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Cloud platform for homebuilders automating 3D design, estimation, and planning with spatial AI, CAD, and generative design.
Higharc, a Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based company, develops a cloud-based platform for homebuilders that automates 3D home design, material estimation, blueprint generation, and construction planning using CAD, generative design, and spatial AI. The software embeds architectural intelligence and building codes to create customizable, buildable homes without requiring traditional architects, thereby streamlining the traditionally inefficient homebuilding process. Higharc has raised over $80 million in funding to date, including a $21 million Series A round led by Spark Capital in 2021. Its platform serves homebuilders whose customers collectively construct over 11,000 new homes annually. Key investors include Spark Capital and Pillar VC, while its leadership team features co-founder Marc Minor, Autodesk CAD expert Peter Boyer, and generative design specialist Michael Bergin. Higharc was founded in 2018 by Marc Minor and three co-founders.
Higharc has raised $80.3M across 4 funding rounds.
Higharc has raised $80.3M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Higharc is a cloud-based Homebuilding Cloud platform that enables homebuilders to design, estimate, sell, and construct new homes and communities more efficiently using generative design and automation.[1][2][3][5] It serves residential builders and developers across the U.S. and Canada, solving inefficiencies in traditional workflows like manual CAD conversions, disconnected teams, and outdated tools that slow down housing production amid a U.S. underbuilding crisis.[1][3] By centralizing data for plan sets, 3D visualizations, material estimates, and construction documents, Higharc accelerates time-to-market by 2-3x, cuts community launch timelines by 75% (about 90 days), and speeds plan design 100x over CAD software, driving revenue growth and 33% softer cycle time reductions.[1][4] Recent momentum includes doubling its customer base, 40% team growth, a $53M Series B funding round backed by investors like SE Ventures, Home Depot, and Fifth Wall, plus accolades like #28 on Deloitte’s 2025 Technology Fast 500 and 23 G2 Spring 2025 badges.[2][5]
Higharc was founded in early 2018 by CEO Marc Minor, sparked by his frustration building his own home using "pen and paper" tools despite his expertise in advanced manufacturing software from roles at Carbon3D, Desktop Metal, and Apple.[2][3] Motivated to apply generative design to homebuilding and create more personalized communities, Minor raised initial funding and recruited co-founders: Michael Bergin (Autodesk AEC research lead), Peter Boyer (Autodesk principal engineer, Dynamo creator), and Thomas Holt (video game creative director).[2][3] This team, blending software, engineering, architecture, and design experience, pivoted from 3D printing and tech giants to tackle homebuilding's tech lag, achieving early traction through product launches and builder adoption.[2][3]
Higharc stands out in homebuilding software through integrated, AI-powered tools that replace fragmented CAD and manual processes:
Higharc rides the proptech and construction tech wave, applying generative AI and cloud automation to an industry plagued by labor shortages, supply chain issues, and a multi-million-home U.S. underbuilding gap.[1][2] Its timing aligns with post-pandemic housing demand, rising material costs, and builders' shift to digital tools amid tough markets—evidenced by Deloitte Fast 500 recognition despite headwinds.[2] Market forces like AWS scalability, investor backing from Home Depot and Fifth Wall, and regulatory pushes for faster housing favor Higharc's model, which modernizes workflows for scaling operations.[4][5] By enabling faster, data-driven builds, it influences the ecosystem, boosting builder revenues, reducing waste, and accelerating affordable housing delivery while setting standards for AI in AEC (architecture, engineering, construction).[1][3]
Higharc is poised to dominate homebuilding software as the only production-ready end-to-end platform with generative AI, expanding via recent funding to capture more of the fragmented $1T+ U.S. residential market.[2][5] Upcoming trends like AI advancements, modular construction integration, and sustainability mandates will amplify its edge, potentially tripling adoption as builders prioritize speed amid ongoing shortages. Its influence may evolve from innovator to industry standard, powering personalized, efficient communities—transforming Minor's personal homebuilding pain into a scalable revolution for millions of unbuilt homes.[1][2]
Higharc has raised $80.3M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Higharc's investors include Pillar VC, Spark Capital, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Cherry Ventures, Ferguson Ventures, Founder Collective, Hitachi Ventures, Montage Ventures, Carl Bass, Chase Gilbert, Jeff Seibert, Peter Beck.
Higharc has raised $80.3M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $53.0M Series B in February 2024.