Brdg banks $850K to modernize construction financing

Cabessa and co-founder Samuel Brand got to watch the process fail from both sides, one in general contracting and the other in development. That background pushed the pair, together with co-founder Daniel Bensoussan, to launch Brdg in 2024.

The startup's software consolidates document collection, compliance review, budget validation, and draw packaging into a single platform. Where cost consultants used to re-key information from one source into another, the system now collects and cross-checks the same data in one place. Cabessa described the pitch as a tool for developers to simplify financing and a workflow system to automate consultants' daily administrative tasks.

Forum's decision to write the check came down to the operators, said partner Kevin Corliss in a release. He noted the founders "commercially savvy" distribution approach, which spreads through cost-consulting partnerships rather than directly into lenders' own systems.

Brdg launched in beta near the start of 2026 and opened to the wider market through this summer. Cabessa said the platform is now working on projects representing more than $600 million CAD in active development, from high-rise apartments to rentals, industrial sites, hotels, and shopping centres.

The next step is a mix of product and network pressure. The startup plans to scale its current five-person team, add more agentic AI to the platform, and return to the lending community with strategic partnerships plus a wider footprint across Canada. Cabessa's stated goal is to build the operating system for construction finance.