Company description
BuildingLayer is a collaborative map of the indoor world. We enable organizations to more effectively navigate spaces, track inventory, manage facilities, and visualize other indoor data layers. We're making "lost" obsolete.
BuildingLayer is a...
Betaspring 2011 Alumni (top 15 startup accelerator)
Team
CEO of BuildingLayer. Human transportation & CAD guru. Led team that designed & raced solar-powered cars. Former GE, Toyota, VC intern. In 2011, Nick turned down admission to Stanford’s MBA program to continue leading BuildingLayer.
COO of BuildingLayer. Founder & CEO, APAX Software (web and mobile app development). Founder, Awesome Inc. Young Entrepreneur of the year, Lexington, KY. Brian brings C-level startup experience to drive the sales, marketing, and financial aspects of BuildingLayer.
Chief Technology Officer at BuildingLayer. Web framework and geo database expert. Nolan’s responsibilities with BuildingLayer extend from code writing and version control to directing the development of our map creation interface.
Chief Scientist and developer at BuildingLayer. Computer graphics and multitouch interface specialist. Alum of Lexmark and Voltaic Commerce. With a background in CS and ComputerEngineering, John always has his eyes on ways to port our maps to the latest platform.
Business model
We sell whitelabel mobile & touchscreen applications to enterprise customers (hospitals, airports, shopping malls, college campuses).
We resell hardware to enterprise customers to run our touchscreen software.
We sell API access to our indoor map content to software developers.
We sell advertising space on our applications.
Competitive advantage
Cross-platform map API can be use by applications on high-visibility 50-inch touchscreens, as well as web and mobile devices.
Open-source content strategy enables us to scale our indoor map database more quickly than proprietary competitors.
Multiple revenue streams allow us to scale smoothly, while moving to capture revenue higher up the value chain.
Investors