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Q3 2024 Venture Report: State of Built World Venture Markets

October 14, 2024

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

September 11, 2024

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

September 10, 2024

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

August 14, 2024

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

July 15, 2024

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

June 19, 2024

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 Global Innovators List (New)

December 19, 2024

Welcome to the fifth annual 2024 Global Innovators 75! A lot has changed in five years… Initiatives to unlock innovation within large companies, such as Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arms, […]

2024 Top 50 Adoption Leaders List

November 14, 2024

The BuiltWorlds Adoption Leaders Top 50 List recognizes members who actively engage in the BuiltWorlds member network. These individuals exhibit a high level of interest in learning and participating in […]

2024 BuiltWorlds’ Top 50 Venture Investors

October 8, 2024

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

September 17, 2024

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

September 12, 2024

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

September 5, 2024

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 […]

News & Analysis

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Startup Finance 101: Debt, Equity, and Mezzanine Capital

Economics 101 dictates that the objective of every free-market enterprise is to make money for its stakeholders. However, the old adage “You’ve got to spend money to make money,” is true for a reason. Business owners must spend money to hire employees, build a product or execute a service, acquire […]

Foundations to New Frontiers: AI/ML Preparedness Year In Review

Wrapping up my first year at BuiltWorlds has been a wonderful experience. Watching the AI/ML Preparedness Research Track grow during this introductory year has been an honor. As I look forward to the upcoming AI/ML Conference, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the highlights that […]

BuiltWorlds Research Audrey Lynch presents research at Shimizu’s Smart Innovation Ecosystem NOVARE as part of the 2024 Tokyo Summit.

Tools, Equipment, and Robotics: BuiltWorlds Analyst’s Year in Review

Over the past decade, construction has undergone a significant digital transformation, with software innovations, growing investments, and the emergence of construction tech startups accelerating the shift to more efficient, collaborative, and tech-driven workflows. While software innovations enhance efficiency and decision-making, the physical limitations of outdated equipment and machinery can bottleneck […]

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Five Ways to Solve Common Construction Waste Management Challenges

Environmental impacts of the construction sector are well known. Its estimated contribution of 40 percent of the global CO2 emissions annually is reported often. Unfortunately, despite the growing awareness of the sector’s climate impact, measurable change has occurred at a glacial pace. The Economist even gloomily declared in 2022, “The […]

2024 Venture West Conference Playlist

Unable to attend Venture West last April? We’ve got you covered with the playlist of panel recordings below. Click on the thumbnails to discover who spoke on which panel. Be sure to register for the 2025 Venture West Conference coming up April 8-10 in San Francisco, CA. Click here to […]

Offsite Innovators Share Lessons on Incorporating Modular

When an onsite plumber alerts management that there’s a problem with the piping, odds are they’re right. Yet, in the case of Assembly OSM, a modular construction company, when one of their onsite plumbers alerted management to ‘non-compliant’ plumbing inside a pre-made building component, CEO Andrew Staniforth was quick to […]

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Analyst Calls & Videos

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BuiltWorlds Session: Christian Jansson, Hilti ON!Track

Christian Jansson is the Head of Marketing for Hilti ON!Track—Hilti’s tool tracking and asset management software. Jansson took the time to sit down for an interview with us to talk about his role in this software services division of Hilti, including a new exciting innovation of tools being connected to […]

Strategic Investments – Infrastructure Pivot: Analyst Call

On the 8-24-22 analyst call titled “The Infrastructure Pivot”, Dan Laboe and Javier Castaneda from the BuiltWorlds team led a strategic conversation alongside Matthew Shackelford of Touchdown Ventures and Nick Durham of Shadow Ventures intended to break down the newly minted $1.2T federal infrastructure package. “Our critical infrastructure is failing […]

2022 Construction Tech Conference: Tomislav Zigo, CTO, ClayCo – Keynote

Kicking things off on Day 1 of BuiltWorlds Construction Technology, Tomislav Zigo, Chief Technology Officer at Clayco Inc, presented the attendees with a quote-driven keynote address titled “Ten”. This presentation detailed 10 dualities or dichotomies puzzling the construction technology industry. Zigo notes that these ten dualities are the most common […]

Demo Drop: Oculai

This week’s Demo Drop features a presentation from the August Venture Forum meeting and focuses on a presentation from CEO and founder of Oculai, Constanin Kauffman. Oculai is a camera-based data-collection platform that leverages vast amounts of data captured by cameras that traditionally can be time-consuming and hard to decipher. […]

Americas Summit 2022

Dan Laboe, Director of Venture Investments, BuiltWorlds: 2022 Americas Summit Panel Previews

Daniel Laboe, Director of Venture Investments at BuiltWorlds previews two of the panels he will be leading on September 8, 2022 at the Americas Summit taking place at Willis Tower in Chicago, IL. Laboe has spent his time at BuiltWorlds digging deep into the investment landscape across the entire built […]

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BuiltWorlds Session: Lucas Manos, Ryan Companies

Lucas Manos, Senior Innovation Manager of Emerging Technology at Ryan Companies, took the time to sit down with BuiltWorlds staff at our 2022 Construction Tech Conference. Established in 1938, Ryan Companies is a national builder, developer, designer, and real estate manager based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Manos joined the company within […]