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Tooey Courtemanche
Unicorn founderFounder at Procore
Santa Barbara, California, United States
FoundedProcore$11.3B
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About
Tooey Courtemanche is the founder and chairman of Procore, the construction-software company he started in 2002 and took public in 2021 at an $11.3 billion first-day valuation. A onetime journeyman carpenter from La Jolla who flunked out of the University of Arizona, he taught himself to code in 1990s San Francisco and built Procore to track his own Santa Barbara home remodel — then survived the 2008 crisis by mortgaging his house and cutting staff to about five. He handed the CEO role to former Ansys chief Ajei Gopal in November 2025, months before Procore agreed to buy DroneDeploy for about $845 million to accelerate its AI strategy.
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Founded Procore in 2002 in Carpinteria after coding a project tracker for his own Santa Barbara home renovation.
- Family
- Raised in La Jolla; swept cabinet-shop floors, apprenticed in carpentry, and was a journeyman carpenter at 17. Known as 'Tooey' because he shares his father's first name, Craig.
- More
- Survived the 2008 construction crash by mortgaging his house, cutting his salary to zero, and shrinking the company to about five employees — VCs had 'laughed him out of their offices' over vertical SaaS. Took Procore public on the NYSE in May 2021 — priced at $67, closing its first day up ~34% at an $11.3B fully-diluted valuation. Stepped back as CEO in November 2025, handing the role to former Ansys CEO Ajei Gopal and becoming Founder & Chairman of the Board.
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Founder at Procore
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Podcasts & interviews
featuring Tooey CourtemancheHow to Make Marriage Work as a CEO w. Procore Founder and CEO Tooey Courtemanche
20VC with Harry Stebbings
Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche explains how Procore’s success comes from a simple but powerful habit
ICONIQ
Going Long: How Procore’s Founder Tooey Courtemanche Built a Billon-Dollar SaaS Empire Over 23 Years
SaaStr AI
From Construction Worker to CEO: the 21-Year Journey of Procore — 20VC
20VC with Harry Stebbings
Optimism is strong in the market, says Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche
cnbc.com
Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche on Bringing the Cloud to Construction: CNBC Working Lunch
Fortt Knox · youtube.com
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tooey Courtemanche?
- Tooey Courtemanche is the founder and chairman of Procore, the construction-software company he started in 2002 and took public in 2021 at an $11.3 billion first-day valuation. A onetime journeyman carpenter from La Jolla who flunked out of the University of Arizona, he taught himself to code in 1990s San Francisco and built Procore to track his own Santa Barbara home remodel — then survived the 2008 crisis by mortgaging his house and cutting staff to about five. He handed the CEO role to former Ansys chief Ajei Gopal in November 2025, months before Procore agreed to buy DroneDeploy for about $845 million to accelerate its AI strategy.
- Where does Tooey Courtemanche work?
- Tooey Courtemanche is Founder of Procore.
- What companies did Tooey Courtemanche found?
- Tooey Courtemanche founded Procore.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Tooey Courtemanche?
- Tracked appearances include "How to Make Marriage Work as a CEO w. Procore Founder and CEO Tooey Courtemanche", "Procore CEO Tooey Courtemanche explains how Procore’s success comes from a simple but powerful habit", "Going Long: How Procore’s Founder Tooey Courtemanche Built a Billon-Dollar SaaS Empire Over 23 Years", and 4 more.
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Procore Technologies mafia13
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