About
Dustin DeVan is a Senior Advisor at Foundamental, where he works with founders in North America and supports global founders entering US project markets. He is the Founder & CEO of Ediphi, a pre-construction platform for commercial construction, and previously co-founded BuildingConnected, which was acquired by Autodesk for $275 million in 2019, after which he served as Head of Construction Strategy at Autodesk. He began his career as a general contractor working on healthcare, energy, and large-scale commercial projects in the US.
Invests in
Construction TechPropTech
Experience
- EdiphiChief Executive Officercurrent2023 β present
- FoundamentalAdvising Partnercurrent2026 β present
- Bricks & BytesPodcastercurrent2025 β present
- UniqLearnInvestorcurrent2025 β present
- Mercator AIInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- Matik, Inc.Seed Investorcurrent2019 β present
- PermitFlowInvestorcurrent2022 β present
- PerchwellInvestorcurrent2021 β present
- Swept Janitorial SoftwareInvestorcurrent2020 β present
- URCompedInvestorcurrent2019 β present
- Suffolk TechnologiesPrincipal2023San Francisco Bay Area
- BridgitBoard Member2021 β 2023
- BeamAdvisor2022 β 2023
- AwairCEO2021 β 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- AwairBoard Member / Investor2021 β 2022
- AutodeskVice President of Industry Strategy for Construction2019 β 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- BuildingConnected, Inc.CEO/Founder2012 β 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- XL ConstructionSenior Project Engineer2011 β 2012Milpitas, CA
- Rudolph and SlettenSenior Project Engineer2007 β 2011Roseville, CA
- BechtelScheduling Engineer2006 β 2007
Education
- University of California, DavisBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering2001 β 2006
- University of California, DavisBachelor of Science (B.S.), Aeronautical Science and Engineering2001 β 2006
Skills & more
Leadership5Pre-construction35Construction84Entrepreneurship19Value Engineering85Construction Management62Pre-qualification3Bid Strategy3Bidding Process3Networking2Time Management2LEED44
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Project EstimationChange OrdersSubcontractingContract ManagementContractorsProject PlanningContract NegotiationStart-upsProject BiddingRFIProcess SchedulerPrimavera P6From Dustin's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Davis120
Charles CallSLP & Venture Partner at Cottonwood Technology FundDavid PhuController at Felicis VenturesBryan EglanDirector of Business Development at Menlo VenturesScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersMasoud AdinaHead of Compliance at GreycroftAva EitzenPortfolio Support at 8VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Matik, Inc.1
Also worked at Swept Janitorial Software1
Also worked at Bridgit4
Also worked at Autodesk37
Aaron AthanasPeople Operations Associate at GreycroftAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo VenturesJESSE DEVITTECo-founder and General Partner at Building VenturesALLEN PREGERPartner at Building Ventures
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Investments
Led
BuildingConnected
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Foundamental
Adam Zobler
General Partner at Foundamental
Anton v. R.
Engineering at Foundamental
Chinmay Vaidya
Investor at Foundamental
Dong Gwan Nam
Analyst at Foundamental
Ed Korenblum
Chief of Staff at Foundamental
Fabio Bronzin
Investments at Foundamental
Gabriele Tinelli
Investments at Foundamental
IrΓ©nΓ©e Martre
Investments at Foundamental
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