# Kaustubh Pandya

> Kaustubh Pandya is a seed investor at Brick & Mortar Ventures backing Construction and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Brick & Mortar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brick-mortar-vc)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaustubh-pandya

Kaustubh Pandya is a seed investor at Brick & Mortar Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Construction and SaaS. Kaustubh Pandya is the Partner at Brick & Mortar Ventures and an Associate of Creative Destruction Lab (CDL). He is a former Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. He attended Stanford University, Brick & Mortar Ventures, and MIT - Sloan School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Construction | 3 | 60% |
| SaaS | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Training | 1 | 20% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 20% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Mexico | 1 | 20% |
| Colombia | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Planera | Planera is a software company that makes construction industry more efficient & profitable. | $8M | Series A | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Buildpeer | Buildpeer is a project management software for construction fields. The company was founded by Mauricio Valdes in 2021 and is headquartered in Garza García, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. | $2.5M | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Planera | Planera is a software company that makes construction industry more efficient & profitable. | $13.5M | Series A | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| Rivet Work | Rivet is an online platform that helps construction companies, trade schools, and labor unions schedule, forecast, acquire and dispatch skilled workers and equipment to jobs and jobsites. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| Licify | Licify, a procurement cloud-based platform specialized in the construction industry, has redefined interactions between developers, contractors, sub-contractors and suppliers. It creates a community developing transparent and efficient realtionships allthrough the value chain. This improves the procurement and supply processes, generating savingsand increasing profitability. | $3.4M | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Prudence](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prudencevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sierra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sierra-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sorenson Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sorenson-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Augment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augment-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Columbia University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/columbia-university) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Conexo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conexo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Brick & Mortar Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Focused exclusively on venture capital opportunities in "technology for the built world," Brick & Mortar Ventures identifies, backs, and enables emerging companies developing innovative software and hardware solutions for the industries of real estate, hospitality, and construction. Its hyper-focused mandate allows Brick & Mortarto continuously develop industry expertise and relationships across these three large and growing verticals and build value to its portfolio by taking a hands-on, active role as an investor and partner to its companies.

5 contacts available at Brick & Mortar Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alice Leung | Vice President, Platform and Product Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alice-leung |
| Darren Bechtel | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darren-bechtel |
| Curtis Rodgers | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curtis-rodgers |
| Guillaume Bazouin | Partner EMEA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-bazouin-aed3 |
| Kaustubh Pandya | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaustubh-pandya |

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## FAQ

### What does Kaustubh Pandya invest in?

Kaustubh Pandya invests primarily in Construction, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kaustubh Pandya last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kaustubh Pandya closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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