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Around The Network: Document Crunch Secures $4.6m in Seed Funding from Zacua Ventures, Fifth Wall and Others to Transform How The Construction Technology Industry Understands and Manages Contract Risks
Document Crunch, an Atlanta based AI-powered contract review software purpose-built for the construction technology industry, has raised $4.6m in Seed funding. Led by founders with deep expertise in construction law and risk management, the startup, Document Crunch solves massive pain points in construction: contract document review, risk mitigation, and […]
Around The Network: Case Study – AMC Bridge Pushing the Boundries with a Forge-Based Solution
BuiltWorlds member AMC Bridge recently submitted a case study detailing a project they recently completed integrating with Autodesk Forge. The project goal was to implement a cloud-based web application for real estate companies that enhance buyer experience by leveraging existing engineering files to represent a 3D depiction of the dream home and […]
Kajima taps Alice Technologies in Effort to Streamline Construction Scheduling
BuiltWorlds members Kajima and ALICE Technologies are partnering in an effort to streamline Kajima’s construction scheduling efforts. ALICE leverages AI to analyze a project’s complex building requirements, generate highly efficient building schedules, and tune those schedules as needed during construction. Through the use of these powerful AI tools, ALICE Technologies […]
Contech CVCs Team Up, Create New Global Built Environment Venture Fund
Even as industry-focused fund managers announce new multi-million dollar funds and more generalist investors and strategics jump into the fray, a team of the industry’s corporate vc’s hailing from Hilti and Cemex Ventures have announced a new sector-specific fund. This new fund, Zacua Ventures, is different because it is started […]
With Buildings Conference Set for Fulton Market: Six Area Projects Illustrate Some of the New Building Trends We’ll Be Studying
Home to more than 40 active building projects, Chicago’s Fulton Market District is one of the most dense areas of development in the county today. Chicago’s Fulton Market, stretches less than a mile to the west of the City’s central business district, but it has been host to dozens of […]
From 2018 to Today: Three Phases in the Explosive Growth of Built World Venture
When we hosted our first BuiltWorlds Venture Conference at DLA’s offices in Chicago in the spring of 2018, to our knowledge it was the first full conference dedicated to learning about the impact of venture capital investment in technology in the Built World. We wanted to meet the people forming […]
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