGENIOUS.BUILD, including ryse, OneWave AI, Undisclosed.
INGENIOUS.BUILD attracts about 7,467 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $35K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among INGENIOUS.BUILD staff are JavaScript, Git, Management, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), PHP.
INGENIOUS.BUILD staff are concentrated in Mazowieckie, Poland (11), Dolnośląskie, Poland (8), Florida, United States (5).
INGENIOUS.BUILD has about 42 people in Engineering, up 11% over the past year, as of September 2026.
INGENIOUS.BUILD has about 11 people in Customer Success and Support, up 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 77 current and 207 former INGENIOUS.BUILD profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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