Built
Capital does not like friction, but in construction finance, friction has been the default for decades. Delays hide in email threads, risk lives in spreadsheets, and decisions stall while money sits idle. Built was created to eliminate that drag. Founded in 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee, with expansion into New York City, the company targeted one of the most operationally complex corners of the economy and started turning it into a system that moves with precision. Chase Gilbert saw the lag, the exposure, the human bottlenecks, and converted that reality into software designed to keep capital in motion.
Chase Gilbert, CEO and co-founder, built more than a product. He built a position. Alongside Pat Poels, CTO, Chris DeVito, now leading the Owner and General Contractor business unit after serving as VP of Product, and Sam Kemp, CFO, the leadership team reflects a blend of operator instinct and institutional discipline. This is not lightweight software thinking. This is systems thinking under pressure, where a delayed approval or missing document can ripple through millions in stalled capital.
The platform earns its name every time money moves. Built is not a surface layer. It is a workflow-native, AI assisted SaaS system that runs construction loan administration, draw management, inspections, payments, lien waivers, compliance, and portfolio oversight in one continuous environment. Lenders, owners, developers, and contractors are no longer passing fragmented information across tools. They are operating from a single source of truth where financial decisions are tied directly to real world progress. In a category where timing is money, Built compresses the gap.
Scale tells the story without raising its voice. Nearly 300 banks rely on the platform, including a meaningful share of the largest institutions in the United States. More than $300B+ in construction and real estate finance has already moved through Built’s system. That is not experimentation. That is embedded infrastructure. Backed by Index Ventures and TCV, with over $250M+ raised, the company has positioned itself as a serious player in financial SaaS, where depth, not noise, defines longevity.
Timing sharpens the edge. Real estate markets are tighter. Risk tolerance is thinner. Regulatory expectations are rising. Everyone involved in capital deployment is being asked to do more with less margin for error. Built meets that moment by replacing fragmented workflows with structured, audit ready systems that reduce uncertainty and increase speed. This is where SaaS stops being a convenience and starts becoming a control layer for entire industries.
Inside the company, the same intensity shows up in how the work gets done. Teams operate close to consequence. Engineers, product leaders, and finance operators are building systems that directly influence how billions move across projects, portfolios, and institutions. The people who thrive here are not chasing surface level wins. They are drawn to complexity, accountability, and the kind of problems that do not fit neatly into a sprint cycle.
Built is hiring across product, engineering, and go to market, and the opportunity is not abstract. It is tied to real capital, real assets, and real outcomes. If you are watching where financial infrastructure is deepening, this is one to track. If you want to step into it, getbuilt.com is where the door opens. The flow of money is changing shape, and Built is right in the middle of it.