New York City, September 16, 2025
News Summary
GreenLite, a New York City construction technology firm, secured $49.5 million in Series B funding to scale its AI plan review platform LiteTable and enter new verticals including lodging, logistics, clean energy, multifamily and residential development. The capital will support product development, sales expansion and hiring across engineering, product, operations and go‑to‑market teams. GreenLite’s LiteTable ingests plan sets, flags code issues, and surfaces jurisdiction‑specific guidance from a proprietary comment library to speed permitting and reduce rework. The company serves commercial customers and local governments and aims to expand Private Plan Review adoption at scale.
GreenLite raises $49.5M Series B to scale AI plan review and expand into new sectors
GreenLite, a New York City construction technology firm, announced a $49.5 million Series B funding round on September 15, 2025, aimed at growing its AI-driven plan review service and pushing into lodging, logistics, clean energy and residential development. The round was led by Insight Partners with participation from Energize Capital, Craft Ventures, LiveOak Ventures and Chicago Ventures.
What the company does and why the funding matters
GreenLite builds software that helps developers, builders and local governments speed up building permits by automating plan review and code compliance checks. Its platform, called LiteTable, uses artificial intelligence to read plan sets, identify potential code issues, and pull up jurisdiction-specific guidance from a growing library of compliance comments. The company says this approach can cut permit timelines significantly and can deliver building permits in days rather than months.
How the product works at a glance
- LiteTable ingests plan sets quickly and scans for code violations.
- It flags compliance issues and surfaces guidance that matches local rules, drawing on a proprietary database of compliance comments.
- The system combines automation with an in-house team of architects, engineers and plan examiners to support reviews at scale.
Market context and use cases
The company’s pitch targets situations where municipal building departments are stretched thin, facing staff shortages and rising backlogs. GreenLite positions its service as third-party plan review, commonly known as Private Plan Review (PPR), where qualified providers run official code compliance checks in place of the city. Nearly a quarter of U.S. states have moved forward with laws or policies around PPR in recent years, increasing the addressable market for private reviewers.
Customers, scale and track record
GreenLite says it serves close to 100 Fortune 500 customers and lists major national brands in its customer base. Primary customer types include retailers, REITs, quick-service restaurants, industrial developers, production home builders, banks and local governments. Use cases include reducing plan revisions, avoiding permit delays, and giving project teams clearer timelines and predictability.
Funding use and company plans
The Series B proceeds will be used to expand go-to-market efforts and move into several new verticals this year, including lodging, industrial and logistics, clean energy infrastructure, multifamily and residential development. The company also plans to invest in its AI and compliance platform and is actively hiring across engineering, product, sales, marketing, operations and executive functions. Current staff stands at about 50 full-time employees.
Investors and strategic positioning
The lead investor, Insight Partners, is a global software investor that manages large pools of capital and invests in high-growth technology companies. Other participating investors bring domain and growth-stage experience. GreenLite positions itself as a national-scale solution combining regulatory know-how with AI automation to deliver private plan review services across multiple jurisdictions.
Claims and caveats
Company materials state that its platform can accelerate permitting timelines by up to 75 percent and reduce weeks or months of delay. Those performance figures come from internal claims and customer examples; permitting outcomes will still depend on local rules, municipal adoption of private review, the complexity of projects and the quality of submitted plans.
Founding and operations
GreenLite was founded in 2022 by two executives with prior experience at a national delivery and retail startup. The company operates from New York City and maintains a team of technical reviewers and plan examiners to pair with its automated tools.
Bottom line
This funding round aims to push GreenLite from a focused PPR provider toward broader industry coverage across commercial, residential and clean energy projects. The move highlights growing private-sector interest in speeding permit approvals with software and third-party reviews as public building departments cope with staffing and backlog pressures.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is GreenLite?
GreenLite is a construction technology firm that provides AI-powered plan review and code compliance services, known for a platform called LiteTable.
How much did GreenLite raise and when?
The company raised $49.5 million in a Series B round announced on September 15, 2025.
Who led the investment?
The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Energize Capital, Craft Ventures, LiveOak Ventures and Chicago Ventures.
What is Private Plan Review?
Private Plan Review is a process where approved third-party firms perform official code compliance reviews instead of the municipal building department, often to accelerate permitting.
What new markets will the company enter?
Planned expansion includes lodging, industrial and logistics, clean energy infrastructure, multifamily and residential development.
How does LiteTable reduce permit time?
LiteTable automates scanning of plan sets, flags potential violations, and pulls up jurisdiction-specific guidance from a proprietary comment library, which aims to cut revisions and retry cycles.
Is GreenLite hiring?
Yes. The company is actively hiring across engineering, product, sales, marketing, operations and leadership roles.
Key features at a glance
| Feature | What it does | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| LiteTable | AI-driven digital plan review tool that ingests plan sets and flags code issues. | Speeds review cycles and helps teams resolve code problems earlier. |
| Proprietary comment library | Large, growing database of jurisdiction-specific compliance comments and guidance. | Provides tailored responses that match local rules to reduce back-and-forth with authorities. |
| Private Plan Review (PPR) service | Third-party, qualified reviews that can substitute for municipal reviews where allowed. | Helps overcome municipal backlogs and staffing shortages to move projects forward. |
| In-house technical team | Architects, engineers and plan examiners support automated reviews. | Combines human expertise with automation to handle complex or ambiguous items. |
| Vertical expansion | Plans to enter lodging, logistics, clean energy, residential and multifamily markets. | Broadens potential customers and use cases for faster permitting across sectors. |
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