Trestle announced Sept4 it has raised $2.3 million in pre-seed capital, led by venture capital funds Lerer Hippeau, with participation from MetaProp, Laconia Capital, Alumni Ventures and others.

New York-based Trestle provides a cloud platform for the rating and management of subcontractors and vendors, including the ability to automate pre-qualification. The company has a database of 54,000 subcontractors and suppliers on its platform, focused mainly on those that are used in heavy civil construction projects. Trestle Benchmark is a data-driven vendor management software that allows users to track subcontractors' past performance.