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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Robotics and automation are not only important, but they are also likely the only way to address the challenge of delivering the built environment we need by 2040. Buildings are the same, however often historically and culturally significant and therefore protected. Investments in this theme include Roadbotics and Hades.

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Newsletter: Medical selfies are the next big thing + Back on the road in Dubai

OurCrowd

The startup, part of OurCrowd’s Fresh Start FoodTech Incubator , is accelerating the growth of meat and muscle cells, helping companies in the cultured meat industry increase production. “The cultured meat sector is one of the most prosperous in the food substitutes industry and is expected to reach a turnover of $630 billion by 2040.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Community coordination to encourage whole-block electrification. Lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, manganese, and other rare earth metals are in increasingly short supply as demand scales up – the demand for lithium alone is estimated to grow between 13-42x by 2040. Alternative energy storage systems (e.g. thermal storage).

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