Krane, an AI-native construction supply chain management platform, has raised $9 million in seed funding to expand its product capabilities and accelerate enterprise adoption. The round was co-led by Glasswing Ventures and Link Ventures, with participation from Tunitas Ventures, RoseCliff, New-Normal Ventures, and angel investors.
The funding will support the continued development of Krane’s AI-powered operations platform, designed to streamline procurement, material planning, and coordination across construction projects. The company aims to reduce inefficiencies in an industry often plagued by delays, fragmented systems, and cost overruns.
Krane’s platform acts as an AI-driven “operations crew,” automating key workflows such as submittals, procurement tracking, delivery coordination, and supplier communication. The system unifies project data into a single source of truth, helping teams manage materials, timelines, and purchase orders in real time.
The company is already managing approximately $15 billion in active projects across the United States and Canada, including large-scale data center developments. Its platform integrates with widely used construction tools such as Autodesk, Procore, Microsoft Project, CMiC, Microsoft SharePoint, Trimble Viewpoint, and Oracle Primavera P6.
Krane is also expanding its capabilities beyond procurement and delivery coordination to support owners and subcontractors, including new functionality focused on controlling the procurement lifecycle from quote comparison and request for proposal creation through to delivery.
The platform is designed to deliver measurable efficiency gains, including faster response times from suppliers, reduced material overspend, and significant time savings for project teams during pre-construction and execution phases.
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“Construction supply chain processes were never designed to support the scale and pace of today’s growing industry, and the rapid expansion of data center construction is exposing those limits. Having spent more than a decade leading large-scale builds, including complex energy and data center projects, I’ve seen how procurement delays and material risk quietly derail schedules and budgets. We built Krane to shift that burden off field teams, using an AI-driven construction operations team to handle the heavy lifting behind the scenes so teams can return to the jobsite faster and keep projects moving.”
Eshan Jayamanne, Founder And CEO Of Krane
“On complex projects, delays aren’t caused by one big failure, but rather hundreds of small gaps across submittals, procurement, and deliveries. With the current demand for data center builds, there’s very little margin for error in the supply chain. Krane helps take the pressure off our teams by automating the constant follow-up and coordination that normally slows projects down. With all the information we need to know in one place, we’re able to stay ahead of issues, move faster in pre-construction, and deliver the speed and certainty our data center clients demand.”
Jackson Craig, Senior Project Manager At HITT Contracting Inc.
“Construction drives trillions of dollars in global economic output, yet critical decisions are still managed through fragmented systems that leave projects exposed to delays, cost overruns, and avoidable risk. With margins under pressure and supply chains increasingly complex, operators need real-time intelligence to protect profitability and keep projects on track. Krane is building an AI-native platform that delivers predictive control over cost, materials, and risk across the construction supply chain. Led by a team that has executed complex, capital-intensive projects at scale, Krane is positioned to become the intelligence backbone for modern construction.”
Kleida Martiro, Managing Director At Glasswing Ventures
