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Q3 2024 Venture Report: State of Built World Venture Markets
Table of Contents Introduction Macro Narrative: U.S. Construction Data Overarching Built Environment Venture Trends Investment Trends by Stage Average Round Size Investment Trends by Country Investment Trends by Technology Category Infrastructure Tech Building Tech Construction Tech AI/ML Institutional Activity Fund Launches M&A/Exits Summary Introduction Venture activity across the built environment […]
2024 AI/ML Preparedness Introductory Research Report
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Preparedness INTRODUCTION Innovations surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning can propel the construction industry forward. But all too often, stakeholders are overwhelmed with options and don’t know where to begin on their AI journey. The BuiltWorlds’ AI/ML research track aims to provide an industry overview […]
2024 Annual Offsite Construction Benchmarking Report
Summary BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking program offers Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Company members an opportunity to gauge their technology adoption against their peers so they can identify and prioritize the gaps in their technology stack they need to address to be a leading firm in terms of digitization and innovation. Since […]
Annual Tools, Equipment, and Robotics Benchmarking Report
Summary The Benchmarking program offers BuiltWorld’s Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Company members an opportunity to gauge their technology adoption against their peers so they can identify and prioritize the gaps in their technology stack they need to address to be a leading firm in terms of digitization. Since its […]
Q2 2024 Venture Report: State of Built World Venture Markets
Table of Contents Introduction Investment Trends by Stage Average Round Size Investment Trends by Country Investment Trends by Technology Category Infrastructure Tech Building Tech Construction Tech AI/ML Institutional Activity Fund Launches M&A/Exits Summary Introduction If built world venture capital markets proved one thing in Q2 2024, it’s that we are […]
Annual Field Solutions Benchmarking Report
Summary The Benchmarking program offers BuiltWorld’s Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Company members an opportunity to gauge their technology adoption against their peers so they can identify and prioritize the gaps in their technology stack they need to address to be a leading firm in terms of digitization. Since its […]
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Top Lists
2024 BuiltWorlds’ Top 50 Venture Investors
Welcome to the 2024 Venture Investors 50! Since 2017, BuiltWorlds has tracked venture deals in the global construction and broader real estate ecosystem, annually spotlighting the 50 most active venture […]
2024 Offsite Construction Top 50
Welcome to the 2024 Offsite Construction Top 50! This list was derived from a combination of the 2024 Offsite Construction Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & feedback, and […]
2024 Infrastructure Top 50
Welcome to the 2024 Infrastructure Top 50! The Infrastructure 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 benchmarking survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & feedback, and […]
2024 Tools & Equipment Top 50
Welcome to the 2024 Tools and Equipment Top 50! This list was derived from a combination of the 2024 Tools, Equipment, and Robotics Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations […]
2024 Robotics Top 50 List
Welcome to the 2024 Robotics Top 50! The Robotics Top 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 Tools, Equipment, and Robotics Survey data, direct industry research, member […]
2024 Reality Capture Top 50 List
Welcome to the 2024 Reality Capture Top 50 List! The Reality Capture Top 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 Field Solutions survey data, direct industry research, […]
Housing Shortage Presents an Opportunity to Create Climate-Resilient Housing at Scale
This editorial was submitted as part of BuiltWorlds’ Verified Contributor Program. The housing sector is a unique piece of the climate solution puzzle. Individually, its impact is minimal. No single residential building meaningfully moves the climate needle in one direction or another. Collectively, the repercussions are enormous. Taken together, U.S. […]
Cleantech Platform Startup Paces Raises $11M to Scale Energy Project Development
Paces, a GIS and data platform accelerating renewable energy project development, last week announced the close of an $11M Series A funding round. This round, led by Navitas Capital, with participation from Suffolk Technologies and MCJ Collective, and existing investors Resolute Ventures, Soma Capital, and Y Combinator, will contribute to […]
Whistle Rewarded with Demo Day Win
Want to see the full recording? For a limited time – we’re offering non-members a chance to watch the full recording! Click Here Drew Carter, CEO of Whistle Rewards, pitching on stage BuiltWorlds 2024 Construction Technology Conference last week featured nine energetic AEC startups presenting their pitches to a captivated […]
Preview: BuiltWorlds’ 2024 Introductory AI Report
The promise of an incoming “AI Revolution” feels ubiquitous now. However, in reality, users are experiencing different levels of prevalence and satisfaction with AI solutions-often not seeing AI work as this miracle technology that takes over their workflows and tedious tasks, but rather finding software with a small specific AI […]
Building the Energy Capacity We Need for an AI World
Innovations in the supply and distribution of energy has always been one of the key limits, and opportunities, in allowing society to evolve. Steam power, for example, provided significant energy increases which allowed textile factories in the19th century to operate more efficiently through increased use of machinery. Digging back into […]
Insider Report Reveals the Roots of Workers’ Typical Frustrations
In an effort to better understand the workflow pain points of construction superintendents, project managers and project engineers, tech solutions provider Trunk Tools recently spent 20-plus hours over five weeks shadowing a large tenant improvement project in downtown Boston, collecting data and insights from workers on the ground. The result […]
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2024 Infrastructure Conference: Materials: Sustainable Alternatives in Infrastructure
This panel focused on the role of sustainable materials in shaping the future of infrastructure, exploring the latest advancements in eco-friendly construction practices. Experts discussed the challenges and benefits of incorporating sustainable materials into large-scale projects, including their impact on cost, durability, and environmental footprint. Watch to discover how these […]
Demo Drop: Built-World Risk AI Firm Enlaye Raises $1.7M in Pre-Seed Financing
Built-World Risk AI Firm Enlaye Raises $1.7M in Pre-Seed Financing Boston-based Enlaye, a new startup which provides an AI-native Risk Lifecycle Management™ platform for the Built-World, announced last month that it raised $1.7M in pre-seed funding led by Glasswing Ventures and co-led by Hannah Grey VC, with participation from Link […]
10.16.2024 Analyst Call – Offsite Construction IV – Volumetric Modular
Offsite Construction, is quickly gaining popularity in the industry through a wide variety of use cases, especially in residential applications, but that is not to say it doesn’t have transformative potential in commercial construction as well. Building off of the Panelized Prefabrication webinar in September, this Analyst Call highlighted well-known […]
2024 Tokyo Summit Keynote: George Pfeffer, CEO, DPR Construction
What is at the core of every project? People. At their core, projects are about teamwork, connection, a shared vision. Watch as George Pfeffer delivers the keynote address at the 2024 Tokyo Summit
Contech Talks: Jeff Danley, Director of Innovation, Burns & McDonnell
At this year’s Construction Tech Conference we were fortunate enough to sit with Jeff Danley, Director of Innovation at Burns & McDonnell to talk about how Burns & McDonnell is pushing the envelope on innovation with their new CEO, Leslie Duke.
2024 Toronto Summit: Hard-Tech: Offsite Fabrication Techniques
Pulling insight from a general contractor, academia, and solution provider, this session provided a wide range of perspectives on the ins and outs of offsite construction. For a building process with considerable potential, we have yet to see widespread adoption in its current state. The group discussed opportunities and challenges […]