Cambio, an AI-powered platform for commercial real estate, has announced its public launch alongside an $18 million Series A funding round. Maverick Ventures led the investment, with participation from Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and angel investors from Procore, OpenAI, Anthropic, Vanta, Vercel, ServiceNow, Notion, and Amplitude.

The funding comes as the company emerges from stealth with an impressive client list. During its quiet period, Cambio expanded to more than 35 countries, opened a London office, and signed deals with major real estate firms including Principal Real Estate, Nuveen Real Estate, BGO, LaSalle Investment Management, Oxford Properties Group, Madison International Realty, and Beacon Capital Partners.

Outdated Industry Processes

The commercial real estate industry still relies heavily on spreadsheets and PDFs for investment decisions worth millions. Companies spend billions each year on manual data collection and analysis, using methods that haven’t really changed in decades.

Cambio offers a different solution. The platform uses agentic AI—software that can analyze messy, unstructured data and adjust to changing rules and market shifts—to process thousands of pages of building information in minutes. This lets investors review and compare improvement opportunities across hundreds or thousands of properties at once.

“For years, owners have been buried in thousands of pages of unstructured building data, with no practical way to drive insights,” said Leia de Guzman, Co-Founder. “Large language models finally make that data usable at scale. Cambio applies agentic AI to transform compliance and capital planning from a static reporting obligation into a continuously learning decision engine.”

Data Into Strategy

The new funding will help Cambio grow faster. The company recently hired four senior leaders to manage its global expansion: Lizzie Leon (formerly Goldman Sachs) as Head of Product Innovation, Katerina Kaimakamis (formerly Oxford Properties Group and CBRE) as European Business Lead, Laura Willet (formerly BGO) as Canadian Business Lead, and Matthew Lobach (formerly Hersha Hospitality Trust) as Head of Partner Operations & Strategy.

Combined, this team has managed over $400 billion in commercial real estate around the world. Leon actually worked with Cambio as a client before deciding to join the company.

The platform pulls in building data, checks how properties are performing, spots opportunities for upgrades, and creates investment plans. It delivers return-on-investment recommendations quickly while turning compliance requirements into business opportunities.

“Our investor-centric lens is what sets us apart,” added Stephanie Grayson, Co-Founder. “We built Cambio to answer investor-grade questions: where to deploy capital, which assets to prioritize, and how to maximize returns while meeting regulatory requirements—without adding operational burden.”

Stanford to Global Scale

The founding team created Cambio while finishing master’s degrees at Stanford University. Their backgrounds include time at KKR, Oxford Properties Group, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs, where they spent countless hours managing property data across different systems, matching up invoices, and updating spreadsheets.

That hands-on experience with clunky, time-consuming processes inspired their solution. They recognized how AI could replace the slow pattern of spreadsheets and human mistakes that still dominates real estate portfolio management.

Early users are already seeing real results. “Through our partnership with Cambio, we use AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) not just to extract data from utility bills and building assessments, but also to drive investment-grade decarbonization at scale,” said Jennifer McConkey, Managing Director at Principal Real Estate, who manages over $100 billion of real estate globally. “Cambio’s models assess building performance, identify retrofit potential, and generate capex strategies–helping us prioritize high-impact actions that accelerate decarbonization and deliver returns.”

Investor Confidence Grows

Maverick Ventures views Cambio as part of a bigger trend: AI transforming traditional industries that have resisted change.

“Just as AI has radically rearchitected healthcare and legal workflows, Cambio is redefining how the multi-trillion-dollar real estate sector operates,” said Ryan Isono, Managing Director at Maverick Ventures. “Leia and Stephanie have unrivaled founder-market fit, having faced these pain points firsthand. It’s evident in Cambio’s rapid growth, stellar customer base, and the talented team they’ve already brought together at an early stage.”

The Series A gives Cambio resources to grow its platform and expand across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. With both technical skills and deep industry knowledge, the company aims to replace manual work with AI-powered decision-making throughout commercial real estate.

Origianl Creator: Paulo Palma
Original Link: https://justainews.com/companies/funding-news/ai-startup-cambio-secures-18m-from-maverick-ventures/
Originally Posted: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:59:41 +0000