INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Made Renovation, a new, San Francisco-based company, thinks it has found a profitable way to help homeowners get done something that busy
they can solve through technology, naturally
Their big idea: create bathroom templates that customers can customize but whose scope and costs are generally understood, line up these
particularly in California, where construction bills often cause sticker shock.Made Renovation sees an opportunity to make both the lives of
GCs and homeowners easier
grand vision is a giant question mark
Led by Base10 Partners and with participation from Felicis Ventures, Founders Fund and some individual investors, the company has already
raised $9 million in seed funding across two tranches.Part of that capital is on display right now in San Francisco, where Made Renovation
today opened its doors to customers who want to check out its design ideas and, if all goes as planned, will begin lining up their own home
rendering of what to expect, then goes into build mode with its GC partners.As for what happens when that build goes awry, Dickey says Made
Renovation has it covered
Most notably, while it guarantees the work to its own customers, the GCs with whom it works guarantee their work to Made Renovation.Dickey
The company hopes to perfect its model in the Bay Area, says Dickey, then expand into other regions
