The 26 Real Estate & Construction companies that produced the most founders (2026)
A founder factory is a company whose people leave to start companies of their own. This ranks every company in the graph by how many of its alumni — people who founded it or worked there — went on to found at least one company, counting only ventures started no earlier than the company itself.
Refreshed 2026-10-05 · updates nightly
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| # | Company | Founders | Companies started |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opendoor | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Lila Sciences | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Azibo | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | GreenLite | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Cognition AI | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Layercode | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Downtobid | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Naakef | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Trulia | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Movity | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Sonder | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Zibo | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Valon | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Compass | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Contineu | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Contineu.ai | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Habi | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | IronLedger.ai | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Loft | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Matic | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Mynd | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | PlanGrid | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | QFlow | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Qualis Flow | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | REZI | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | TaxProper | 2 | 1 |