Contineu
Entrepreneur First '24Bangalore, IN · Founded 2024 · 2 known investors
Contineu applies computer vision to construction site imagery to identify defects and record changes over time. Project managers use it to follow progress remotely and catch issues earlier in the build schedule.
Also known as Contineu.ai
Founders & leadership
Contineu was founded in 2024 by Harshil Naik and Kanao Ramesh.
Investors · 2
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Contineu is a Bengaluru-based construction technology company that automates data capture and quality control on building sites. Site workers walk a floor wearing a helmet-mounted 360-degree camera connected to an Android app; the captured footage is uploaded and processed into a spatially structured digital twin organized by building, floor and element, using an IFC structure. Computer vision models then run over the twin to detect defects and non-compliance, track construction progress and quantify materials, with each finding pinned to the specific building element and routed to the responsible team.
The platform's stated outputs include a Street View-style walkthrough of the site, date-stamped visual records for comparison across scans, dimensional checks against the 3D model, room- and floor-wise QA/QC PDF reports, non-conformance tickets auto-assigned to subcontractors, and MTTA/MTTR and SLA tracking. The company's website claims coverage of 220+ defect types across structural, finishing and MEP categories at 99% accuracy, scans processed in about two hours and defects returned within 24 hours; a September 2025 article cited 150 defect categories, indicating the taxonomy has expanded over time. Client data is described as stored on AWS under SOC 2 and ISO 27001 standards, and the website lists compliance with RERA, ISO 19650, NBC 2016 and BCF/IFC.
The company describes itself as building an "AI-powered vertical data infrastructure stack" for construction, starting with QA/QC and expanding into safety, progress tracking and materials management. Founders state a long-term aim of becoming a default data layer for the global construction industry, with later adjacent targets including facility management, oil and gas, fabrication and infrastructure.
Founding story
Harshil Naik, an IIT Bombay aerospace engineering graduate who previously led autonomy and robotics projects at Airbound, drew the idea from inefficiencies in his father's manufacturing and construction business, which sub-contracts for firms such as L&T, where project oversight broke down because of inaccurate on-site reporting. Co-founder Kanao Ramesh had worked in Europe's construction technology sector, including at Conxai, a CCTV-based construction surveillance company, where he observed similar problems such as small dimensional errors going undetected until concrete had been poured, forcing demolition and rebuild.
Business model
B2B SaaS sold to real estate developers, general contractors and project management consultants. Customers subscribe to the platform, which is priced between Rs 8 and Rs 10 per square foot per year depending on project size; a 10 lakh square-foot project is billed annually on scanned area. The company positions this against traditional manual quality and inspection services from project management consultancies, which it says cost Rs 50-75 per square foot per year. Two tiers of workflow are described on the company site: a scan-only documentation and visibility package, and a scan-plus-defects package that adds automated QA/QC inspection, severity triage, reporting and resolution tracking.
Recurring subscription revenue based on scanned project area, at Rs 8-10 per square foot per year. Reported revenue to date is around Rs 25 lakh, primarily from proof-of-concept deployments.
Traction
Nine enterprise clients as of November 2025, including MTM Smart World, Primark Projects and CBRE; cumulative revenue around Rs 25 lakh, mostly from proof-of-concept deployments; a 30-person team. The company website reports 10+ active deployments, roughly 1 crore square feet scanned, coverage in eight cities and 7,420 hours saved, with claimed 40% ROI and payback under six months across live Tier I deployments. Customer statements on the site describe a first scan finding 300+ defects per flat versus about 50 found manually. A September 2025 article cites clients reporting 3x faster defect detection and reporting using half the manpower of traditional methods.
Latest developments
The May 2025 seed round is being used to expand engineering and product teams, strengthen AI infrastructure and support enterprise deployments. As of September 2025 the founders were building custom foundation models for 3D reconstruction from captured video. As of November 2025 the company reported nine enterprise clients, about Rs 25 lakh in revenue largely from proof-of-concept work, a 30-person team, and two planned product updates in November 2025 and January 2026 extending functionality into safety and materials management. The company website lists it as a finalist for an Indian Construction Tech Demo Day 2026.
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Market position
An early-stage entrant in construction AI in India, moving from proof-of-concept deployments toward broader enterprise adoption. Cited market context includes a global construction software market valued at about $9.87 billion in 2024 and projected at $21.04 billion by 2032 (CAGR ~10.1%), and a global AI-in-construction market of $3.93 billion in 2024 projected to reach $22.68 billion by 2032 (CAGR 24.6%), both per Fortune Business Insights. The company estimates a Rs 500 crore addressable market in India.
