Neeral Shah launched YardLink in 2018 to move construction buying off the phone and onto a platform. It now lists more than 1,000 vetted UK suppliers across 2,400 depots, and raised a $17.5m Series A led by Beringea in October 2022. He tells Business Matters why an industry burned by software is right to be sceptical.
What do you currently do at YardLink?
I lead YardLink, a B2B digital procurement marketplace for the construction industry. In simple terms, we connect construction businesses with local suppliers for equipment hire, materials and services, all through a single platform.
What that means in practice is that buyers and site managers running multiple projects can source exactly what they want, when they need it, and get full visibility around what has been ordered and what is being spent, in real time, instead of piecing it together from spreadsheets, emails and WhatsApp chains. That covers plant, powered access, tools, site welfare, power and lighting and waste disposal on the hire side, and building materials and fuels on the buy side.
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