Our story

About Strutos

Strutos is the operating system for companies improving building comfort, efficiency and energy performance. From windows and insulation to HVAC, solar and energy storage, we help teams assess, organise, install, document and prove their work — the independent firms doing that on tight margins, with a phone that never stops and a crew that needs to know where they're going. We're here to make that business easier to run and more profitable.

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Our mission

Grow the trades that make buildings work better

It's a big mission, and we mean it. Buildings that are more comfortable, more efficient, and better on energy are delivered by trades who need better software — not another generic contractor app. Our job is to help those companies run stronger from assessment to proof of work.

The category only grows when the businesses in it do, so everything we build comes back to one focus: increasing your profit through efficiency and growth. Run leaner, win more work, and the whole trade rises with you.

Our story

Born in the trade, built for the full job

James Broad, the founder of Strutos, grew up in the second generation of a family business in the fenestration industry.

On job sites from a young age, in the office after school, and fitting windows through weekends and holidays as a teenager, he learned the trade from the inside out.

He then chose software over fitting, took a computer science degree, and worked at companies including Yahoo and the BBC before co-founding a care-sector software company that was later acquired. That gave him the chance to return to his roots and apply everything he'd learned in software and business to a trade he loves.

We launched in late 2024 and are building Strutos as a global platform, starting in the US: one system to assess, organise, install, document and prove the work — from windows to HVAC, solar and storage. We're still early, still hungry, and still building alongside the businesses who use us every day.

What we believe

Software should get out of the way

We're not here to change how you install — that craft is yours. We're here to raise the standard of how the business behind it runs: software that's genuinely cutting edge under the hood, yet radically simple to use, and a quiet pleasure every time you open it.

Built for the trade

Enquiries, SmartStages, surveys, photos, quotes, staged payments, remedials. The full journey from first call to sign-off, in one place your office and installers can actually use.

Real humans, real support

When you need help, you'll get a person who picks up the phone, not a chatbot or a week-long ticket queue. We succeed when your Monday runs smoother.

Shaped by customers

Our roadmap comes from companies in the field doing comfort, efficiency and energy work. The best ideas still come from a real conversation, and we build fast when something clearly makes life easier.

One connected flow, enquiry to completion

The last thing you need is another app to log into. We believe in the fewest tools possible, one tightly connected system that orchestrates the whole job from enquiry to completion, rather than a drawer full of disconnected ones you have to stitch together yourself. Enquiries, jobs, schedules, customers, photos, documents and team updates all flow through one place, guiding each job to the finish so nothing slips through the cracks and your customers always know where things stand. The hours you win back are yours to spend, take on more work, push into bigger jobs, or take the weekend off. Your call.

See it in action

Grab a quick 15-minute demo: tell us what you need, see Strutos in action and get every question answered—no pressure, just value.

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