2024 Investor of the Year Winners Announced

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From left to right: Matthew Gray (BuiltWorlds), Gabriele Tinelli (Foundamental), Jonson Berman (Suffolk Technologies), Zachary Birky (Caterpillar Ventures), Rosemarie Lipman (Builtworlds)
From left to right: Matthew Gray (BuiltWorlds), Gabriele Tinelli (Foundamental), Jonson Berman (Suffolk Technologies), Zachary Birky (Caterpillar Ventures), Rosemarie Lipman (Builtworlds)

The BuiltWorlds Investor of the Year Awards are a celebration of investment in innovation. Across five categories, we comb through submissions, nominations, and publicly-available data to determine the venture capitalists (VCs) and corporate VCs that are doing the most to advance technological innovation throughout the buildings and infrastructure construction industries.

Here are the winners of the latest Investor of the Year Awards, celebrated at our recent Venture West 2025 conference.

VC of the Year — Winner: Foundamental

builtworlds VC investor of the year foundamental

CVC of the Year — Winner: Caterpillar Ventures 

BuiltWorlds' CVC investor of the year Caterpillar ventures

Fundraiser of the Year — Winner: Moderne Ventures

Builtworlds' fundraiser of the year moderne ventures

Strategic Acquirer of the Year — Winner: Saint-Gobain

BuiltWorlds' strategic acquirer of the year Saint-Gobain

Accelerator of the Year — BOOST By Suffolk Technologies

BuiltWorlds' Accelerator of the year BOOST

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, who stood out among an increasingly crowded group of deserving AEC investors. If you’re interested in participating in the 2025 Investor of the Year Awards, set to be celebrated at Venture West 2026, learn more and apply here.