SymTerra secures £1.1m to help bridge £280bn communication gap

SymTerra has secured £1.1m funding from industry and technology angels, and innovation funding.

SymTerra is a UK-based infrastructure and construction communication and reporting platform. The funding will help accelerate growth and expand its AI capabilities, including the development of SymAI, an intelligent layer that turns field communication data into actionable insights. 

Globally, construction loses $280bn each year due to breakdowns in communication, rework and data inefficiencies.

“The industry thrives on collaboration, yet the way teams communicate is structured for failure,” said Sarah Crawley, founder and CEO of SymTerra. 

“Onsite teams have the most amount of knowledge, yet it’s largely untapped. We are solving one of the industry’s biggest productivity problems by making it easy for onsite and office-based teams to communicate and report in real-time.”

Previous seed funding helped SymTerra become profitable and scale. Its platform was then used across more than £10bn worth of infrastructure and construction projects, including water networks, rail upgrades, and transport operations.

“We have built a profitable foundation and proven product-market fit in one of the hardest sectors to digitise,” added Crawley. “This raise gives us the firepower to scale responsibly while building the infrastructure AI actually needs to work in construction.”