May Venture Call – Sustainability & Built Investments

5/13/21 10am CT. Sustainability & Green Initiatives are seeing heightened focus especially in the area of Building Products & Materials. A critical aspect pushing these initiatives is the investor attention, and dollars that look to back these technologies.  On this call we’ll look to gain perspectives from an accelerator and investor focused on sustainability in the built environment, as well as a technology player providing eco-friendly building materials.

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The construction industry is embracing innovations from software (augmented reality, cloud-tech, etc.) and hardware (drones, IoT, etc.). With the nature of the construction industry fragmented in terms of construction method preferences, regional constraints, and handling jobsite ambiguity, plenty of pain points exist for contractors. Strategic Investing & Corporate Venture is an increasingly important topic as project complexity, duration, and magnitude have increased. Contractors are expected to meet timelines and budgets, paving the way for startups delivering technology to meet the current challenges.

Investors are pouring capital into construction startups as they foresee an industry on the precipice of sweeping changes. Venture investments interface with developers, technologists, and engineers to understand what bottlenecks jobsites face and what innovations exist. Learn more about the current state of venture from BuiltWorlds’ Venture topics so you can see how the playing field is changing and what technology adoption looks like to the bottom line.