Realyze Ventures is leading alago’s highly oversubscribed seven-figure pre-seed round, joined by co-investors D11Z, CDTM Venture Fund and business angels with backgrounds in construction and successful venture building.
With this investment, alago aims to accelerate its AI-powered construction workflow automation platform, significantly enhancing productivity and sustainability in construction project management.
Why now?
Construction projects are becoming increasingly complex, often involving tens of thousands of documents and emails – even in mid-sized projects. Today, more than 15 hours per week of a project manager’s valuable time is wasted on repetitive and manual administrative tasks. High margin pressure and growing affinity for digital solutions within the industry, combined with Germany’s €500 billion government infrastructure package driving the growth of large-scale projects, create an ideal environment for alago’s innovative AI-based products.
AI-powered workflow automation
Unlike traditional document management systems, alago transforms existing documentation into actionable insights. Its platform utilizes highly specialized AI to extract and enrich data from operational construction documents such as meeting minutes, emails, contracts, and invoices. This data-driven approach enables automated workflow management, effectively routing tasks between human experts and AI.
By automating the majority of typical project workflows, alago gives project managers up to two hours per day back, allowing them to focus on strategic decision-making rather than administrative overhead. Additionally, alago contributes to more precise planning and project execution, leading to reduced costs, increased sustainability and enhanced predictability. This has already demonstrated substantial efficiency gains with initial customers in real-world environments.
A strong founding team
The founding team behind alago uniquely combines deep industry experience with cutting-edge technological skills, with backgrounds from Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM). Ann-Christin Gah brings extensive frontline experience in construction management at Siemens, ensuring the product closely aligns with real-world challenges. Janick Hofer drives the platform’s advanced automation capabilities with his deep AI expertise, gained at BMW’s autonomous driving division, while Vinzenz Trimborn contributes his industry know-how in AEC software, solidifying the team’s capability to build a highly relevant product for construction project managers.
Kai Panitzki, General Partner at Realyze Ventures, comments:
“The team impressed us with their deep understanding of construction project processes and the specific needs of their target group. Even at this early stage of product development, alago is already delivering clear ROIs for initial customers and noticeably revolutionizing the day-to-day workload of project managers.”
Janick Hofer, Co-Founder at alago, emphasizes Realyze’s industry knowledge:
“From the very start, Realyze showed genuine belief in our vision and offered the kind of industry-specific guidance we needed. Their deep understanding of our market, combined with their established network, gives us the confidence that we have the right partner to help us grow. We’re truly happy to have them as our lead investor.”
About alago
alago, based in Munich, automates construction project management through advanced AI-driven workflow automation. The platform streamlines administrative tasks, reduces project inefficiencies, and significantly enhances decision-making capabilities. By empowering project managers to reclaim valuable hours each day, alago paves the way for smarter, more sustainable, and predictable construction projects.
About Realyze Ventures
Realyze Ventures invests in European technology startups driving climate and process efficiency in the built world – as well as technology companies at the intersection of the real estate and energy sector. By leveraging the expertise of key players from the industry, Realyze Ventures accelerates the net-zero transformation, addressing process efficiency, decarbonization and the shortage of skilled craftsmen. The fund’s ecosystem provides valuable insights for investors, with a network of national and international industry leaders. The experienced management team aims to seize promising opportunities and deliver strong returns for investors.
Press contact:
Ann-Christin Gah, Co-Founder alago
