Shovels

Shovels turns fragmented public building-permit and contractor records into a standardized, queryable intelligence layer — it markets itself as 'the intelligence layer for the built world,' claiming 164M+ permits, 3.16M+ contractors, and 2,450+ jurisdictions with 5M+ new permits added monthly.

They primarily sell to Other Buyers with a promise to improve outcomes on speed of delivery and $$$.

It touches one phase of the supply chain with a product that is highly digital.

If this works, it will disrupt Incumbent Software and Manual in-house data collection.