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Buildzar

A home construction and improvement platform.

Categories

Building Material, Construction, Home Renovation,

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Reasons for Shutdown

Poor Pivot

Consumer traffic did not gain momentum after the pivot

Consumer traffic and revenue did not gain momentum even after pivoting their business.

Financial Difficulties

The company failed to raise a Series A round

Although Buildzar raised $4M from investors in a pre-series A round, they failed to raise a Series A round.

Poor Profit Margin

Unit Economics was not impressive

The company failed to reach its profitability since the revenue did not gain momentum.

Direct Competitors and Similar Companies

Note: Direct competitors are defined by similarity score of more than 40%, while similar companies are defined by similarity score of less than 40%

No.	Image	Name	Similarity score	Description	Industry	Categories	Location	Ownership status	Entity type	Stage of development	Transactional model type	Defensibility moats	Last financing round	Total raised	Post-money valuation	Last financing date	No. of funding round(s)	No. of investors	Investors	Total revenue	Market capitalization	No. of investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	Competition	Management	No. of employees	Company reputation	Contact info	Operational status	Operational duration	Shutdown date	Founded date	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Ticker
1.		Homepolish	5.3%	A online platform that offered affordable interior design services.	Internet	E-Commerce, Home Renovation, Interior Design	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10-50	-	-	Inactive	-	-	2012	-	-	-

Investors

No.	Image	Name	Investor type	Description	Location	Preferred investment stage(s)	Stages invested in	Assets under management (AUM)	Investment range	Investment sweet spot	Preferred investment focus	Preferred investment geography	No. of investments	No. of lead investments	No. of follow-on investments	No. of co-investments	Portfolio companies	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of failed investments	Loss on investments	No. of acquisitions	No. of board seats taken	No. of funds	Limited partners	Co-investors	No. of partners	Partners	No. of employees	Management	Board members	Founders	Investor reputation	Contact info	Entity type	Legal name	Former legal name(s)	Founded date	Ticker
1.		Puneet Dalmia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Leadership

No.	Name	Previous designation	Previous company	Previous biography	Previous profile type	Previous location	Experience	Education	Reputation	Current company	Current designation	Current biography	Current profile type	Current location	No. of investments	No. of exits	Total exit value	No. of board seats taken	Contact info
1.	Swapnil Tripathi	Founder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Steero	-	Founder at Steero	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Vineet Singh	Marketing Head	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	itzeazy.com	-	Marketing Head at itzeazy.com.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3.	Vivek Sinha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Funding

No.	Financing date	Financing round	Total amount raised	Post-money valuation	Financial viability	Fundraising target amount	Remaining target amount	Financing type	No. of investors	Board seats	Lead investors	Entity type	Financing status
1.	28 Mar 2016	Seed Round	USD 4M	-	-			-	1	-	-	-	Completed