When
4.8.2025 at 8:00AM - 4.10.2025 at 5:00PMWhere
,Construction's Premier Venture Event Series
Venture West brings together corporate leaders, innovators, and investors at the heart of the built environment’s digital transformation examining trends relating to both early and late stage investment in the sector.
Since 2018, BuiltWorlds Venture Conference series has grown to become the world’s premier symposium for innovators and investors driving the development of emerging technologies across construction and the built world ecosystem.
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Auxillary Events at Venture West
Dealmaker's Alley
Along side our groundbreaking Built World Demo Day, Dealmaker's Alley - a structured way for both investors and startups to schedule meetings and discuss potential opportunities in a quiet place separate from the main conference area, has emerged as another way BuiltWorlds has helped connect capital, technology, and industry in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations sector since 2014.
2024 Investor Participants Included:
RECENT BUILTWORLDS VENTURE RESEARCH
Pitch in the 2025 Venture West Demo Day Competition
2025 Speakers (more to be added - apply to speak below):
General Sessions
Day 1 Schedule
Formwork Labs Event
By Invitation Only
Day 2 Schedule
Equipment & Robotics Forum Meeting (Restricted to Members of the Equipment & Robotics Research Track)
Members of the Equipment & Robotics Research Track convene to discuss innovation and adoption trends.
Venture Forum Meeting (Restricted to Venture & Investments Research Track)
Members of the Venture & Investment Research Track convene to discuss investment, innovation and M&A trends, and attend exclusive presentations.
Demo Day Startup Pitch Competition (Open to all Conference Attendees)
Innovative startups pitch their businesses to a panel of active venture investor judges.
Investors of the Year Awards and Reception
Day 3 Schedule
Breakfast & Networking
Keynote Address
Governor Bill Ritter, Former Governor of Colorado and Blackhorn Ventures Operating Partner
The Evolution of Venture Capital in the Built World and its Trajectory
Is technology and the venture capital model the industry's answer for declining productivity and margin compression? This panel will balance entrepreneur and investor perspectives to discuss the needs of built environment startups, how the fundraising landscape has transformed over the last few decades, and how technology is addressing the industry's pain points.
Speakers:
Artem Kuchokov - Kewzo
Steven Strickland
Ryan Gibson - Eclipse VC
BuiltWorlds Announcement
Networking Break
HardTech and the Future of Construction
The tides of built environment venture funding have shifted in favor of advanced equipment, materials, robotics, sensors, energy systems, and modular construction startups. This is partially due to the advancements made in AI and underlying software operating systems. This panel will unpack why strategics are interested in HardTech and what the measured impact of fundamentally changing how we build will be on the industry.
Speakers:
Kaushal Diwan - WND Ventures
Paulina Szyzdek - Bosch Ventures
Cynthia Brosque - SafeAI Inc/Stanford University
Ken Sobel - Hyperframe
Endgame Strategies for Project Management and Vertical Software
Project management software has become more expensive while industry productivity continues to decline. Additionally, AI is fundamentally challenging the way businesses interact with their software. This panel will explore how industry stakeholders are evaluating investment in field management and enterprise software. Panelists will discuss where they are currently seeing efficiency gains and where the industry is heading.
Speakers:
Jordan Lawver - Trimble
Sadanand Sahasrabudhe - ConstructivIQ
Lunch
BuiltWorlds Venture & Investments Research Presentation
A deep dive on the venture investment, tech adoption and tech M&A trends driving innovation in the built environment.
Cameron Mabley, Venture & Investments Analyst, BuiltWorlds
Sustainable Technology: Adoption and Investment Strategies
From green materials to renewable energy, a myriad of built environment startups advertise sustainability in their value props. But how does the industry define sustainability? How are startups positioning themselves and what types of technologies are driving impact? This panel will explore how the industry's tech adopters are implementing sustainable technology and what their unique evaluation processes look like.
Speakers:
Talia Rafaeli - Kompas VC
Mateo Zimmerman - Cemex Ventures
Rebuilding Aging Infrastructure with Technology and Private Capital
On the heels of $1.2T of public funding for U.S. infrastructure projects, investment in horizontal construction projects and infrastructure technology startups has surged. This panel will evaluate how technology and private capital are reshaping our aging infrastructure and where opportunities for disruption still exist. Entrepreneurs, investors and academics will discuss the unique technological and financial needs of public infrastructure and how they are being met.
Speakers:
Lisa Diaz - Turf Advisory
Kenichi Soga - University of California, Berkeley
Victoria Taylor - Project Finance Advisory
Diana Kay - Suffolk Technologies
Breakout Session: Advanced Equipment in Practice, A Case Study with Xpanner
This interactive breakout session will explore how NoBull Energy, a solar field EPC provider, uses Xpanner's automation and robotics technology on their jobsites.
Networking Break
Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks: An Alternative to Project Financing
Blockchain, decentralized finance and crypto are polarizing terms that are often associated with volatility and intangibility. This panel will inform the audience on how decentralized technology can be applied to our physical assets and represents an alternative to traditional project financing.
Founders' Perspectives on Exiting in the Built Environment
Leveraging the perspectives of founders who have scaled and sold their startups, this panel will dissect the exit. The most common form of exit in the built environment is a sale to a strategic acquirer. Founders will discuss the integration process and provide advice to other entrepreneurs preparing for an exit.
Speakers:
Meg Baldini - Procore
Blaire Chenault - Trimble
William Wagner - Formerly of Penta Technologies
Closing Remarks
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