SpecifiedBy has come a long way over the last 18 months and this new round of investment is another step along our journey.

Our team is now made up of 7 superbly talented people (plus me!), with a couple more to join in the new year.

We have quietly built a database of almost 15,000 building products and materials — which I believe makes us the biggest in the UK.

Our platform is used by thousands of specifiers on a monthly basis. We’ve got the most comprehensive, structured building product data I know of, we’ve created industry firsts like the only proper building product search engine and the very clever image search, and we’ve been nominated for and won a couple of industry awards.

With this new investment comes a clearer focus than ever to provide specifiers with the best place to research building products and materials, to provide building product manufacturers with an exceptional lead generation service and to exceed the levels we have reached to date.

We now have the time and space to develop a world class platform and tackle areas of interest such as sustainable building products, BIM and specification with new ideas and generally play our part in digitising the construction industry.

It should be fun…