Chisel Industries invests in skilled-trades businesses, offering long-term capital partnerships for growth or succession while keeping founders in control. The company also provides free, AI-driven back-office software that automates dispatching, invoicing, and collections, delivering a daily 60-second briefing. Its platform is proven on businesses Chisel itself operates, with no subscriptions or forms.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Skilled-trades businesses—plumbers, electricians, contractors—are often underserved by software that is expensive, form-heavy, and built by outsiders who don't understand the daily realities of running a crew. At the same time, owners seeking growth capital or a succession plan face pressure from private equity and search funds that prioritize quick flips and debt-loading over the long-term health of the business and its people.
Solution
Chisel Industries partners with trades businesses for the long term, offering capital and back-office support to help owners scale or transition out while keeping the company name, crew, and legacy intact. Unlike typical investors, Chisel is an operator itself, running real trades businesses and building software from that firsthand experience. The company's free software platform automates the back office—answering calls, writing invoices, chasing payments, and optimizing dispatcher routes—then delivers a 60-second daily briefing to the owner. This combination of patient capital and practical, built-in-house technology gives trades owners a partner that understands their work and a tool that runs the business for them.
Target Audience
Primary customers are owners of skilled-trades businesses—such as pool construction, general contracting, and service companies—who are seeking growth capital, a succession plan, or a way to reduce back-office burden while retaining control.
Features
- Free, no-subscription software that automates dispatching, invoicing, collections, and route optimization, with a daily 60-second morning briefing for owners
- AI-driven analyst features that track job margins, flag unsold estimates over a set threshold, and monitor individual technician performance
- Long-term capital partnership model with no quick flips or debt-loading, designed for either growth or succession while preserving the business name and crew
- Platform proven on Chisel's own operating businesses, covering a range of trades and edge cases encountered in real field work
- Integration of back-office functions into a single workflow, replacing a comparable subscription stack that would cost $200–500+ per tech per month