Lisa Mohapatra, Co-founder & CEO, Bidblox | She Pitches, She Wins | TiEcon 2025
In the world of construction, time is money—and inefficiency is the norm. At TiEcon 2025’s “She Pitches, She Wins,” Lisa Mohapatra, Co-founder & CEO of Bidblox, introduced a game-changing AI platform designed to streamline pre-construction workflows for contractors and developers. Her pitch was clear: Bidblox isn’t just helping companies save time—it’s helping them scale revenue by solving one of the industry’s most overlooked problems.
The Problem: Planning Chaos
Construction companies spend 70% of their time in pre-construction, buried in manual documentation, back-and-forth emails, and disjointed coordination with over 100 subcontractors. The result? Delays, errors, and missed opportunities. While tools like Procore help with workforce management, there’s no standard solution to handle the planning phase efficiently.
The Solution: Bidblox
Bidblox is an AI-powered SaaS platform that radically transforms pre-construction planning. It allows companies to:
- Auto-generate and evaluate bids
- Manage suppliers and sub-trades
- Extract insights from existing workflows—without disrupting them
Unlike other software that demands a behavior shift, Bidblox integrates directly with what companies already use—like Excel sheets, Google Docs, PDFs, and emails. The platform reads and organizes this unstructured data, letting construction professionals make better, faster decisions.
Lisa explained, “We’re not replacing their workflows. We’re reading their workflows—so adoption is seamless.”
Product Vision & Traction
Bidblox aims to become an umbrella platform for the pre-construction phase, powered by AI, to select, enrich, and scale the bidding process. It offers a substantial time saving—up to 50%, enabling companies to grow without increasing headcount.
Launched in January, the company already has:
- 15 users
- 2 enterprise customers
- Backed by Antler
- Projected $1M in revenue within a year
Strong Team, Smart Strategy
Lisa brings over a decade of experience in construction tech, having previously built a supplier marketplace. She’s an engineer and MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur. Her co-founder—a Waterloo graduate—adds deep expertise in data science and machine learning. Together, they’re supported by a strong panel of advisors and a solid GTM strategy focused on network and relationship-driven distribution.
Bidblox is not just digitizing construction—it’s making it intelligent. With a clear vision, seamless integration, and real traction, Lisa Mohapatra is building the future of construction planning, one smart bid at a time.
Watch the pitch now.