The company positions itself on fully automated capture and analysis without manual data entry, contrasting with construction software that still depends on people entering site data. It claims its AI pipeline exceeds state-of-the-art benchmarks on construction datasets, and that models were trained on construction-specific data gathered over a decade. Against manual inspection services from consultancies, the CEO claims equivalent or better outcomes at roughly one-fifth the cost. Investors cited the founders' combination of AI and construction domain expertise. Reported operational contrasts include a site walk of about 10 minutes per floor with no data-entry time versus roughly one hour of walking and three hours of data entry manually.
Technology
Helmet-mounted 360-degree cameras (also described as magnet-mounted in one account) paired with an Android capture app feed video into a processing pipeline that performs stitching and 3D reconstruction, producing an IFC-structured digital twin mapped to floor plans. Proprietary 3D computer vision models, described as adapted image-analysis models trained on construction data collected over the past decade, detect defects, safety hazards and rule violations, estimate material quantities and track progress; findings are linked to specific building elements. The company says scans are processed within about two hours and defects returned within 24 hours, and that it processes roughly 30 lakh images per week (about 600 images per floor, 300 floors per site, three scans weekly across active sites). Data is stored on AWS under SOC 2 and ISO 27001 standards, with human oversight via spot checks and periodic reviews.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales to Tier I real estate developers, Tier I and Tier II general contractors, and international project management consultancies, typically beginning with proof-of-concept deployments and pilots. Visibility is also pursued through startup competitions and industry recognition, including India Construction Tech Demo Day, India PropTech Demo Day, a CTAI Foundation/IIT Bombay construction tech event, RealtyNXT's PropTech 100 and YourStory's Tech30.
Tier I real estate developers, Tier I and Tier II general contracting firms, and international project management consultancies. Named clients include MTM Smart World, Primark Projects and CBRE, with additional clients under NDA. Users include project directors, VPs of projects, quality heads and QA/QC leads.
Geography
Headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Works with Tier I developers on residential projects in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Delhi-NCR; the company website cites presence in eight cities. The platform is described as seeing early enterprise adoption in India and internationally, with international project management consultancies evaluating it for India and Asia-Pacific. The company has said it is exploring expansion into the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States, and is in talks for pilot deployments with design partners abroad.
History
Sources report the company as founded in 2023 in Bengaluru by Harshil Naik and Kanao Ramesh (one YourStory article renders the co-founder's name as "Kanal Ramesh"). The team initially explored infrastructure use cases such as highways and metro projects but found data collection difficult there and refocused on commercial and residential buildings. To overcome the problem of needing site data to train models before customers would grant access, the founders collected data from abandoned construction sites around Bengaluru to train preliminary models and win first pilots. The product moved from concept to market in roughly six months and launched in mid-2024. An early pre-seed round from Entrepreneur First was followed by a $1.2 million seed round announced in May 2025 led by SenseAI Ventures with Piper Serica Angel Fund. By late 2025 the team numbered about 30 people and the company was named to YourStory's Tech30 cohort at TechSparks Bengaluru.
Risks & controversies
Reported revenue remains small (around Rs 25 lakh) and is largely from proof-of-concept deployments, indicating early commercial maturity. Sources disagree on basic facts: founding year is given as 2023 in press coverage, the co-founder's name appears as both "Kanao Ramesh" and "Kanal Ramesh," and the pre-seed is described both as a $1.2 million December 2023 round from Entrepreneur First/Piper Serica and as a Rs 83 lakh Entrepreneur First round. Performance claims (99% accuracy, 3x faster reporting, 2x more defects found, 40% ROI) are company-stated and not independently verified in the sources. The business depends on customer willingness to grant site access, an obstacle the founders describe encountering during model development.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 8
launches, deals, and filingsAs of the November 2025 YourStory report, Contineu had partnered with nine enterprise clients, several under NDA.
Seed funding announced 27 May 2025, led by SenseAI Ventures with participation from Piper Serica Angel Fund; proceeds earmarked for engineering and product teams, AI infrastructure and enterprise deployments.
$1.2M source ↗
Company website lists recognition for best use of emerging technology at India Construction Tech Demo Day 2025, reported by RealtyNXT.
Selected for YourStory's Tech30 list of Indian startups, unveiled at TechSparks Bengaluru 2025.
After roughly six months from concept, Contineu officially launched its platform in mid-2024, having refocused from highway and metro infrastructure to commercial and residential buildings.
YourStory reports a December 2023 raise of $1.2 million from Entrepreneur First, Ventures and Piper Serica Angel Fund; a separate YourStory article describes a Rs 83 lakh pre-seed round from Entrepreneur First. Accounts of the pre-seed timing and amount differ across sources.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Contineu do?
- Bengaluru startup using helmet-mounted 360° cameras and computer vision to automate construction QA/QC and site documentation.
- Who founded Contineu?
- Contineu was founded by Harshil Naik, Kanao Ramesh in 2024.
- Who are Contineu's investors?
- Contineu's investors include Entrepreneur First.
- Where is Contineu headquartered?
- Contineu is headquartered in Bangalore, IN.