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Dream It
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. How much time are you spending on construction robotics right now?
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The trillion-dollar construction industry is often tarred with the inefficiency brush , accused of failing to move with the times and ignoring digitization in favor of legacy tools. construction tech startups alone reportedly hit $1.3 Startups Venture construction tech Foundamental
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TechCrunch
JUNE 29, 2021
New York-based construction startup Toggle this morning announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A. Construction startups have also begun to heat up. Toggle automates an entirely different part of the construction process.
TechCrunch
MARCH 23, 2022
The Houston-based startup developed a robot that prints building layouts on the floor of construction sites, so workers know where — and where not — to build. Now, it seems, construction is a prime target for robotics. Layout is the beachhead for construction automation.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
OMERS Ventures’ Principal Michelle Killoran has long been looking for a construction tech startup to invest in. Meanwhile, Jim Barrett, chief innovation officer at Turner Construction, was facing a similar challenge. Couple that with the fact that the construction industry is complex.”.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 4, 2021
One year after raising $16 million , construction technology company Buildots is back to claim another $30 million, this time in Series B funding. Project managers can then make better decisions to speed up construction. “It We are also sitting on piles of data from construction sites.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Kojo , a startup that aims to help construction companies in the U.S. In other words, it provides software to help contractors get the best price for the materials they use in construction projects so they save a lot more money, move faster and have less waste. “We’ve
TechCrunch
MAY 18, 2022
While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. Even so, investors are backing startups bringing robotics, data management, automation and augmented reality into the construction process.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 19, 2021
Bay Area-based construction startup TraceAir today announced a $3.5 We first noted the company back in 2016 , when it pitched a method for using drones to spot construction errors before they become too expense. Construction startup Scaled Robotics raises a €2M seed round.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
based construction tech company that offers an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform to help project managers track work and capture data from building sites, has raised $16 million in funding. Enterprise Startups 2150 Construction Industry construction tech Disperse
TechCrunch
MAY 10, 2022
Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another.
TechCrunch
APRIL 21, 2022
Construct Capital co-founders and general partners Dayna Grayson and Rachel Holt continue to dive into innovation that some investors may not think is so sexy, but actually runs behind the scenes so that our food gets to grocery stores every week and our packages arrive when they say they will.
TechCrunch
JUNE 15, 2021
It certainly follows then that some leading construction robotics companies are able to strike while the iron is hot with some healthy raises. The startup’s first product is the Field Printer, a robot that prints out plans on the floor of construction sites.
TechCrunch
MAY 17, 2022
In the construction industry, managers can become disconnected from what’s happening on-site — particularly when dealing with pandemic-related disruptions. Buildots analyzes project schedules, designs, and other data to generate a model of an active construction site.
TechCrunch
MARCH 15, 2022
Meirav Oren is the co-founder and CEO of Versatile , a construction technology startup using AI and IoT to help construction professionals in making data-driven decisions to support job site safety and productivity. Meirav Oren. Contributor. Share on Twitter.
TechCrunch
APRIL 28, 2021
While the Biden administration’s plan will certainly expand the workforce, it also provides a massive opportunity for the adoption of automation technologies within the construction industry. Between 1985 and 2015 , the average age of construction workers increased from 36 to 42.5,
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
Mosaic Building Group , a Phoenix, Arizona-based construction tech startup, has raised $44 million in a Series B funding round led by Peak State Ventures. To make residential construction more scalable. Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar industry.
TechCrunch
MARCH 24, 2021
Hong Kong-based viAct helps construction sites perform around-the-clock monitoring with an AI-based cloud platform that combines computer vision, edge devices and a mobile app. Founded in 2016, viAct currently serves more than 30 construction industry clients in Asia and Europe.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 12, 2021
Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another.
TechCrunch
JULY 7, 2022
In the construction business, time is money. But with so many moving parts, it can be extremely challenging for construction companies to manage the administrative aspects of their finances. 5 construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities.
TechCrunch
JUNE 7, 2021
Briq , which has developed a fintech platform used by the construction industry, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Currently, Briq manages or forecasts about $30 billion in construction volume.
ExactHire - Partnership
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
ExactHire News construction HR tech HR trends innovation leadership partnership recruiting restaurants startupRecently released on ExactHire’s website is a comprehensive overview of applicant tracking systems.
TechCrunch
JULY 8, 2022
Construction is both one of the most unsustainable industries and one of the least digital and the 011h vision is exactly what we were looking to support.”.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
In the wake of COVID-19 this spring, construction sites across the nation emptied out alongside neighboring restaurants, retail stores, offices and other commercial establishments. Amidst the chaos, construction firms faced an existential question: How will they survive? Allison Xu.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2021
Developing construction systems to create infrastructure and habitats on the moon, and eventually Mars, with NASA. These are just some of the things that Austin, Texas-based construction tech startup ICON has been working on. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.
TechCrunch
JUNE 2, 2022
If you’ve ever had to get a construction permit, you know that the process can be very painful and time-consuming. It’s a lofty claim, but if Pulley can well, pull that off, it could be revolutionary for the construction industry, where time is very much money.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 19, 2021
The seed round is led by Prime Movers Lab and Alpaca VC and features a slew of additional firms, including Dolby Family Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, Towerview Ventures, GFA Venture Partners and Suffolk Construction.
Haystack
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
There are countless posts on portfolio construction, or how many investments are ideal in a venture portfolio, and so forth. What I do is that the topic of VC fund portfolio construction is not an easy way to grasp, and is likely even harder to master in practice. So, we have this portfolio construction tension between concentrating money into the best companies in a portfolio versus protecting the GP and LPs via diversification.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 3, 2020
San Francisco-based construction startup Versatile is announcing today that it has raised a $20 million Series A. From that vantage point, it’s capable of capturing and analyzing data across the construction site.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Germany-based construction tech startup Cosuno has raised a $30 million Series B led by U.S. Construction is one of the largest industries in the world but amongst the least open to new technology. We call it pre-construction.”
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Bridgit , a “workforce intelligence” technology company that is focused on the construction industry, announced today that it has raised CAD$24 million, or about US$19.4 Built for construction workforce planning, cloud-based Bench has become Bridgit’s flagship offering.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 24, 2023
One of the most remarkable things about construction robotics is the sheer breadth of tasks that can potentially be automated. It’s also one of those areas that have become increasingly difficult to staff, post-pandemic, even as construction work came roaring back.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 6, 2021
CostCertified , a Canadian startup which provides real-time, interactive residential construction estimates, raised $8.45 Put simply, CostCertified today is a price configurator tool for construction, but the Calgary, Alberta-based company’s end goal is to build the “Amazon for construction.”
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
ICON , a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. million NASA contract for lunar construction tech by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
When it comes to construction projects, any type of delay can result in increased costs both for the contractor and their customer. O’Rourke came up with the idea for RenoRun after working for two decades in the construction industry in Ireland, Australia and eventually Canada.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Brazilian construction tech startup Ambar announced it has raised a large Series C round: R$204 million, approximately $36 million at today’s mid-market rate. Ambar was created in 2013 with the ambition to leverage technology to make the civil construction process more efficient.
TechCrunch
MARCH 2, 2021
There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” category said to be ripe for automation — but only a few can actually be taken on with today’s technology. Drone-focused construction startup TraceAir raises $3.5M.
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