Gearflow is the first online marketplace for all things construction equipment.
Traditionally, the process of buying a part or finding a piece of equipment requires a lot of wasted time on the phone.
We created an e-commerce platform for suppliers in the construction equipment industry to provide the online experience that their customers have come to expect.
This prevents suppliers both big and small from getting left behind on e-commerce while buyers have one destination for all their equipment needs.
We are working to solve a very big problem in a massive industry. Getting Gearflow right means helping thousands of businesses sustain and grow in a way that they could not do themselves.
E-commerce is coming fast to the construction equipment industry and suppliers need a platform that works for them, not against them.
They need one that helps strengthen the relationships with their customers instead of get in between.
We are passionate about the businesses we are helping because it's the world we grew up in.
Solving big problems for people that spent a lifetime building their business is energizing and we could not be having more fun doing it.
Traditionally, the process of buying a part or finding a piece of equipment requires a lot of wasted time on the phone.
We created an e-commerce platform for suppliers in the construction equipment industry to provide the online experience that their customers have come to expect.
This prevents suppliers both big and small from getting left behind on e-commerce while buyers have one destination for all their equipment needs.
We are working to solve a very big problem in a massive industry. Getting Gearflow right means helping thousands of businesses sustain and grow in a way that they could not do themselves.
E-commerce is coming fast to the construction equipment industry and suppliers need a platform that works for them, not against them.
They need one that helps strengthen the relationships with their customers instead of get in between.
We are passionate about the businesses we are helping because it's the world we grew up in.
Solving big problems for people that spent a lifetime building their business is energizing and we could not be having more fun doing it.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 800-554-3802
Total raised: $4.1M
Founded date: 2017
Founders name: Ben Preston
Founders Related Locations: Haiti, Centre, Hinche; United States, Massachusetts, Boston; United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Path Ventu... | path.vc |
| 30.01.2024 | Brick Mort... | brickmorta... |
| - | Newark Ven... | newarkvent... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.07.2021 | Seed | $3M | - |
| 04.11.2019 | Seed | $1.1M | - |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Ben | Preston | Co-Founder | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.07.2021 | Gearflow Raises $3 Million To Build The Go-To Construction Marketplace | Critical equipment and parts break down when used in the construction industry all the time. The downtime from these broken machines not only impacts the contractor that relies on them, but it can also the whole construction project from be... |
| 06.07.2021 | GearFlow Raises $3M in Seed Funding | GearFlow, a Chicago IL-based provider of GearFlow.com, an online parts marketplace built for the construction industry, raised $3M in seed funding. The round was led by Watchfire Ventures, with participation from Newark Venture Partners, Li... |
| 24.06.2021 | Construction tech startup Gearflow raises $3M | - |
| 04.11.2019 | Gearflow.com Secures $1.1M in Seed Funding | Gearflow.com, a Chicago, IL-based e-commerce platform for construction equipment rental businesses, raised $1.1m in seed funding. Backers included Seth Lawry, Cindy Lawry, and Soren Oberg of Thomas H. Lee Partners, Annabelle LLC, and Chicag... |
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| 16.10.2019 | Gearflow.com Raises $1.1M in Seed Funding | Gearflow.com, a Chicago, IL-based e-commerce platform for construction equipment rental businesses, raised $1.1M in seed funding. Backers included Seth Lawry, Cindy Lawry, and Soren Oberg of Thomas H. Lee Partners, Annabelle LLC, and Chicag... |
| 15.10.2019 | Gearflow.com raises $1.1 million seed funding to grow its construction equipment rental platform | The construction equipment rental industry, a $55 billion industry in the US, is comprised of thousands of businesses – 80% of which are independent owners. Enter Gearflow, a construction equipment and parts marketplace for dealers, OEMs, c... |
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| 15.10.2019 | Gearflow, an e-Commerce Platform for Construction Equipment, Raises $1.1M | A Chicago startup that makes it easier for companies to sell forklifts, bulldozers and other types of construction equipment raised a seed round of funding to grow its team. Gearflow.com announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.1 million in ... |