Disperse raises $15 million for computer vision that tracks construction site progress

Disperse, a London-based startup that helps construction companies automatically capture and process visual data from construction sites, has raised $15 million in a series A round of funding from Northzone, with participation from Revolt Ventures, Kindred, and Frontline.

Founded in 2015, Disperse is one of a number of startups setting out to disrupt the trillion-dollar construction industry, a sector not renowned for its efficiency due in part to a general lack of digitization. At its core, Disperse is all about helping companies track progress across construction projects to identify inefficiencies, through capturing imagery and using computer vision to spot issues as soon as they occur — before they escalate into bigger (and more expensive) problems. It also promises to help free people from repetitive manual admin so they can work on more important tasks.