Archdesk
“Can a UK construction ERP become the financial system-of-record that lenders and insurers plug into?”
Founded2015
HQLeicester, England, United Kingdom
Total raised$1.1M (LinkedIn) / $15M latest secondary (PitchBook)
Latest roundSecondary - Private, $15M
IndustryVertical SaaS / Construction
The story
Archdesk is a UK-based vertical SaaS for the construction industry, covering estimation, project management, budgeting, procurement, and reporting. Its financial angle is workflow-level (WIP reporting, job costing, invoicing) rather than embedded finance — it does not appear to issue cards, hold funds, or originate loans. Recent blog content (2026) positions Archdesk as a data source for construction lenders via real-time WIP reporting, hinting at potential embedded-lending adjacency but no active integration is disclosed.
Last 12 months
Product timeline
2015
Archdesk founded as construction management SaaS· launch
2016
PitchBook records founding year as 2016; product covers estimation, project management, budgeting, scheduling· launch
The stack
0 layers disclosed in Archdesk’s embedded-finance stack
Accounting gap: none