Planera
Planera builds collaborative construction scheduling software that pairs CPM-based planning with digital whiteboard interfaces, plus an AI scheduling assistant called Manny.
Planera is a construction scheduling software company founded in 2021 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. It develops a collaborative online platform for construction project planning and management, combining CPM-based scheduling with digital whiteboard interfaces. The company raised $13.5 million in a Series A round led by Sierra Ventures.
The flagship Planera Platform is designed to build, manage and optimise project schedules from pursuit through to operations. It combines the capabilities of traditional tools such as Oracle Primavera P6 with modern whiteboard interfaces, and includes real-time collaboration, field schedules, resource loading and planning, DCMA quality checks and risk simulations. Manny, the company's AI-powered scheduling assistance product, extends the platform with automated scheduling support.
Over 25 million days have been scheduled on the platform, a figure that grew tenfold from the start of 2024. The company is SOC 2 Type II compliant, and its customers include Balfour Beatty, Barton Malow, Granite Construction and Zachry Construction. Planera's technical work spans CPM-based scheduling software, collaborative online platforms, AI-powered scheduling assistance, risk simulations, digital whiteboard interfaces and resource loading.
