Our story

$30,000of tools lost.
In one year.

That was the problem Samuel Grant, co-owner of Coboss Construction, was living with. A conversation after a soccer game was where Allokit started.

Here's how it all began

Man seen from behind wearing a white hard hat and a Coboss hoodie, hands on his hips, in front of a house under construction against a blue sky — The job site, where it starts.
Coboss Construction · Founding partner

The field

projects delivered: 100+
of work completed: $10M+
specialized partners: 20+

The technology

organizations supported: 150+
seasoned developers: 8+
of combined experience: 70+ years

01 / The conversation

After the game, the real conversation.

A soccer game. A beer. And a problem that keeps coming back.

“I lost close to $30,000 of tools in the past year.”

Samuel Grant, to Marc-André Croteau

Marc-André asked the obvious question: why not use software that already exists? Milwaukee ONE-KEY, Hilti ON!Track and the other options on the market looked like the logical place to start.

He started out helping Samuel as an IT advisor, looking for something that would fit Coboss. After the research, the demos and the meetings, the picture got clearer: none of them simply covered what their construction SMB needed.

We wanted to buy a solution. We ended up building one.

The problem wasn't a shortage of software. It was finding the right balance for a local SMB.

Priced out of reach
Platforms built for very large asset fleets, hard to justify for an SMB.
Incomplete offerings
Maintenance, bookings and history were uneven. AI voice mode was generally absent. Standalone GPS for high-value assets was often missing.
Unusable in the field
With gloves on, in a truck or on a job site, every extra step becomes an obstacle.
Few local options
We wanted service in French and a team from here that understands construction in Quebec: the CCQ, the RBQ and what our job sites are actually like.

So we decided to build it ourselves — but not before checking we weren't the only ones with this problem.

How Allokit grew out of tools going missing on job sites

From a conversation to a product in the hands of the first customers: each step was validated before the next one started.

February 2025The spark
After the game, Samuel talks about his tools disappearing
His ask was specific: put a GPS on his tools so he'd stop looking for them. Marc-André started digging the following week — find the smallest tracker possible, with the longest battery life.
March 2025The alternatives
We meet Hilti, we try Milwaukee, we talk to Tenna
A Hilti ON!Track demo, a field trial of Milwaukee ONE-KEY, a meeting with Tenna. Each system is built around its own ecosystem of tools, or around heavy fleets. Nothing that covers an SMB's mixed inventory.
April 2025The decision
The generic systems don't pass the test either
Asset Panda, AssetTiger, Hector: good asset registers, built for offices and inventories, not for a job site. After two months of research the conclusion was clear — what we were looking for didn't exist. We decided to build it.
May 2025The plan
Samuel goes back to the sites, Marc-André lays the groundwork
It's peak season in construction. While Coboss ran flat out, Marc-André put together the business plan, sketched the product's features and prepared how to approach customers.
Fall 2025The validation
40 contractors met, 4 deposits collected
Plumbing, electrical, welding, excavation, renovation. Forty conversations to test the concept against the field, with no product to show. Four companies went further than a letter of intent: they put money down.
40contractors met
4deposits collected
Winter 2026The MVP
Development begins
Asset management, location by QR, Bluetooth and GPS, preventive maintenance and equipment booking. The first four customers set the priorities as the product takes shape.
Summer 2026The field
We hand it to our first customers
The four companies who put money down are labelling their real assets on their real job sites. Their corrections, week after week, are what decides what comes next.

03 / The partnership

One understands the field, the other the technology.

Coboss brings what the job site needs. DevActif turns it into simple tools. Product decisions are made together.

The field

A construction company that runs its own crews, job sites and equipment on Allokit. Samuel is in the product decisions, day to day.

Defines the real needs
Tests features in the field
Sets the product priorities

coboss.ca

The technology

A team specialized in management software, field applications and integrations. Marc-André turns the needs into a platform that's reliable and simple to use.